Afan, autumn'06

Peeps, I'm starting to suffer withdrawal symptoms from the Welsh hills and would like to get back down south to Afan before the year is out. None of the Westoning posse have been before and most are keen to give it a try.

When? September 22nd (Friday) thru 5th (Monday)

Trails: Are world class belter's, with two main biking centres to ride from, Afan Forest Park and Glyncorrwg. The rides are challenging with involving climbs giving way to some awesome views. The descent at the end of the Skyline/July trail is one of/if not the best DH sections this xc rider has ridden. Compared to CyB the facilities and trails are newer, have much more flow to them and are probably more rocky. Since last year they've added a couple of sections, incl'g a strip of north shore riding ala Cannock.

There's also number of "family" cycle ways plus a host of other activities available in the immediate area if you'd like to bring along your own lickle posse.

Accom: During our last trip to Afan, Brumster booked us some fab accommodation (nothing like the "midgets" residence we endured in CyB) that easily supported 5 peeps, their bikes and gear, per cabin. We also found that they back onto one of the trails, The Wall I think. They're available from Friday until Monday so if someone wants to make use of a long wkend down there. There are 4 cabins available and we had 2 cabins last year between 8 of us. Although there aren't any pubs nearby we'll have no problem stretching out, kicking back and enjoying ourselves after a days hard riding. I've just emailed Bryn Bettws and they speedily replied with; "We have cabins free all of October and apart from 15th - 18th September we have at least 3 free. The cabins are even more fabulous now as we have a games room, with a pool table, darts and board games available for your use and weather permitting, a lovely barbeque area."

So what say you posse, who's up some more top class trail riding ?