Sugar Loaf railway station Sugar Loaf railway station Sugar Loaf railway station is a railway station in Powys, Wales, and is the most geographically remote station on the Heart of Wales Line. It is located one mile to the north-east of a small but prominent knoll known as Sugar Loaf, around which the A483 road loops. The line through here was opened by the Central Wales Extension Railway in 1868; the station was closed to passengers in 1965 but subsequently reopened to traffic in 1984. This station is a request stop used mainly by trekkers and cyclists, since it is the nearest stop to
Vantage loaf measure. For large orders of 12 loaves this would be a whole extra loaf. In years of good harvest the baker could be making more bread than could be sold from the shop. Extra bread was sold on to middle men or 'hucksters' who would sell it in the streets. Since the price of bread was fixed by law the huckster would make a profit by selling on the extra 13th loaf which was the vantage loaf. Vantage loaf A Vantage loaf (first recorded in 1612) is the thirteenth loaf of a baker's dozen. A loaf of bread which is