Quote Originally Posted by anthonykay View Post
Bala to Ruabon, including the ford of the river Alwen just west of Corwen: water deep enough to get my shorts wet, and I waded it 5 times to get bike and luggage across to the other side dry. A bit of extra climbing towards the end, so that I could take the little road below the Eglwyseg limestone crags.

My Welsh sunburn is a bit painful.
Sorry for my ignorance... but couldn't you have crossed the river at the A5, or the bridge a couple of hundred yards adjacent?