pendine sands, july 21 2015

[red98]

Will do nogs  ...so...your at work tomorrow and four foccers are going to be on your manor, parhaps we'll pop in for a chat with mrs nog.....see what your really like  :lol

[red98]

GRAYO....just sent you my mob via pm.not sure of route yet, probs make it up as we go along 

[Red Ceri]

Right hotel booked, bike checked over, alarm set, gonna leave mine at 6.30am and meet Red at 8.


Going to be a good couple of days (for me), all the forecasts I've seen are pretty good with some rain but hey we've all got waterproofs.

[Red Ceri]

Paul, just pm'd you my number, some reason I don't have yours

[red98]

You have now ceri  ....see you in the morning...

[nick crisp]

GRAYO....just sent you my mob via pm.not sure of route yet, probs make it up as we go along 

Route couldn't be simpler Paul. A40 to St. Clears, then A4066 down through Laugharne to Pendine. Google says 3 1/2 hrs from me, plus breaks. Or M4=3hrs, but I'm sure no one wants to go motorway do they?

Good opportunities for rest stops en route. I usually stop briefly at Ross, services just outside the town. Then Oasis café at Abergavenny, then West End Café at Llandovery. Can smell the eggs and bacon now - the only reason I'm coming really  :lol

[noggythenog]

Morning

pretty murky down here, still blowing 25knots on the gusts, south westerly, 1 decent shower in the last hour though so if it continues that way then not too bad....it is warm :\

also looks like it will be nice by 2100 tonight :lol

[red98]

morning nogs,thanks for the update  :thumbup ......could you do another forcast and bend the truth a little  :lol

[nick crisp]

BBC Wales forecast reckons could be the odd shower, improving as the day goes on. Doesn't look bad.

[red98]

nice morning here in high wycombe  ....heading west so sun on our backs and not in our eyes  ....i think we will be ok 

[noggythenog]

Well???


told you the weather would be ok Red

[bri h]

Well i joined both reds this morning and 446 miles later im home knackered. what a fantastic day a massive thanks to paul for organising it and thanks to nick and ceri for making it such an enjoyable day.shame we missed grayo. maybe another time.

[noggythenog]

Well i joined both reds this morning and 446 miles later im home knackered. what a fantastic day a massive thanks to paul for organising it and thanks to nick and ceri for making it such an enjoyable day.shame we missed grayo. maybe another time.

that's allot of miles Bri....did yous get rained on in the end?

[nick crisp]

Was worth going. Bit of a shower around Cheltenham, got a bit wet and blowy for a time at Pendine, cold with it (foccin July  :rolleyes), but not bad all told. A nice mild ride home (M4  :z), 355 miles for me. Nice to get together once again, Paul, Ceri, Bri.

Bloody Bridgestones have got to go; 2nd time they've slid out on me in the wet. Not that anything would have gripped on that diesel slick on the A40.

Dubious characters at the Oasis, Abergavenny:



Laugherne castle - everyone running on fumes by this time:





And a few shots to give a taste of the day:









More Paul's era than mine:









And poor, blurry attempts to catch the actual Bluebird and Napier (?) runs (foccin cold wind howling across the beach didn't make things easier):





Think I've got to get this fascination with castles in check  :lol  :



We put the world to rights over fish and chips too, so you can all sleep safe in your beds now  :eek

[red98]

Home at 10.30, 451 miles for me.......thanks for keeping me company guys  :thumbup....cars looked great on the sands, think they were restricted on what they could do by their owners, just a slow pass, would have been good to see them at speed ........
a good day with good company.....lots of miles for a weekday,7.30 am start tomorrow  :\...not looking forward to that.....

[slimwilly]

A good day out boys,nice one

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/video_and_audi...e/33613152

[Red Ceri]

330 miles for me to my hotel, looks like I choose the wrong day to be traveling home forecast rain all the way home.
Great day yesterday good company mostly good roads. Can't wait until the 2nd Aug

[Red Ceri]

Finally got in at 7.45pm after my convoluted route home. did 430miles today varying weather from sunshine to big downpours.