Post by: slimwilly on 06 July 2014, 08:15:39 pm
Rode some amazing roads again,took in some amazing sights,took some pics,,testing the camera again,,dont use it much so keep forgetting how to use it. :(
Came across a fox hunt,look for the dot of a Landrover near the skyline,slightly righ of center
hounds distance |
then tried the zoom
hounds |
hounds 2 |
surprising what can come up closer.
Post by: Hedgetrimmer on 06 July 2014, 09:39:54 pm
Post by: Hedgetrimmer on 06 July 2014, 10:19:02 pm
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Then up over the moors
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Where FOC-Us very own sheep worrier spied for his next victim - caught in the act!
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That Newtown road is going to be the death of me :eek
Post by: kitcrazy on 07 July 2014, 09:13:21 pm
Post by: slimwilly on 07 July 2014, 10:27:59 pm
oh and watch out for the suicide sheeeeeeeeeppppp :lol :lol :lol :lol
nick lamb |
Post by: Looney tune on 07 July 2014, 10:37:08 pm
Lovely looking part of the country that is.
Post by: Davidjw on 08 July 2014, 05:24:48 pm
Post by: slimwilly on 08 July 2014, 05:55:11 pm
Nick has got me looking at smaller A and some B roads, he has found some ace roads joining our favourite roads up, i just did not think of it before,,exploring new roads, some close by.We came back on Sunday without using the A44, turned off it at Penybont, Dollau,Prestigne
Post by: Davidjw on 08 July 2014, 06:27:46 pm
Post by: slimwilly on 09 July 2014, 12:26:51 pm
All welcome
Post by: Hedgetrimmer on 09 July 2014, 07:46:45 pm
If all goes well then Sunday will be meeting at Evesham country park entrance 9.am. ride down to Swindon , look around the stores and pick a route onwards or back.
All welcome
TBH Bill, a large part of the reason I go to Wales so much is that the roads around here are, on the whole, a bit pants :\ There are one or two short stretches that are fun, but it hasn't taken me long to get bored with this area. Too much traffic, and the surfaces are generally in an atrocious state.
Post by: slimwilly on 09 July 2014, 07:55:02 pm
Post by: Hedgetrimmer on 09 July 2014, 09:16:10 pm
Post by: slimwilly on 09 July 2014, 09:56:55 pm
There's nothing nice after Swindon. Swindon is the soul-destroying end of the line :lol
A nice coffee stop in Carterton !! :D
I know you are right but you gotta do these things.
We will find someroads, i see there is one that comes your way near Cotswold wildlife park,then on up
Post by: mtread on 09 July 2014, 10:22:16 pm
Post by: slimwilly on 10 July 2014, 06:23:21 am
Just come back from a week in Wales. A44 from Aberystwyth to Rhayader. Fantastic road with so little traffic. The few lorries there were waving us past to overtake :DYou are correct, then from Rhayader there are some amazing roads there and nearby.Smaller a roads are sure worth trying out.
Post by: evesdad on 10 July 2014, 10:17:15 am
David, i wish i could join you, i think i may be out on Sunday, a south midlands spin,probably in loads of traffic :'( . just to keep my mate happy.
Nick has got me looking at smaller A and some B roads, he has found some ace roads joining our favourite roads up, i just did not think of it before,,exploring new roads, some close by.We came back on Sunday without using the A44, turned off it at Penybont, Dollau,Prestigne
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Post by: Davidjw on 10 July 2014, 05:55:34 pm
Post by: slimwilly on 10 July 2014, 07:27:28 pm
Weather is spot on, ,i love the fish n chips at Aberaeon, the one over looking the harbour, me and Noggy went there last year to fatten up.
Post by: slimwilly on 10 July 2014, 08:51:20 pm
2 bikes |
front |
Post by: Dave48 on 12 July 2014, 09:26:32 pm
Can anyone tell me why the road surfaces are generally so good in Wales? You certainly know when youre back in England by the potholes etc! :eek
Post by: Hedgetrimmer on 12 July 2014, 09:49:01 pm
just bought OS landranger maps covering Presteigne/Hay on Wye also Elan Valley/Builth Wells. Last time I was over that way had a small road map that didnt have all the minor routes showing-theres some hidden gems alright!
Can anyone tell me why the road surfaces are generally so good in Wales? You certainly know when youre back in England by the potholes etc! :eek
I've got a Phillips Road Atlas that has served me well for many years now, shows most of the little roads too. Can't be many good ones I haven't done yet, then I'll have to look elsewhere I suppose. Already starting to explore the Marches. I'd love to live in central Wales, but bugger all work - that's why the roads are so empty, no one lives or works there.
Good road surfaces in Wales = EU subsidies?
I swear the surfaces turn from cart tracks to race tracks the minute you actually cross the border.
Post by: Davidjw on 13 July 2014, 07:27:35 am
Post by: slimwilly on 13 July 2014, 07:34:49 am
Nick we should be down Swindon by 10.30. might see you there :)
Post by: slimwilly on 13 July 2014, 07:52:45 am
Post by: Hedgetrimmer on 13 July 2014, 08:29:06 am
NickIf we come down the 361 from Burford,if you are about we will meet you at the cotswold wildlife center entrance.
Bill, just after you cross the A40 after Burford (roundabout), on the 361, there's a layby on your right. Meet you there.
Post by: slimwilly on 13 July 2014, 05:38:39 pm
Down to Swindon,then Nick decided we would look up Avebury,Chippenham and back to Stroud,Gloucester and he nearly came back to Leominster.
Alot of traffic about but found some nice bits and pieces.
Now to sort the bike for touring,change screen,oh and fit FCE, tighten chain,and change oil,, one month till off,,,going to the Czeqrepublic. :)
Post by: Hedgetrimmer on 13 July 2014, 05:58:04 pm
I did and we beat the summer showers, turned out quite a nice day, a few sprinklers ,nowt to worry about , i did over 200 miles :) .
Down to Swindon,then Nick decided we would look up Avebury,Chippenham and back to Stroud,Gloucester and he nearly came back to Leominster.
Alot of traffic about but found some nice bits and pieces.
Now to sort the bike for touring,change screen,oh and fit FCE, tighten chain,and change oil,, one month till off,,,going to the Czeqrepublic. :)
Tune in next week, when we'll be hunting rabbits with a grenade launcher....... :eek
Post by: slimwilly on 13 July 2014, 06:28:51 pm
I just remembered todays suicide Muntjac deer, it made a dash across just infront of Nick,,a close one, not many hundreds of yards from Nicks house :lol :lol
i have washed the bike and the wifes car, oh what a good boy i am
Post by: Hedgetrimmer on 13 July 2014, 06:35:07 pm
Post by: slimwilly on 13 July 2014, 06:37:11 pm
So far this year I have been hit in the knee by a pheasant, had a sheep run out on me, had a red kite drop a dead rabbit on me, and now this feckin deer - that's it, I'm gonna kill every living thing I see until it's safer around here :2guns
That my son is because you are ALWAYS riding around in Wales :lol :lol
Post by: Hedgetrimmer on 13 July 2014, 06:52:37 pm
Red Kite and dead rabbit incident = Oxfordshire.
Muntjac deer incident = Oxfordshire.
Sheep incident = Wales.
Explain? :\
Post by: noggythenog on 13 July 2014, 06:57:40 pm
Hang on a minute...i thought yous were supposed to be off on some shopping bimble with slims mate.....to Matalan......Nick's lucky he didn't get some sweaty fat bird hit him :lol
Post by: Hedgetrimmer on 13 July 2014, 07:25:54 pm
In Swindon, she'd have been riding a bicycle.
Saw a nice pair of spray-on leggings in Chippenham though - imagination wasn't required :b
Bill's mates blew out, cos it raaaaiiiiined :'( :rolleyes
Post by: slimwilly on 13 July 2014, 07:51:01 pm
OK Nick, Wales may have less wildlife but you are always lurking there :lol , think you have a nationality problem.
Noggy , we gotta get you over sometime, i am laying up now for a while, got other things on, then going abroad,so will be back on roads here end of August :D
Post by: midden on 14 July 2014, 01:04:04 am
So far this year I have been hit in the knee by a pheasant, had a sheep run out on me, had a red kite drop a dead rabbit on me, and now this feckin deer - that's it, I'm gonna kill every living thing I see until it's safer around here :2gunsHave to say you must be really bad Nick. I've had plenty of women run out on me but never any sheep 8)
Post by: Hedgetrimmer on 14 July 2014, 11:22:39 am