Good morning!!
Just got back from the Wales pre-run and what a run it was!! If next Saturday is anything like yesterday, the roads will be reasonbly clear (apart from some traffic in Llanfyllin and Harlech where we found a convoy of amazing vintage trucks going in the opposite direction!).
The drive from Shrewsbury to Bala Lake quickly turns to country roads and passes through several villages, all decent sized roads which will turn turn into a lot of twisties once we leave Bala to head for Llanberis. The countryside is utterly beautiful and the Llanberis pass is the most unbelievably rugged scenery I've ever seen.
Weather was pretty good, it was raining once we got to Snowdonia as expected but the roads were still good, plenty of sheep spotting opportunities! Sadly, not too many safe spots to stop a group of a dozen cars but given the lack of traffic I think we'll be ok to pull up here and there
We had concerns about keeping groups together but the route is pretty straightforward so it'll be quite hard for anyone to get lost!
We stopped at the pub we're going to have lunch at which looks fab, plenty of parking there too and we stopped off at the Lake Vyrnwy Hotel so we could make the most of the view (see pic).
This is the first time I've been to North Wales and it's unmissable as far as I'm concerned. <edited for reasons of interforum lurve and co-operation
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Please bear in mind that whilst there are lots of people working their nuts off behind the scenes to make this is a good event for everyone coming it's also our first event, so we will undoubtedly make the odd mistake. I need to say a big thanks to Giles who has helped enormously and to Tim who has given me lots of info.
So, if you are joining us - we can't wait to see you, bring scarves and umbrellas for the Bala Lake stop, it was chuffing windy there!!
They didn't really want me to stay, as they are very busy 
so we're gonna have this one a miss
