The Gravel Rally: A mental battle with a surprise result!

I travelled to north Wales to take part in the Gravel Rally, an off-road adventure put on by the organisers of Pan Celtic rally. Though I've not ridden the Pan Celtic, I was drawn to this event by a sense it would be fun and friendly. The PC crew are no corporate entity and the lever of banter amongst organisers and riders was testament to this.

The route was really tough; long, looooooong timed off-road stages with transition segments through villages including Bets-y-Coed. There were plenty of gravel fire roads but also some rooty, narrow single track, chunky boulders, mud, grass and puddles. Obviously any descents and technical bits were my favourite.... the climbs, not so much!

I was in a bit of a funny head space for this race but I'm so glad I pushed on through that and finished the race.

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