{"id":1056,"date":"2025-05-22T21:02:38","date_gmt":"2025-05-22T21:02:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fatblokeonabike.com\/?p=1056"},"modified":"2025-05-22T21:02:38","modified_gmt":"2025-05-22T21:02:38","slug":"day-19-cilcennin-to-aberystwyth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fatblokeonabike.com\/?p=1056","title":{"rendered":"Day 19 &#8211; Cilcennin to Aberystwyth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This was an enjoyable bimble through the Ceredigion coastal hills to keep my legs moving on a rest day<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fatblokeonabike.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/PXL_20250521_170743447-scaled.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1061 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.fatblokeonabike.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/PXL_20250521_170743447-300x226.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"226\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fatblokeonabike.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/PXL_20250521_170743447-300x226.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.fatblokeonabike.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/PXL_20250521_170743447-1024x771.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.fatblokeonabike.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/PXL_20250521_170743447-768x578.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.fatblokeonabike.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/PXL_20250521_170743447-1536x1157.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.fatblokeonabike.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/PXL_20250521_170743447-2048x1542.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.fatblokeonabike.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/PXL_20250521_170743447-1200x904.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.fatblokeonabike.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/PXL_20250521_170743447-1980x1491.jpg 1980w, https:\/\/www.fatblokeonabike.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/PXL_20250521_170743447-640x480.jpg 640w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/226;\" \/><\/a>I picked up at Cilcennin and aimed for Aberystwyth avoiding the A487.<\/p>\n<p>The roads were quiet and the views were astounding. From the Cardigan Bay to the Cambrian mountains in the distance.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fatblokeonabike.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/PXL_20250521_174753909-scaled.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1059 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.fatblokeonabike.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/PXL_20250521_174753909-300x226.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"226\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fatblokeonabike.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/PXL_20250521_174753909-300x226.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.fatblokeonabike.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/PXL_20250521_174753909-1024x771.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.fatblokeonabike.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/PXL_20250521_174753909-768x578.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.fatblokeonabike.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/PXL_20250521_174753909-1536x1157.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.fatblokeonabike.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/PXL_20250521_174753909-2048x1542.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.fatblokeonabike.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/PXL_20250521_174753909-1200x904.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.fatblokeonabike.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/PXL_20250521_174753909-1980x1491.jpg 1980w, https:\/\/www.fatblokeonabike.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/PXL_20250521_174753909-640x480.jpg 640w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/226;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Through Cross Inn, then to Llangwyrfon and into the Ystwyth Valley. I joined the A487 at LLanfarian for a few hundred metres, then cycle route signs directed me into a housing estate.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fatblokeonabike.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/PXL_20250521_180933230-scaled.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1057 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.fatblokeonabike.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/PXL_20250521_180933230-300x226.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"226\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fatblokeonabike.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/PXL_20250521_180933230-300x226.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.fatblokeonabike.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/PXL_20250521_180933230-1024x771.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.fatblokeonabike.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/PXL_20250521_180933230-768x578.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.fatblokeonabike.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/PXL_20250521_180933230-1536x1157.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.fatblokeonabike.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/PXL_20250521_180933230-2048x1542.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.fatblokeonabike.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/PXL_20250521_180933230-1200x904.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.fatblokeonabike.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/PXL_20250521_180933230-1980x1491.jpg 1980w, https:\/\/www.fatblokeonabike.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/PXL_20250521_180933230-640x480.jpg 640w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/226;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I picked up the Ystwyth trail which, in the grand tradition of these things followed an old rail route into Aberystwyth. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fatblokeonabike.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/PXL_20250521_181234669-scaled.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1062 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.fatblokeonabike.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/PXL_20250521_181234669-300x226.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"226\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fatblokeonabike.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/PXL_20250521_181234669-300x226.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.fatblokeonabike.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/PXL_20250521_181234669-1024x771.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.fatblokeonabike.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/PXL_20250521_181234669-768x578.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.fatblokeonabike.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/PXL_20250521_181234669-1536x1157.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.fatblokeonabike.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/PXL_20250521_181234669-2048x1542.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.fatblokeonabike.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/PXL_20250521_181234669-1200x904.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.fatblokeonabike.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/PXL_20250521_181234669-1980x1491.jpg 1980w, https:\/\/www.fatblokeonabike.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/PXL_20250521_181234669-640x480.jpg 640w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/226;\" \/><\/a>Aberystwyth was in full summer mode with families and students enjoying the beach and seafront in the sunshine.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fatblokeonabike.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/PXL_20250521_182652078-scaled.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1058 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.fatblokeonabike.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/PXL_20250521_182652078-300x226.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"226\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fatblokeonabike.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/PXL_20250521_182652078-300x226.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.fatblokeonabike.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/PXL_20250521_182652078-1024x771.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.fatblokeonabike.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/PXL_20250521_182652078-768x578.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.fatblokeonabike.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/PXL_20250521_182652078-1536x1157.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.fatblokeonabike.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/PXL_20250521_182652078-2048x1542.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.fatblokeonabike.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/PXL_20250521_182652078-1200x904.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.fatblokeonabike.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/PXL_20250521_182652078-1980x1491.jpg 1980w, https:\/\/www.fatblokeonabike.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/PXL_20250521_182652078-640x480.jpg 640w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/226;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Day totals: 18 miles; 1227ft of elevation gain<\/p>\n<p>Tour totals: 976 miles; 39,122ft of elevation gained<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This was an enjoyable bimble through the Ceredigion coastal hills to keep my legs moving on a rest dayI picked up at Cilcennin and aimed for Aberystwyth avoiding the A487. The roads were quiet and the views were astounding. From the Cardigan Bay to the Cambrian mountains in the distance. Through Cross Inn, then to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1059,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1056","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-irishsea"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fatblokeonabike.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1056","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fatblokeonabike.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fatblokeonabike.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fatblokeonabike.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fatblokeonabike.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1056"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.fatblokeonabike.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1056\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fatblokeonabike.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1059"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fatblokeonabike.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1056"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fatblokeonabike.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1056"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fatblokeonabike.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1056"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}