I think I’d rather sand my plums and drop them in a bag of salt and I like Afan.
Yes, it’s rockier than it used to be, sadly they had to take the trees down and the top of most of the trails has blown away, some bits are just unplesant to ride now.
I can’t imagine wanting to ride up the white’s climb 3 times to cover Blade, Skyline and Whites, that alone would stop me even wanting to try it.
I’ve ridden Skyline once, which is once too many, it’s not great, took all day, the best bit is right at the end, by the time I got there I was too tired to care about not crashing and just rolled down like a rag doll barely holding on the bars, the state of some of the most distant parts of the trail made me wonder if they get more than 5 people a year riding it.