Day Ride KEiS Great Winter Ride
For this Winter Ride, focussing within Wales, I decided on starting from Oswestry, the town of my birth. Now, while the town isn’t actually in Wales, but a spit over the border into Shropshire, it could be argued that it wasn’t the right place to start for the Welsh Winter Ride. However, when I was born my sisters were both at school in Oswestry, and were both taught Welsh, so that’s close enough for me…
The plan was to ride across the country, heading west, to end up at the coast for the potential of warming fish and chips. And, with it being in the colder half of the year, and with an awareness of how bleak the conditions can get when riding through Snowdonia or into the Brecon Beacons, the decision was made to stay away from the more remote areas and higher altitudes.
So, an easy place to start is at the services on the A5, just outside of
