PenMarin (Penmachno & The Marin Loop) 05-04-2015

[roger]

Good tough ride today - perfect weather plus they'd re-opened the Penmachno descents that were closed for logging.
Thanks to Carl for the company & may have been a bit more than he bargained for! But managed ok though, even finding the energy to clean the climb out of Dolwyddelan.
No offs or mechanicals & pretty much incident free............... apart from some lads smoking pot on the trail in Penmachno & a girl having a piss on the Marin, Tony would have loved it   Took us 9 hours 10 mins from car back to car.
Only downside is I haven't got enough energy to do Snowdon tomorrow   

[Andy j]

I've been trying for a while to figure out how to loop the two trails. Could anyone advise me a good route to link the two? Thanks

[jackotb]

Good effort on yours and Carl's part - it is a full on day. It was hard enough going up Snowdon today, even without riding the day before so wise choice!

[captaincod]

Thanks Rog...it was a great day out, but have been through a whole tube of Savlon since, curing the saddle rash :/. Have to make sure I'm more bike fit next time....see, 'next time', its amazing the pain you can forget in 24 hours!

[BenKMV]

Well done Rog & Carl i've done the Marin & Pen epic before just ask Rupert.Extra brownie points for you Rog for clearing the climb

[roger]

Apr 8, 2015 21:25:00 GMT BenKMV said:

Extra brownie points for you Rog for clearing the climb

No brownie points for me Ben, it was Carl who cleaned the climb & he made it look easy