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Gospel Pass takeaway

Despite three punctures and some ill-advised fish and chips, the highest road pass in Wales didn't disappoint.

Matt

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A black road bike with two red water bottles stands on the grass beside Gospel Pass, the Black Moutnains stretching away into the distance.

This was a 98km loop of two halves: the first from Abergavenny along the towpath of the Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal, the second following National Cycle Network routes through Talgarth and then across the Black Mountains via Gospel Pass and back to Abergavenny.

I chose this anticlockwise direction because I wanted to finish the ride with the rush of the 19km-descent down the Vale of Ewyas, from Gospel Pass through the village of Llanthony and its ruined priory. This was to be my reward.