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Out of Rowen, a long and winding road climbs up the track of a Roman Road. I was cycling, and it was tough going. Rowen-6.jpg (43577 bytes) Quite close to the tree line, it was very windy and quite cool for the end of June. There was a gale blowing from the North West. Rowen-7.jpg (35445 bytes)

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Eventually, the road sort of finished, and I crossed into no mans land, with the eventual reward of dropping from the 1400 feet above sea level which is where I was now at. Rowen-9.jpg (30348 bytes) Right at the top are some standing stones, so I thought I would stand alongside one of them!

The views began to open up towards the north coast of Wales.

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To the north, is the Island of Anglesey with Puffin Island to the right. The weather is clearly anything but settled.

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Rowen-12.jpg (42104 bytes) As I enjoy the descent, there are wild 'orses about. Rowen-13.jpg (31448 bytes) One here, with Llanfairfechan and the A55 behind. I had a rapid and somewhat scary descent to the main road and managed to get back to base before the rain set in.

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