Mountain biking Craig Yr Allt north of Cardiff.

This is a straight forward but interesting ride north of Cardiff up the hill Craig Yr Allt. There are alternative routes down but this one is fun….when it is dry and not do windy.

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oh it’s windy that’s quick bit of the ride ground Cy out C out now great views of the area see G over there phly bike park there my M my bike on my part yeah so quick route right out I’m going to take the left hand route there is a way to show another bit but I’m going to do just the um just the left hand easy way at the moment because well it’s really Mighty after Co [Applause] weather [Applause] back Frid still a b s but yeah so we’re going to head we head down there to the T TR you turn left here at the black in black in over there going to go left and down here and turn left here into the Rockwood riding Center he be in the right gear first though carry along here for a bit we got through this gate there things that Ridgeway Circle walk Etc on the on the post now we’re carry on up to the Ridge and we probably pass forward most of this but to give you an idea of where the route goes I’ll record it all right let’s get this done before storm Isa comes in It’s already looking quite Bleak and the wind’s up on here it’s got on K out I can you right please thank you oh it’s windy and that’s soft yeah there not much grip on this stuff at the moment it’s like a top layer of loose mud got these ruts there you picked the wrong one like I’ve just done there oh it’s muddy yeah that’s what happens when the uh hard compacted mud and a bit of rain mixes with just together at that really horrible mud top surface really soft mud makes it very slippy can’t go to the right there that’s what I showed in the previous video and go down over the hill that way but we’re going to go this way today oh loose that see people coming on your own gravel bikes that’s uh Testament to that skill and lack of self-preservation I would say let’s got to be careful of the Walkers up here yeah so we’re going to go down there still very slippy very windy it’s quite a rocky gy it’s quite interesting not as steep as to the to that right turn up there track of here still quite interesting like I said I’m taking it quite easy today down here mostly because of the wet and because of my back you can see it’s torn up quite badly yeah still it’s a nice little route down here it’s really quite fast in the in the summer when it’s dry when it’s dry this is whales of course I can’t remember which way to go oh yeah o whoop out for the roofs nearly down at the tap Trail you see very muddy it’s a best out set that and there we go now on to the tough Trail so that’s the route up and around Cal good XC course take that left hand section left hand route there’s pretty straightforward even easier in the summer I would argu it’s a lot of fun in the summer you get a lot of speed up but yeah nice little route R there some great view from the top cheers guys all right wet and Minion this is today and my pretty p turning ability today I me my balance is just way off today I got no balance it’s pretty straightforward stuff that is I said I think it’s my back it’s causing me all the problems with my balance shifted me to one place where it shouldn’t be back to this so I thought I’d do Primrose stroke Sidewinder before I think they chop it down well at least do a lot of close it down at least for the works I I think this is going to be quite a r who that’s not normal route that was very slippy oh this is very slippy so it’s going to be slow Hallelujah should have taken that left route which is probably the easier one anyway leaving that crap on the trail oh yeah this is slippy oh wow I just and it’s all incredibly slippy today think it’s my back not be able to get as well as the conditions I think my back is just not allowing me to get to the right position for where I need to need to be I don’t nor take that this this slow either [Applause] let’s do thread the needle before they close it down oh this is the slowest I I’ve ever G the thread needle this bit anyway and now it’s on to the all bit W that’s that was soft