Clywedog trail run

I was scheduled to return to Long Mynd Valleys today for the first time since 2009, but Storm Ciara put paid to that: 60mph+ gusts. So I sought shelter, repeating the Clywedog Trail run last done in November 2016. This worked fairly well, although the weather was predictably appalling at certain points. From Minera, a vicious headwind combined with flooded paths to make a very wet start, although the plan did work well initially in the sense that it was genuinely sheltered. This changed as I entered the Erddig grounds with the storm at its height - howling wind and torrential rain, some big trees down. At Kings Mill, the end of the trail I doubled back but then decided it would be prudent to avoid the woods on the return. Instead I took a sweeping loop on roads to Rhostyllen, and then the climb contouring Esclusham to Minera. The roads were all flooded - thigh deep in places - and the weather was horrendous throughout, a real soaking.