@Gary - which road would you recommend for a ride to Aberystwyth (if I ever get round to it)?
I could either go Wrexham - Bala - Cross Foxes - Machynlleth, or Oswestry - Welshpool - Newtown and pick up the A44 West to Aber.
They're pretty much the same distance-wise. Suppose I could go out one way and back the other