Wild Things Lost Lanes – Wales

Take your time and enjoy a freewheeling tour along 36 biking routes in Wales. Lost Lanes (Wales) sees author Jack Thurston guide you through the Welsh countryside, taking in enchanted woodlands valleys, wild seashores, mountain lakes and ancient ways.

What better way to discover and enjoy a new place than under your own power. Whether you’re on a bicycle, tandem, handcycle or tricycle, Lost Lanes takes you on a journey through the stunning countryside of Wales and the English border counties. Enjoy travelling along ancient byways, peaceful country roads and the lost lanes of Wales, a country of high mountains, deep valleys and wild windswept coasts. 

All the routes are clearly graded from easy to challenging, letting you choose how much effort you want to take in. And if you enjoy the pub stops as much as the biking, Lost lanes includes listings of the best pubs and tea stops, wild swim spots, viewpoints and even accommodations to make it a multi-day tour. 

The book is accompanied by a dedicated website where you’ll find downloadable GPX files, turn-by-turn route instructions and detailed maps. 

This beautiful full-colour book contains 30 specially selected rides, and 6 organised event rides, including the best for:

• Weekends Away and Wild Camping
• Gourmets and Pubs
• Ups and Downs and Natural Wonders
• History, Arts and Culture
• Families
• Wild Swimming

*Cruise from cove to cove along the stunning Pembrokeshire coast, on quiet lanes bejewelled with wildflowers.

*Explore the ruins of the lower Wye Valley, from lost medieval villages to Roman remains, Norman strongholds and the awe-inspiring Tintern Abbey.

*Follow in the tyre tracks of the pioneering ‘pass stormers’ of the 1920s with an adventurous route over the wild and windswept Berwyn Mountains.

Topfunktioner:

• 36 Glorious bike rides to follow
• Downloadable GPX files, turn-by-turn route instructions and detailed maps from linked website
• Graded from easy to challenging, with listings of the best pubs and tea stops, wild swim spots, viewpoints and accommodation
• Stunning photographs
• Most rides are accessible by train