Cupid Stunt

I need new gloves, coming back I set my satnav to get me out of Southampton via the "twisty" route but not long into the journey it decided there was congestion (who gives a fuck about that on a scoot/bike) and it re routed me back onto the "fast" route which is shit loads of boring motorway after shit loads of boring dual carriageway, it was ironically a further journey by an extra 20 miles, I suffered it all as I couldn't tap the "fuck off no thanks" button when the re routing message popped up, touch screen gloves required me thinks. Still it was a shit load of fun "filtering" through the miles and miles of backed up cars on the motorways as it was a Friday late afternoon mega rush period, plenty of cock sucking twat cagers who resent filtering and nudge their shitmobile over to try to block you and I had to show plenty of adventure bikers how it's done Good mpg, I was expecting it to be low as I wasn't exactly riding in a frugal manner but still got 73mpg, 187 miles in just over 3hrs

Yes mate

Though I am reporting that I rode somewhere 160 miles on my scooter to Southampton I had fitted my helmet with a Bluetooth thingy so I could listen to music and hear my satnat, fuck that, the ear pieces were a little snug at first, after an hour it felt like someone was crushing my head Still a ride with some pain is still tons better than driving Spoiled for choice of beds, here's the only pics I took

OK not a photograph but a short video Vicky Vixen has been visiting for nearly three years, finally she brought some cubs in, but four is quite an achievement, I suspected three but didn't have evidence of it so put a second camera out to get a better view down the bank These are rural Foxes, very different to the urban Foxes that are accustom to humans, can't get anywhere near these, no matter how quiet I am, they can hear a heart beat at a fair distance

Yes, it's closed to vehicles though

Well, just had to get out on the scoot, it's been too hot lately but today was a little cooler at 22 deg Headed up the Tawe Valley to Defynog then cut across to the A470 to grab a cheese burger (fekin £4.80), down the A470 then over sheep mountain, one sheep came over asking if I'd seen Pete as she's missing him The plan was to drop in to see my old mate Martyn as I'd heard he set up shop again, he used to own Real World Motorcycles but quite for a few years, damned roadworks, I went round and eventually found the exit, off down to Mountain Ash where I found his new bike shop and cafe "Martyn's Motos", had a chat and caught up then back up to Hirwaun and the shit roundabout then off up Righos, I love these windy mountain roads with the 180 switchbacks, after Righos I wanted to invested a site for some future photographs then back tracked to run down in to Treorchy then up the Bwlch, down the Afan valley to Pontrhydyfen (where Richard Burton was born as every boring cunt Welshman will tell you ), then into Neath over the hills to Pontardawe where some wankstain pulled out on me, damned lucky I had quick reactions or I'd have been toast, would have slammed into the side of his 4x4 at 60mph. Pictures are in no particular order

The Moon

Near the Lower Lliw reservoir

Florida, Gulf of Mexico, 1989, Nikon F801s film camera

Not very high Pete, they're too small otherwise, that's the trouble they're damned fast and hard to pan with when close enough to get a decent shot, at a guess maybe 40-50ft

These buggers aren't easy to catch in flight but got one eventually Swift - Apus apus Swift by name, swift by nature

One from the garden this afternoon Red Kite - Milvus milvus

Cecropia Moth - Hyalophora cecropia

Can you believe that all this was within walking distance of where Pete used to live, a short walk from Mumbles to Caswell Bay.... Seals, Cormorants, Common Linnets, Rare Choughs, Goldfinch, Rock Pipits, Stunning scenery, Guillemots, Song Thrush, Stonechats, Buzzard, Scarlet Tiger Moth And he buggered off to a very brown Spain

It wasn't a "Jam sandwich" it was older than that, all blue old shape Rover 3.5, 1974

Yeah, apparently it still has to be taxed but at £0, no records now so I'd guess it has been scrapped for a very long time However the police car that used to stop us all the time as kids is still on record SMP619M it was a 3.5 rover

No idea mate, I would seriously doubt it Can't check it like modern vehicles as if it still existed it would be classed as an historical vehicle and exempt from MOT and Tax

My Dad's Lambretta, bought in 1955 for £155 plus 7/6p tax He kept it until 1973, Pete would never have a bike that long

They all look very different if you actually look but I suppose it's a bit like car drivers "not seeing" bikers, they just don't really look conciously

Nice route that, done it several times, except the bit to Cardiff

The tiniest Bee you ever did see A "Small Scissor Bee" feeding in the Bluebells in my garden, these are very small at around 7mm long fully grown Here it is again with it's parasol, "chillin'" after a meal In the UK we have about 270 Bee species, 250 of which are solitary Bees Next time you watch them feeding, make a note of how different they all are Here's a Wool Carder Bee from my garden

Some shots of the Gower and Swansea Loughor estuary Rhossili Bay and Beach The Blue Pool, Broughton Worm's Head Three Cliffs Bay Swansea All taken from a light aircraft:

Sunset over a frozen lake

I think Yen has been working in Wales as there's a lot of crappy adverse cambers Headed up the A4067 to Defynnog, A4215 over to the A470 stopped at Terry's burger van for a crappy overpriced burger, tasted OK though, headed south to pick up the "sheep mountain road" (A4059)past Hirwaun and up Rhigos mountain, dropped down the other side into Treherbert and Treorchy, up the Bwlch Mountain (no bloody icecream van ), through Abergwynfi and into Pontrhydyfen, under the Aqueduct and on to Cimla, Neath then home, 85 miles in all Scooter was great hitting an indicated 80mph on some mountain roads and nearly a ton up on the small stretch of motorway on the last leg to home, but I think Yen made the speedos on these as that clearly isn't right the wind on my gonads disagrees with the indicated figures Scoot handles great, very pleased with how it's solid even in strong winds. Disclaimer, all photos are crappy phone shots as although I had a proper camera with me I couldn't be arsed to get it out, I could just be arsed to get my phone out of my pocket so I did my best with that Also, the photos seem to have arranged themselves in any old random fashion they felt like Pontrhydyfen, the home of Sir Richard Burton and I think Anthony Hopkins or some other Welsh bloke who sold his soul to join the Hollywood pussies: Tom Jones is from near here too as is Rob Brydon and a Welsh lady who made some cakes and inventively named them Welsh Cakes DUH! The Bwlch: Rhigos: Sheep Mountain: A470 - Terry's Burger Van £5 for this piece of crap: A4215 Crai Reservoir, off the A4067:

Sunrise between the trees