First up, what is bike hiking? Well its like normal hiking but instead of walking you ride a mountain bike across the countryside with you camping gear strapped to the bike or in a rucksack. Suppose you could also call it off road cycle touring.
I’ve long wanted to ride the Trans Cambrian Way, a 100 mile off road route across mid Wales from Knighton to Dovey Junction. However, its not waymarked so navigation can be slow so I’ve put it off, until now that is thanks to the GPS. So Simon and I made our plans and on Friday 1st headed out of Knighton for a few days of biking, camping and some cheeky beers.
So the route. If you do it then expect to ford streams, go the wrong way, to not see a sole for hours maybe even all day, to get muddy, see lots of sheep, ride up and down some hills, some rather big, but mainly expect to enjoy yourself and want to go back again.
We had a great weekend of talking and riding and the weather was very un Welsh, we often mistook ourselves as being in Spain or the Slovakian Tatra. We even visited the trails at Nant and wondered around the centre for alternative technology. I’m in love with bike hiking, where next?
