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I woke on Saturday morning in high spirits; I’d managed hours of Welsh hillage the day before, my knee had sucked but not exploded and I’d had a lovely sleep (and complimentary coffee!) at my hostel. I had planned to camp by Llyn Trawsfynnd anyway, so I routed an ‘easy’ 50km there following the Traws Eryri route in reverse.
Of course, that stretch of the Traws Eryri IS pretty hilly, so this easy route quickly turned into a 300m climb in the first 5k, and within three hours of never-ending forest gravel later I was cooked. Knowing that a road climb awaited me out of Penmachno, I made a welcome lunch stop there, making the climb surprisingly bearable. A surprisingly short time later, I had rolled into Trawsfynnd via a welcome pub detour with a fellow bikepacker I met along the way.
This was a welcome day to step back and appreciate the privilege of being here, being present in this dramatic place. It hurt, and sometimes it sucked, but I was there, I was alive and I was lucky. Much more than some have the fortune for.
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