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6 of us from Fowey went up to Devon today to see the National Hillclimb Association first event of the year. We stopped for breakfast near Poundstock. They thought us old fuckers must be dodgy as we had to pay before they would serve us any food. I personally was flattered that they thought I could do a runner. . It was very nice though and they warmed up after awhile When they realised we were behaving. Trip Stats It was an interesting meet with several interesting bike’s although most seemed to be modified crossers. There was one combination so I guess that won its class. Hartland Point was vey pretty with Lundy Island out on the horizon. Some pretty big balls in terms of pace. Mental buggers. Some interesting stuff in the car park, well to me anyway. Also our little band, my other mate wouldn’t take his Ventura into the field Don’t Blaine him it probably weighed over 300kegs We stopped in Bude for a cuppa on the way home. Had a chance to look at my mates V4 Ventura on the way home. Detuned V-Max motor. Very big bike but beautifully put together. Bloody good day out with the old codgers.11 points
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Fuck off you photo shopped that sea in i know that road and there's no sea at the end of it9 points
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I would make it over if I didn't have a continent to fly over...anyway things would probably get tricky when I get to custom and they start asking questions...ya I'm going to Spain to visit some twat I met on the internet ...9 points
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Fed up with chores and work and to do lists, fuckit, I'm off to Cenarth Waterfall, just 50 miles away but all tight twisties, well nearly Over Betws Mountain to start, fuck they've ruined that with these shithouse wind farms, was just a tiny bit chilly on my finger at 7-8c getting there, warmer days on the horizon now. No more stops til Cenarth, not much in the way of photogenic scenery and roads kept me occupied Pulled up right in front of the falls then spent some time trying to get nice pics, annoyingly I had left my ND filters at home, still I did what I could with what I had This one shows the old Flour Mill too (no not the Yamaha you wankers): Headed into the little bistro/gift shop before setting off, had a cup of tea and a couple of Welsh Cakes A brisk ride back home just over an hour away a balmy 11c all the way Lucky Pete didn't notice my scoot is covered in saw dust from my woodworking in the garage LOL All pics taken on my tiny little Sony RX100 V, a very capable camera9 points
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After a week of very rainy weather, today it was sunny and very nice. Riding over to @Sofia’s for a few days there I got a call from a client who proceeded to complain and complain and complain, and my helmet’s communication system has had better days so had to stop to give him some attention. Here is where I stopped. No ride report as there’s been plenty of them on these roads and views.9 points
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I’ve been called lots of things, but never that before . My wife worked for a company where the MD was a colonial type, very well spoken with a large period house in its own large grounds. Like everyone else he had to put his bins out at the end of the ( long) drive on bin day. One day he went to collect them and saw that someone had spray pained “ cunt” on one of them. He wheeled it in, didn’t bother to clean the paint off but went and got a spray can and painted “Rich” in front of cunt and just put it out as normal the next week.9 points
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Mixed cold and showery this morning. Went to the meet before the off and there was a grand total of 2 of us, me on the Hornet and Martin on his Guzzi V85 the rest of them had very good reasons for not coming, I think the main one was they are puddle dodgers and couldn’t possibly get their bikes dirty I had thermaled up with several layers so all was good apart from not wearing winter gloves, but even so heated grips saved day grips saved the day Sone great views from Kitt Hill big skies from being high up On a side note my daughter was shocked to hear I was going to Kitt Hill today, turns out that where all the kids from her college go to shag on a Saturday night. Who knew Nice new small Triumph Some lovely old bikes there and refreshing to see them ridden despite patchy weather. Not my Hornet. Quite like the tail tidy though My favourite bike of the day. R90s. Just beautiful. After leaving there we went back to Liskeard and the Checkered Flag Cafe and bike shop. Great cafe but there was some sort of bike club meet there. All patched up called Widows Sons or something similar. Bit sad to my eye but live and let live I suppose, they were friendly enough even they were a bit old to be a bike gang. Oh and after the inevitable clean up.9 points
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Went out for a little run on the bike today, as the sun was shining, although, it wasn't fantastically warm. It wasn't enough of a run to warrant a ride report and the roads weren't the most interesting. Anyway, I went to Marseillan and then onto Marseillan plage and back home. Marseillan is quite a pretty town and marina and it's not crazy busy at this time of the year.9 points
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Not really worth of a ride report, but yesterday met up with @Sofia in Alentejo by the big lake. Pleasant enough to be on the bike on the way there. Waiting for her to show up since we were coming from different places: and presto! Alqueva lake is at the absolute maximum level of water I've ever seen it, I doubt it has ever gone as high before. We left the Triumph for a little and I took her on the GS through an easy trail near the water, I think the bug to ride a trail bike has bitten... there might be a video later of that. Today we rode back home, except the majority of the ride was under quite heavy rain, my phone safe in my pocket and under my rain pants mean there's no pictures of it, but quite the amount of water came down. All warm and dry at home with my jacket still dripping down a bit.9 points
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just seen that the ulez protesters have started putting bat boxes over the ulez cameras , bats are protected by law and cant be touched even if the boxes dont have bats in them and are empty Genius.8 points
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Now the oversized top box makes sense the gypsy bastard8 points
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The wife said she is a bit cheesed off because it's a sit down gig probably because most of the audience is older than the band members8 points
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Update Her son spoke with the doctor today :--- MRI shows that the spine is not compressed which is positive. Spinal injury seems positive as in there is not any big concerns over ability to function her limbs etc. She is more active today in terms of moving her legs a bit and arms a bit. Still uncertain in terms of brain injury which is the waiting game. They are planning to move her to the Poly trauma unit tomorrow if there is bed space. It basically means she is stable enough and can be discharged from critical care. She is also tolerating less oxygen support whiich is good! She has opened her eyes slightly a couple of times too. Hopefully these are good signs.8 points
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I have been a ride .................................... to the petrol station Treated the scoot to some Tesco Momentum petrol, bet it does 100 mph now. Fucking stupid idea for a fuel filler on the scoot...... 50p of petrol went out of the overflow, now my shoes stink of petrol..8 points
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After a couple of wet days the sun got his hat on today. It was still slightly fresh and a bit windy first thing, but I couldn't resist getting out on the bike. I put Villerouge Termenes into the sat-nav and headed in that direction. The route took me on Narbonne's northern bypass and I turned off and headed up and across, past the Abbaye Fontfroide and towards Tournissan. I turned off that road and headed towards Villerouge-Termenès, which is a nice twisty road in the Corbieres. I got to Villerouge and stopped for a minute, but I was enjoying the ride, so I switched off the Sat-nav and decided that I'd just see where I ended up. I was in a village called Laroq-de-Fa and saw a road sign for the Château Quéribus, so I swung off onto that road. It wound through the hills and into Massac, where I swung a tricky right turn towards Soulatgé. There I picked up the road along the valley, towards Duilhac-sous-Peyrepertuse, which took me under the Château Peyrepertuse that sits on a rocky ridge. I passed through Duilhac-sous-Peyrepertuse and past the Château de Quéribus. I then went through Padern and along its gorge, towards Tuchan, where I got caught out by the lack of road signs, but eventually found the right road. This road took me past the Château d'Aguilar and towards Villeneuve-les-Corbières. From there I went through Durban-Corbières and turned left onto the road to Thézan-des-Corbières. There I got back onto the road past Abbaye Fontfroide and back to Narbonne and home. I've no idea how far this loop was, but I was out for about 4hrs, so I'm guessing at around 200kms or thereabouts. The roads were pretty twisty and narrow, so it wasn't a fast ride!8 points
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I was out by 11am and it was a roundtrip of 200kms......mostly motorway unfortunately! The destination was the old Railway Workshops in Guadix which have been closed for many years and are now in a pretty bad state! It's claim to fame is that it's been featured in two films.....North West Frontier in 1959, and Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade in 1989. The vid is a bit different this time......no soundtrack as it's all low speed onboard footage so a lot less wind noise! Now this is why a Top Box is essential here because of the temperature variations that can occur during the day! When I left the house it was 14C but in Guadix it was 26C......so I'd be carrying all this shit around with me if I didn't have the Box. Inside the main workshops...... Snow on the Sierra Nevada mountains in the background! Apparently there's a locomotive within this shed...... It was the first time I'd been out in a month, so the bike got a good run. As usual, it never missed a beat.......though it did get covered in dust getting access to this place. Which meant a visit to the Jet Wash......the first one since last November! So that was my day......best run I've had for some time. And I can now walk around when I stop......without getting a load from grief from my Hernia! Did I mention that I had a Hernia?7 points
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