I used to drink a lot (time not quantity) in the Bradford Arms at Knockin and farm around the dish, it was also a good place for some horizontal conversation in the evenings
That'll be Pistyll Rhaeadr near llanrhaeadr - nice place, I've taken the kids up there few times. No doubt I'll be taking a ride up there when it gets a tad warmer.
Quite a few Rozzers round that way in the summer ! You'd do better going to Crossgates cafe & then doing the Dolfer rd to Newtown a cracking rd. Get up early & beat the Filth