Three Cycle Adventures Of The Summer Part 1: Landsker with Amity Customs

Matt owns a lovely little bike shop called Amity.

Charlie, Emrys and I met him there early one August morning.

They fuelled on coffee. We all faffed with our bikes.

Then we set off down the hill to start the ride.

I had put together a loop, 95km or so.

I think it was Matt's idea, to turn the Landsker Borderlands trail into a cycle route.

So that's what we did, following closely to the original trail but along little lanes and bridleways.

It was supposed to be a gravel bike ride but I do remember Matt remarking at one point "I don't know what you think gravel biking is, but it's not this."

But seeing as I was on a mountain bike and Emrys was on a road bike and I survived the roads and he survived the rocks and mud, I would say that averages out somewhere near a gravel bike ride.

Either way we were having a lot of fun.

A lot of fun eating pastries and pies.

A lot of fun flying down hills, on road and off.

It was nice to explore a little corner of the county I didn't know so well, to travel through places I've been before and see them in a different way.

We were tired as we neared being back at the bike shop but not too tired to give it some beans for the last mile or so. Flying down these little lanes whizzing past each other with huge smiles spread across our faces.

It was a good day, as days on bikes usually are.

Thanks Matt, Charlie and Emrys.

This route is coming as a fun little event with Amity sometime next year.

Jacob

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