Wales pics.

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Part 2

Managed to get tent and kit packed by 8am this morning, and then over to the West End Café again for breakfast, where I did see not one, but two (yum!)(I thought everyone in Wales was supposed to be skint!):



Riders reported no part throttle snatchiness, and said although awesome, were very easy to ride (well, they would, wouldn't they, having shelled out the better part of £14k  ). So as a parting shot, I said I'd wait til they sold them and pick one up second hand, after they'd paid for the depreciation 

That morning's line-up:



And then on to Llyn Brianne:









From there, it was over to Tregaron, and on to Devil's Bridge - (rant) and while we're on that subject, how is it they get to charge you to go and look at a natural feature of the landscape?! 
Then the Cwmystwyth road to Elan Valley. See Noggy, what the Arch needs to really look good is a yellow bike 

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Part 3

Always  :



And so on to the Elan Valley:



You may just spot a black dot of a car on the road here; don't know what it was, but it looked sleek and expensive, and sounded the nuts!:



Nope, no idea what was going on:



And general Elan shots:







Next up, Llyn Clywedog:

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Part 4

Beautiful scenery, fantastic roads, great weather; what more could you want?:





Hey, I can see Snowdon from here!:







Funny, I could swear I can smell the sea. Where the hell am I now?!:





So I'd gone further north than intended, and ended up at Aberdovey on the Dovey Estuary. Well, easiest way back is via Tal-y-Llyn:





...past Cadair Idris, and back down to Machynlleth:





Then it was head south once again by that brilliant Newtown/Crossgates road, and A44 home. 460 miles for the weekend. Now, where shall I go next weekend...I know! 

[Skippernick]

Reckon on a Top Gear shoot?

[Skippernick]

Plus i'm coming with you next time Nick, lovely juberly.

[adeejaysdelight]

That looks like a great trip lads. Some beautiful shots and roads too. Well done. I could be in for some of that action sometime too 

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Reckon on a Top Gear shoot?

You could be right Nick. I also passed, going in the opposite direction, 4 cars. Sorry, don't know my cages, but one was white with race numbers, sporty looking, can't remember the middle two, followed up by a blue Scooby. The helicopter flew back and forth all the while I was in the Elan. The cars didn't look to be going very fast 

[noggythenog]

Ace pics Nick

Another Top Gear shoot spotted by the foccers (there was a video by a member in London a while back that spotted them)

& nice line up of bikes at Llandovery.......I've seen that white triumph there before, old guy..tennis ball over the top yoke nut with a sponge or something stuffed in it and a racing slick rear tyre.

I still haven't been up the black Mountains on my bike.....did some orienteering on them in the rain once but that was crap....much better on the bike I reckon.

[slimwilly]

Black mountains roads, from Abergavveny to hay on Wye, small road across the top past Hay bluff, nice scenery for a nice day.

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& nice line up of bikes at Llandovery.......I've seen that white triumph there before, old guy..tennis ball over the top yoke nut with a sponge or something stuffed in it and a racing slick rear tyre.

I still haven't been up the black Mountains on my bike.....did some orienteering on them in the rain once but that was crap....much better on the bike I reckon.

I stopped at the Oasis, Abergavenny on my way in on Saturday, and got chatting to a nice ol fella, must've been in his 70s. He had textile kit on, so I thought, must have a BM GS or something. Nope! Ducati 999    He pulled up later that evening at Llandovery - looked like he was a little uncomfortable, John Wayne walk when he got off. Kudos to him though.
 
That western Black Mt. road is a treat, but this time I also started to explore a couple of little side lanes that come off it, just for the views. Still better surfacing than crappy English roads! Had to be careful on all of em though - many sharp bends with steep drops and no armco