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Posted: 21:22 - 19 Sep 2018 Post subject: |
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Don't pay Photobucket!
I now use Postimage:
https://postimages.org
I find it every bit as easy as Photobucket was. Images are easily resized (I use the 800x600 option), and can be organised into separate 'folders', or just all stacked together.
So far, no issues with them. ____________________ Chickenystripgeezer's Biking Life (Latest update 19/10/18) Belgium, France, Italy, Austria tour 2016 Picos de Europa, Pyrenees and French Alps tour 2017 Scotland Trip 1, now with BONUS FEATURE edit, 5/10/19, on page 2 Scotland Trip 2 Luxembourg, Black Forest, Switzerland, Vosges Trip 2017
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Posted: 14:27 - 20 Sep 2018 Post subject: |
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Its a bit long winded, but I use https://puush.me/ . It uses a sharex client, so you use the desktop app to select photos, then it uploads them to your https://puush.me/account then you can set them public/private and post them. Bit of a pain the arse... but you dont have to deal with any resizing/payment bollocks.
Flickr is also very good for just uploading and keeping albums with a nice display. Not so good for formatted forum posts though.
As for touring this year, we had a bloody good trip knocking around the French alps and French south coast in May. VERY glad we did it in May, missing the june/july death heat completely. I think we are going to try and stick to that from now on, going in May or Late August.
We went down to Croatia last year, and that was all just go go go, wanted something a bit more relaxed this year, more time to explore off the bikes. Not sure for next year, Ideas floating around of Scandinavian loop, Northern Spain, Czech republic/Austria/Slovenia.
A few pics from this year.
https://puu.sh/AIXKm.jpg
https://puu.sh/By4ul/940d3bb3c2.jpg
https://puu.sh/By4MN.jpg
Had so much fun chucking the SV around in the twisty roads, a lot of fun to really work the bike up and down the gears.
https://puu.sh/By4yP.jpg
https://puu.sh/By4x6.jpg
https://puu.sh/AIXKL.jpg
https://puu.sh/By4xZ.jpg
One of the best days, running south from a huge storm in the Alps, got to St.Tropez, realized it was a horrible touristy hell hole, got south of there to the next peninsula. Setup camp and walked for a hour to a nice little bay and floated in the sea with a beer! All worth hours of filtering and chaos getting there. Took about 1km of dirt roads to get a farmyard campsite, was surprisingly one of the fondest memories, just nailing it down dusty farm tracks to get to that place.
https://puu.sh/By4t2.jpg
https://puu.sh/By4GS.jpg
Changing our plans a bit though, we really want to get into doing the TET/TAT. So getting some dual sports is on the cards for next trip for sure. Currently trying to sort a house, after that hopefully changing out both Bikes. Divvy to a Fazer1k for road touring, Sv to a Tenere or Dr650 or Tet/trails.
Does anyone have a recommendations for Wales in a weekend? Ive only been to brecon on the bike, around a fair bit of Wales in the car. Trying to line up a weekend doing the best bits before this year is over. ____________________ Previous : 09 Vanvan 125| 02' Sv650s || Current: 1999 Xj600n | 1992 DR650 RSE | 2005 Fazer 1000 |
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Posted: 15:45 - 20 Sep 2018 Post subject: |
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That's what I'm talkin bout! Good man
Love that shot, the light, sky, mountains.
For Wales, must ride roads are in mid Wales.
A44 to Aberystywth, A483 from Crossgates (A44 junction) to Newtown.
Also, mountain roads in the region, B4518 from Rhayader to Llanidloes, and on past Llyn Clywdog, turn left for Dylife to Machynlleth, all good ones.
North Wales, B4391 from Llanfyllin to Bala, A4212 from Bala, and turn right onto the B4391 for Ffestiniog, all favourites of mine.
Many others, too numerous to list! ____________________ Chickenystripgeezer's Biking Life (Latest update 19/10/18) Belgium, France, Italy, Austria tour 2016 Picos de Europa, Pyrenees and French Alps tour 2017 Scotland Trip 1, now with BONUS FEATURE edit, 5/10/19, on page 2 Scotland Trip 2 Luxembourg, Black Forest, Switzerland, Vosges Trip 2017
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Sadly I have given up long distance bike touring now.
A mixture of health and age has meant I can't do too long in the saddle and I'm finding my big tourers harder and harder manouever around.
I spend more time playing with boats and this isn't a boat forum so I don't post my excursions up the Thames or the Trent ____________________ Triumph Trophy Launch Edition |
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Polarbear wrote: | Sadly I have given up long distance bike touring now.
A mixture of health and age has meant I can't do too long in the saddle and I'm finding my big tourers harder and harder manouever around.
I spend more time playing with boats and this isn't a boat forum so I don't post my excursions up the Thames or the Trent |
Sorry to hear it Polarbear, but at least you've found something else to occupy your time and keep you happy. ____________________ Chickenystripgeezer's Biking Life (Latest update 19/10/18) Belgium, France, Italy, Austria tour 2016 Picos de Europa, Pyrenees and French Alps tour 2017 Scotland Trip 1, now with BONUS FEATURE edit, 5/10/19, on page 2 Scotland Trip 2 Luxembourg, Black Forest, Switzerland, Vosges Trip 2017
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derillius24 wrote: | I spent a week in the Pyrenees in July this year - a write up is on my to-do list, I've just not managed the time yet. This has reminded me. I'll get to it...! |
Cool, looking forward to it.
I'd still like to explore the French side of the Pyrenees a bit more. ____________________ Chickenystripgeezer's Biking Life (Latest update 19/10/18) Belgium, France, Italy, Austria tour 2016 Picos de Europa, Pyrenees and French Alps tour 2017 Scotland Trip 1, now with BONUS FEATURE edit, 5/10/19, on page 2 Scotland Trip 2 Luxembourg, Black Forest, Switzerland, Vosges Trip 2017
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Of course you want to ride fun roads when you go touring, but it seems a bit of an expensive way to get just those kind of kicks. For me, destination is at least as big a part of it. And I want to come home with a good photographic record of it, because I might never get a chance to do it again. I still get a kick out of looking through the photos I have taken on my travels, and the threads I made here about them I find to be a great way to relive them. And I want to keep adding to those memories too... ____________________ Chickenystripgeezer's Biking Life (Latest update 19/10/18) Belgium, France, Italy, Austria tour 2016 Picos de Europa, Pyrenees and French Alps tour 2017 Scotland Trip 1, now with BONUS FEATURE edit, 5/10/19, on page 2 Scotland Trip 2 Luxembourg, Black Forest, Switzerland, Vosges Trip 2017
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^^Which is why I did everything from planning to actually going on my last two tours alone. ____________________ Chickenystripgeezer's Biking Life (Latest update 19/10/18) Belgium, France, Italy, Austria tour 2016 Picos de Europa, Pyrenees and French Alps tour 2017 Scotland Trip 1, now with BONUS FEATURE edit, 5/10/19, on page 2 Scotland Trip 2 Luxembourg, Black Forest, Switzerland, Vosges Trip 2017
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Enduro Numpty wrote: | I've no real interest in photography and won't ride with people who stop at every turn to snap every view but each to their own. |
Once I'm in the mountains, it's true, anyone with me would be driven to distraction by the number of times I stop to take snaps Mountains are in my soul, I can't help myself!
What I took to doing was spending enough time in the best places to have rides that were about scenery, then do the best bits of road again for pure riding enjoyment.
Places like the Black Forest and Vosges mountains were good for great riding without so many scenic distractions.
The region of Switzerland I visited had both, but short enough loops to ride the roads in question several times in a few short days, be lazy sitting outside cafes, take lots of mountain snaps, and still have time to cane it up and down the best stretches of 'riding' road. ____________________ Chickenystripgeezer's Biking Life (Latest update 19/10/18) Belgium, France, Italy, Austria tour 2016 Picos de Europa, Pyrenees and French Alps tour 2017 Scotland Trip 1, now with BONUS FEATURE edit, 5/10/19, on page 2 Scotland Trip 2 Luxembourg, Black Forest, Switzerland, Vosges Trip 2017
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If you got some good photos, a pictorial would be fine
Dolomites and Austria are two I want to do (again, in the case of Austria, but only really did the Grossglockner last time there). More of the French Alps too. ____________________ Chickenystripgeezer's Biking Life (Latest update 19/10/18) Belgium, France, Italy, Austria tour 2016 Picos de Europa, Pyrenees and French Alps tour 2017 Scotland Trip 1, now with BONUS FEATURE edit, 5/10/19, on page 2 Scotland Trip 2 Luxembourg, Black Forest, Switzerland, Vosges Trip 2017
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I've just got back from a week in Normandy, but didn't take too many photos. This is the only one I took of the bike all week and this was just after getting off the ferry back in the UK
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What was your theme? Battlefields? Culture? Biking roads? ____________________ Chickenystripgeezer's Biking Life (Latest update 19/10/18) Belgium, France, Italy, Austria tour 2016 Picos de Europa, Pyrenees and French Alps tour 2017 Scotland Trip 1, now with BONUS FEATURE edit, 5/10/19, on page 2 Scotland Trip 2 Luxembourg, Black Forest, Switzerland, Vosges Trip 2017
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Old Thread Alert!
The last post was made 5 years, 255 days ago. Instead of replying here, would creating a new thread be more useful? |
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