Llanrumney Hall to Fourteen Locks Canal Centre - hilly! Challenging

This route is designed to keep us warm! Our destination is the Fourteen Locks Canal Centre and Cafe on the Crumlin arm of the Monmouthshire Canal, situated at the top of the Cefn flight of locks, an engineering wonder of the industrial revolution.

This is a relatively short but hilly ride out through the Llanrumney area and though the lanes, climbing up Penylan Hill to drop down into Bassaleg. After crossing the River Ebbw, and the A467 via a footbridge (half a dozen steps up and down to negotiate), there is another climb up to the canal path and a short ride on to the Fourteen Locks Canal Centre. After a stop we will retrace our steps to Bassaleg and from there cycle a stretch on route 4 uphill through the lanes then via Michaelston y Fedw back to the start. We will stop at the top of the bigger hills for a quick breather!

We will be riding mainly on quiet suburban roads and country lanes, with a short stretch on canal towpath.

We will have a cafe stop at Fourteen Locks, approx 30 min.

Please bring a bike lock and also a spare inner tube if you have one, and your cycle helmet. Also some money for the cafe stop.

We never leave anyone behind :)