Rumble at Strumble

Howling TerrorOutOfOffice · Super Spammer Joined: 05 Dec 2008 Karma :

The first time I met Norman was when he helped me pick-up my bike off the floor. *I was due a fall and where better to do it than meeting a group of bikers, (all but one) I didn't know, and about to spend a week touring Wales.

Minus some man points we set off from a Cafe near the Cat n Fiddle pub. I led the way towards Shropshire.

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First time I'd been to the Raven.

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I practised my mobile photography.

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Piss-Stop.

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Soon we were in Llangollen, so I showed them the Pontcysyllte Aqueduct.

Library pic.
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On the Aqueduct...Very windy.
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The plug.
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The Hostel in Caernarfon. https://www.totters.co.uk/
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£17 a night. Clean and great facilities. i.e Secure Parking for +12 bikes. Had a great night with Bob the owner (and his wife is well fit).

Step out from the front door and look left.
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Caernarfon was to be Basecamp, but I had the urge to visit Pembrokeshire again. Before that we had some fantastic run outs through the Snowdonia National Park. Capel Curig [Still makes my balls tingle when I think of those roads....great]

Evenings were spent sampling everything alcoholic with my favourite venue being the Black Boy.

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The lads. (I use the term loosely as at 45 I'm the young tearaway)
Left-Right. Norman, Dave, Shaun, Me and Julian.
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I know Shaun through my girlfriend, so when he invited me to join the others I knew they'd be good blokes...as he is a good bloke. Thumbs Up

Up the coast and met the lads in Llandudno. I didn't like it. I've never liked it.
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More zipping around and then all too soon it was time for a last pint of Sithannan (superb tasting beer).

Left the the lads on the A5 as they wanted to visit Chester and I
made my way back home via Delamere forest and a meet-up with a mate.

Good nights kip...Woke up and got back on the bike for a quick spin around Derbyshire.

*In my defence we were supposed to meet at the Cat n Fiddle pub but it was shut. I noticed them parked at the cafe and pulled in. The parking is on a hill and I didn't put the sidestand down all the way. It fell over quite gently and only a few scratches to the mirror and pannier.
I felt it broke the ice. Mr. Green

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kerr · World Chat Champion Joined: 08 May 2011 Karma :

Looks a good run, cracking pics Thumbs Up

only

point is you didnt get obligatory pics of hostel owners mrs Wink

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Howling TerrorOutOfOffice · Super Spammer Joined: 05 Dec 2008 Karma :

^^^Currently being laminated.
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Enduro Numpty · Could Be A Chat Bot Joined: 31 Oct 2012 Karma :

Enjoyed that, nice to see someone getting out on their bike. Torrential rain in NE Scotland at the moment. On the bright side the local plod are having a biker blitz this weekend so hopefully they're all getting wet and generating no revenue Wink

Wobbling Dog · Nitrous Nuisance Joined: 12 Mar 2013 Karma :

enjoyed that. cheers

FrankGill · Renault 5 Driver Joined: 18 Jul 2011 Karma :

When you were with your mate's did you park up in Beddgelert? Sure I recognize the Deauville.

Howling TerrorOutOfOffice · Super Spammer Joined: 05 Dec 2008 Karma :

It's a possibility as I know the others went to Porthmadog and they didn't use the coast road. It would've been on Wednesday 15th of May.

And I suspect they stopped to look at the fork oil leaking all over the front brake. Later on I fashioned a fork-tube bandage to mop-up the leaking seal....and looked at the GPZ...another leaking fork seal. Laughing

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FrankGill · Renault 5 Driver Joined: 18 Jul 2011 Karma :

Yep defo was you were all sat in the cafe when we walked past, your bikes were all parked in the bike rack's in the car park ours was tucked away up in the top corner.

pepperami · Super Spammer Joined: 17 Jan 2010 Karma :

I`m going to wales in a few weeks, I hope I can get as much sunshine as you appeared to have.

cool write up Thumbs Up

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Glenn Ashby · Derestricted Danger Joined: 13 Jan 2013 Karma :

I stopped off at the ravon and if i remember rightly it had a Ariel Square 4 inside.
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Howling TerrorOutOfOffice · Super Spammer Joined: 05 Dec 2008 Karma :

^^^These three bikes there when we went.
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This is a Streetfighter I actually like.
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Food was ok.
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