Where you been on your bike Today

[Fizzer Thou]

Down to Rye for breakfast and back in time to watch the MotoGP

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[waffles]

Yesterday I went out with some friends for a 300 mile round trip. Dartford to Crawley then on to Salisbury with a stop at a nice cafe for a posh panini and tea then on across Salisbury Plain via another tea break at Compton Abbas for cake and plane spotting before heading off and promptly losing one of our merry band and watching part of the Tough Mudder at Winchester. I left the house at 8.30 and got back for nearly 8. Feeling tired now!

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Past rides Yamaha XT125X, Triumph TT600, Honda XR250
Current rides Suzuki GSXR 600, Honda MSX125

[chickenstrip]

Firstly, from Callington along the A390 and up onto Dartmoor. Went through Princetown, Two Bridges, and down via Ashburton.

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Then took the A38 back into Cornwall, stopped at Looe again for a coffee. Then on to Charlestown. One of 3 masted ships there:

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Harbour entrance:

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Next up was St. Mawes castle:

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Some of the many cannon there:

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The castle has about 4 different levels each of which has multiple gun emplacements - it would have been quite a formidable defence in it's day, especially in combination with Pendennis castle on the other side of the estuary:

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I tried the zoom on the new camera whilst there, and was quite pleased with the results. In the previous shot, you can see a lighthouse at the headland in the background; I thought this wasn't bad for a digi compact from the same distance:

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On the way to the day's last destination, stopped briefly by Truro cathedral:

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And then all the way down to Lizard Point, one of the very few parts of the Cornish coast I haven't visited before:

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Twas bloody windy down there! The road going down goes past RNAS Culdrose (the size of which surprised me), and is a cracking good little ride. Then A390 all the way back to Callington. Another beautiful day, good riding, good scenery, thoroughly enjoyed it
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[chickenstrip]

Just a bit more of a taste of Cornwall today:

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One more day tomorrow. Not sure where to head for - got a bit suckered in to doing all the tourist traps today, want to avoid that a bit tomorrow.
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[Howling Terror]

Oh Nick...Stop it, you're making feel all xenophobic.
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[chickenstrip]

[Copycat73]

Sunday was forecast to be an excellent day so we took the opportunity to go..

Windermere...

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a warm dry and bright day ... there cannot be many left this year ...


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at this time of year the tourist numbers have dropped off and getting parked is easy ... though some still prefer the "road train"

Coniston .. some sort of trial was about .. a few bikes like this with hand written numbers attached... this café is to be recommended

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up Kirkstone pass

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other side of Kirkstone pass .. I think

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Alston cobbles

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[thx1138]

led a "ride til dusk" trail ride after work today, 2pm till sunset, taking in some lanes which have seasonal TRO's and close Oct 1st.

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[The Tot]

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Quick blast around the A46 in the Costwolds - Stroud/Painswick loop after work chasing sunsets
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[blurredman]

[Howling Terror]

[blurredman]

[thx1138]

more green laning, Husqvarna rider, flipped his bike and landed on his back, bike tumbled past me and I came off cos I braked too hard trying to avoid running his bike over, didn't have my helmet cam cable ties to the rescue again

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[haroman666]

Today, many of the SE section attended Santa Pod and we all shaved our clutches down to a thin sliver of nothingness!

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[Pigeon]

[Fladdem]

At least you didn't run down the 'strip with your tent straped to your back, you would have lost about 3 seconds I would guess.

Who won then?
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Past:2003 Aprilia RS125, 1982 Kawasaki GPZ550(FREE BIKE!)
I'm having more fun than a well-oiled midget.

[The Tot]

Bourton On the Water for my sunday saussage roll ritual - Cold, foggy and probably too early in the morning for race leathers!

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[sgtcalle]

Took a jaunt through swale dale. After dodging a few errant sheep i made it to the highest pub in Britain

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Stopped in Reeth on the way home. Buy an R1 they said. Itll get you loads of pussy they said...

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[chickenstrip]

Ace cafe:
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High Beach:

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Where the only thing that really interested me was:

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Then Finchingfield:

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Kitted up for a cold, foggy start, the fog had cleared by Oxford and I melted for the rest of the day. Enjoyed riding the old roads from The Beach, through Dunmow and up to Finchingfield though. Not so much the A/M40 and North Circular.
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[RedPanda]

A damp Brands Hatch for my first full track day.

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Shane Byrne was there too, he had a walk around the garages then gave two classroom talks - one about the lines at Brands (treat it as a dot to do with your bike in a straight line as much as possible), then one on body positioning. He seems a really nice, genuine guy and was happy to talk about BSB and his title fight as well.
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[thx1138]

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[stonesie]

Not too far (other side of Doncaster) and didn't get a Picture of the bike, I was more interested in the big noisy thing on the other side of the fence...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4ryX5Q2ZQ4


Must take the proper camera next time, the phone microphone really didn't like that...

[Dave70]

[stonesie]

Fixed

[thx1138]

Torque Racing open day.

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I think that one of these Beta cross trainers^^ will be by next bike.