Best selling author and cycling enthusiast Jack Thurston takes pro mountain biker Blake Samson to the country roads of W | dG1fVVNYdDlERndFbDg
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00:00 (dramatic music)
00:02 Wales, a country in the southwest of Britain,
00:05 with its rugged mountain ranges.
00:07 - Beautiful.
00:08 - Wealth of natural resources.
00:11 - Look at that.
00:12 - Rich in historical past.
00:14 - Yeah, this is actually a Roman road.
00:16 - Is it really?
00:16 - I am Spartacus.
00:18 - No, I am.
00:19 - No, I am.
00:20 - Oh.
00:21 - And strong Celtic identity.
00:23 - Hey Blake, sit my a tail.
00:25 - My burgal.
00:26 - On do he.
00:27 - On do he.
00:28 - In this series, we discover the hidden corners of Britain
00:31 with author of Lost Lanes, Jack Thurston.
00:34 Morning Jack.
00:38 - Morning Blake.
00:38 - How's it going?
00:39 - Oh, it's fantastic, isn't it?
00:40 Look at this.
00:41 - Yeah, look at this.
00:42 Where are we?
00:43 - So we are in the Brecon Beacons.
00:44 - Jack's agreed to take me on one of his favorite
00:46 local routes in Wales.
00:48 - We're gonna follow that river from its source
00:50 to when it enters the sea.
00:52 - I'm ready for it.
00:53 As an ex-pro free ride mountain biker,
00:56 slow cycling is alien to me, to say the least.
01:00 - This is where we drop onto the drops
01:01 and like go really fast.
01:02 Tour de France, Tour de Wales.
01:05 Look at that, free ride.
01:07 - I heard you got some bad jumps.
01:08 - Jumps running good.
01:14 Me on this, not so good.
01:17 We're going with the flow.
01:18 - Guess that's gonna be super chill, right?
01:20 - Super chill.
01:22 Cruising along empty roads.
01:26 - Canal over a river.
01:28 - Yeah.
01:28 - Doesn't happen very often.
01:29 - Surrounded by landscape like this.
01:32 - Oh, it's beautiful.
01:33 See if I can catch up Blake.
01:35 That was steep.
01:38 - Jack's trying to convince me that taking it easy
01:41 is the only way to enjoy the ride.
01:44 - Oh, what a beautiful Welsh morning.
01:46 - Feels like a real journey, doesn't it?
01:49 - It does.
01:50 - Look at that thing.
01:52 Long live bikes, long live bikes.
01:54 - I'm gonna go find more lost lanes
01:56 just like this all the time.
01:57 - I'm in a cocoon right now, dude.
02:00 Night Jack.
02:01 - Sleep well.
02:02 - Slow, who would have thought?
02:04 - Hm.
02:05 (upbeat music)
02:08 (whooshing)
02:11 (dramatic music)