6. Bwlch y Groes Traditional Cache
Skippy and Pingu: Time for this series to go as we can't maintain them now.
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This series takes you on an exceptionally scenic drive along the highest road in North Wales and the 2nd highest road in Wales. The summit is 545m. Permission has been kindly granted by RSPB. Please note that cattle are free to roam on the road.
Bwlch y Groes, which means Pass of the Cross, links Dinas Mawddwy, Llanuwchllyn and Lake Vyrnwy. The cross, just below the summit at the junction of the roads from Vyrnwy and from Dinas Mawddwy, commemorates the place of the pass on a pilgrim route from North Wales.
The pass is also known as the Hellfire pass and was used pre and post war by both the Austin Motor company and the Standard Triumph Motor company. The southern ascent of the Bwlch y Groes, which is approximately 1.7 miles (2.7 km) long with severe gradients throughout (steepest 1 in 4), was renowned throughout the 1970s and 80s as the most challenging climb used in the Milk Race round-Britain cycle race. The ascent is included among the hundred greatest cycling climbs in Britain, being a remorseless ascent of about 350 m (1,150 ft) over a distance of about 3.5 km (2.2 mi).
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