Afon Melau (The School Run)

Nice pleasant lane which is very easy and a nice sunday afternoon run which takes about 40 minutes and about 5 clicks long. Few gates and forms a loop round a kind of Cwm, with nice views of the Cwm itself and the valley Afon Melau flows into.

You should really use a map to find it as navigation can be differcult with the tarmaced UCR's leading to it, there are a few.

Called the School Run cause often its the first track if meeting at Bala and for many the novices first time they ever do a lane, but also cause of the Aran School which is half way up the hill, so its bit of "joke" lets go and do the "school run" in the 4x4.

If coming along the main road, look for the sign Aran School once you found that, navigation is easy up the hill but watch out there are a few tracks off to the east, you really need to follow the map.

The west part of the loop is more broken tarmac.

Grid refs west SH786218 : east Sh786218 both directions are easy, but anti-clockwise popular as easier to find.