Brechfa Archives - A Simple Life of Luxury https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/tag/brechfa/ Tales from a down-shifted family - Making the most of modest means in West Wales Mon, 13 Apr 2015 20:15:29 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/cropped-favicon-160x160.jpg Brechfa Archives - A Simple Life of Luxury https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/tag/brechfa/ 32 32 2696646 More MTB video from Brechfa https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2011/08/more-mtb-video-from-brechfa/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2011/08/more-mtb-video-from-brechfa/#respond Thu, 11 Aug 2011 16:12:21 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=8666 And here’s the second installment of video from our trip to Brechfa yesterday… Enjoy the ride.

The post More MTB video from Brechfa appeared first on A Simple Life of Luxury.

]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2011/08/more-mtb-video-from-brechfa/feed/ 0 8666 MTB Video from Brechfa https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2011/08/mtb-video-from-brechfa/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2011/08/mtb-video-from-brechfa/#respond Wed, 10 Aug 2011 20:36:05 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=8661 Rather than working today, Dave, Pete and myself met at Abergorlech near Brechfa for a ride around both the Gorlech and Raven Trails. It turned out to be a great day out with some really good riding. The trails there have matured well and were riding fast. They weren’t too wet or muddy either which...

The post MTB Video from Brechfa appeared first on A Simple Life of Luxury.

]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2011/08/mtb-video-from-brechfa/feed/ 0 8661 Brechfa Video Clip https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2010/02/brechfa-video-clip/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2010/02/brechfa-video-clip/#respond Mon, 01 Feb 2010 17:08:29 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=3770 Here’s one for Matt. A quick video clip (from Kelvin) on the first descent of the Raven Trail. Kelvin, Jim and I were already at the bottom, then down came Matt, followed by a couple of more tentative riders. Jay and Brad were on their way somewhere too!

The post Brechfa Video Clip appeared first on A Simple Life of Luxury.

]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2010/02/brechfa-video-clip/feed/ 0 3770 End of Month Ride – Brechfa in the snow https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2010/01/end-of-month-ride-brechfa-in-the-snow/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2010/01/end-of-month-ride-brechfa-in-the-snow/#comments Sun, 31 Jan 2010 18:25:26 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=3746 We had a good Ystwyth-MTB end of month ride today, even if I was the only person from Ystwyth MTB club. We had planned to meet at the Bryngwm car park for 10am, so I set off from Aberystwyth at around 8:45 with Dave and John just behind me. The journey there was just as...

The post End of Month Ride – Brechfa in the snow appeared first on A Simple Life of Luxury.

]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2010/01/end-of-month-ride-brechfa-in-the-snow/feed/ 2 3746 Action Packed day in Wales https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2009/05/action-packed-day-in-wales/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2009/05/action-packed-day-in-wales/#respond Thu, 28 May 2009 08:08:43 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=1618 What a perfect day.. Summer’s here so I was awake as soon as it got light just after 4am! I got up at 4.30am and did a few hours work on various website projects for Pixelwave Web Design, and then as everyone else stirred at around 7am I stopped for breakfast and got ready to...

The post Action Packed day in Wales appeared first on A Simple Life of Luxury.

]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2009/05/action-packed-day-in-wales/feed/ 0 1618 Brechfa Raven Trail – Improved https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2009/05/brechfa-raven-trail-improved/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2009/05/brechfa-raven-trail-improved/#comments Sun, 24 May 2009 05:02:51 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=1598 I first did the Raven MTB Trail at Brechfa, not long after it first opened in August 2008. There were a few of us on that ride and it has to be said it was quite a mudfest! Some sections were closed due to the surface breaking up and others were barely rideable. It was...

The post Brechfa Raven Trail – Improved appeared first on A Simple Life of Luxury.

]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2009/05/brechfa-raven-trail-improved/feed/ 2 1598