TIMMY Mallett, the English TV presenter, broadcaster, and artist known for his unique fashion and large pink foam mallet, visited Beics Antur, a bike hire shop based in Caernarfon.

Beics Antur is one of Antur Waunfawr’s three green businesses. Antur Waunfawr is a social enterprise established in 1984 that provides work opportunities for adults with learning disabilities.

Beics Antur’s site as Porth yr Aur has recently been developed into a health and wellbeing centre, with a bike hire a repair shop, a wellbeing Loft available to hire for health and wellbeing activities, and a sensory room, in a project worth £1million.

Beics Antur offers a large selection of women’s, men’s, and children’s’ bikes for sale and hire.

They also have a fleet of adaptive bikes for hire, suitable for individuals of all abilities.

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Timmy Mallett is well-known for his work in TV, music, and stage shows, as well as being an oil painter and acrylic artist, winning the best up-and-coming artist Fine Art Trade Guild in 2012.

But one thing that the public might not know is that Mallett is a keen cyclist - in the past decade, he has rode through Northern Ireland, Lincolnshire, and Cumbria.

In 2018, inspired by his older brother who has Down syndrome, he cycled from his home in England through France and Spain along the Camino de Santiago to Santiago de Compostela Finisterre and back, a distance of more than 4,000 km.

But recently he made the journey to Caernarfon, visiting Antur Waunfawr’s bike shop in Porth yr Aur that offers employment and training opportunities for people with learning disabilities in their own community.