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Title: Back from my holiday...
Post by: Grahamm on 10 August 2013, 07:32:06 pm
I've just spent a week in North Devon (Croyde) for my annual surfing and biking holiday and had a rather good time.

Getting there from Portsmouth I take the A36 to Salisbury, then the A30 down to Exeter followed by the A377 up to Barnstaple which is a lovely bit of road.

Interesting thing happened on the way down: Somewhere on the A30 I noticed another bike behind me, but I lost them on some of the twisty bits after doing overtakes, but later I got held up in traffic in a village and noticed them coming up behind me again.

I set off once more, lose them, but then get stuck at traffic lights and a while after, they reappear...!

This goes on for a couple more times until I got stopped by some more lights and the rider filters up alongside me,  flips up her visor and asks where I'm going, so I say I'm going to Exeter then Barnstaple and she says she's heading up to Taunton.

Then, surprisingly, she says "Awesome riding!" (I was reasonably happy with it, but I felt some bits were a bit ropey, however I'll accept the compliment...)

So we head down the A30 again until she turns off up to Taunton, but it was a nice bit of biking cameraderie :)


Oh and later on in the week I rode the A39 from Barnstaple to Minehead via Lynton, Lynmouth and Porlock, a road that has more twisty bits than a very twisty thing, followed by a lovely ride back across Exmoor.

Title: Re: Back from my holiday...
Post by: dickturpin on 10 August 2013, 08:22:38 pm
never great returning from holidays but I know that area and it is good biking territory.
Title: Re: Back from my holiday...
Post by: ChristoT on 10 August 2013, 09:03:23 pm
"Her visor"? Is romance in the air for a certain FZ6 rider?  :lol :lol :lol
Title: Re: Back from my holiday...
Post by: Grahamm on 10 August 2013, 09:50:14 pm
"Her visor"? Is romance in the air for a certain FZ6 rider?  :lol :lol :lol

Alas I didn't get her number (or her number plate!) :(
Title: Re: Back from my holiday...
Post by: ChristoT on 10 August 2013, 10:31:55 pm
"Her visor"? Is romance in the air for a certain FZ6 rider?  :lol :lol :lol

Alas I didn't get her number (or her number plate!) :(

The IAM has failed you, my friend...  :rollin
Title: Re: Back from my holiday...
Post by: slimwilly on 11 August 2013, 07:57:44 am
Gary who??? :(




Gary arse !!! :rollin
Title: Re: Back from my holiday...
Post by: locksmith on 11 August 2013, 10:52:34 am
Goes to show that overall it's no quicker making progress and thinking you are Rossi on the twisties :)
Title: Re: Back from my holiday...
Post by: fireblake on 11 August 2013, 10:53:44 am
Should have pulled over and gave her it up the gary ;)
Gary Glitter. Which is Cockney Rhyming Slang >:D
Title: Re: Back from my holiday...
Post by: Grahamm on 12 August 2013, 12:08:20 am
The IAM has failed you, my friend...  :rollin

Lol! Actually, at the moment, I'm verging on having scheduling issues with several young ladies already without adding to my workload :D
Title: Re: Back from my holiday...
Post by: Chris on 12 August 2013, 02:37:28 am
Unless we see pictures then I'm sure I speak for everyone when I say I bet it was a fat guy on a Harley which is the only reason you lost him on the twisty bits  :b
 
Only joking, good on you and glad to hear you had a good holiday  8)
 
Chris
Title: Re: Back from my holiday...
Post by: Grahamm on 12 August 2013, 06:44:24 pm
Unless we see pictures then I'm sure I speak for everyone when I say I bet it was a fat guy on a Harley which is the only reason you lost him on the twisty bits 

I didn't know you were down in that neck of the woods :pokefun