That's what I've been trying to do for years now, just to add something else to the weekend. We started off going up on Saturday morning, getting to the rally mid-afternoon if we were lucky. Then we started leaving on Friday and breaking the trip in mid wales with a B&B. Next progression was going to Betws on the Friday. Then a couple of years ago, five of us left after work on Thursday and headed for a B&B in Rhayader and then on to another in Betws y Coed on the Friday.
Keep trying new stuff, that's my motto.
GC