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(
www.threepeakstrial.co.uk
;
Mar)
An annual walking challenge held in March to test your en-
durance and map-reading skills.
Abergavenny Festival of Cycling
(
www.abergavennyfestivalofcycling.co.uk
; Jul)
A mid-July lycra-enthusiasts' meet incorporating
the Iron Mountain Sportif, a participatory event with 25-mile, 50-mile and 100-mile
courses.
CYCLING
Abergavenny Food Festival
(
www.abergavennyfoodfestival.co.uk
;
Sep)
The most important gastronomic event in Wales, held
on the third weekend in September, with demonstrations, debates, competitions, courses,
stalls and the odd celebrity. But the real drawcard is that this is an enthusiastically local
festival, run by volunteers, and not some big-budget food producer's showcase. Kooky
things can and do happen.
FOOD
Sleeping
HOTEL
££
Angel
( 01873-857121;
www.angelhotelabergavenny.com
; 15 Cross St; r from £79; )
Abergavenny's top
hotel is housed in a fine Georgian building that was once a famous coaching inn. The up-
graded communal areas downstairs feel sleek and sophisticated, while the comfortable
rooms feature designer bathrooms. The Angel offers similarly tasteful accommodation in
mews rooms adjoining the hotel, in a Victorian lodge near the castle and in the 17th-cen-
tury Castle Cottage, which has room for four.
Guest House
( 01873-854823;
www.theguesthouseabergavenny.co.uk
; 2 Oxford St; s/d from £45/70; )
This family-
friendly B&B with cheerful, flouncy rooms (not all en suite) has a minimenagerie of pigs,
rabbits, chickens and ducks - and parrots that can match the gregarious owners in colour-
ful language. It's certainly not lacking in character.
B&B
££
Eating
