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[CliveSkel]

Hi all, I was on here previously under a different user name (Tweet) but forgot password, so back again.
I am currently riding a Triumph Tiger 885, which suits my gangly frame.
Like many of you I am looking forward to the end of Lockdown, as I have some tyres, disc pads, chain& sprockets that have not seen much action in a while, and I am retired, so will have plenty of free time to sort them out.
Cheers Clive

[trevor saxe-coburg-gotha]

eh up -

what are you're favourite roads heading north / north-east?
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[pepperami]

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[CliveSkel]

[jeffyjeff]

Welcome back. Like you, looking forward to the end of lockdown. Cheers.
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[CliveSkel]

Thank .
I have had a few rides, none further than 10 miles, longest ride was to get the Triumph a MOT,
Been out a couple of times to buy a loaf the one in the top box just be a mighty shade of blue by now .
Yep, looking forward to the end of Lockdown, or should I say house arrest.

[trevor saxe-coburg-gotha]

[CliveSkel]

So, for instance, B-roads from Mansfield to Mkt Rasen, or Mansfield to Horncastle - those kinds of directions.[/quote]

Gotcha.........yes it's a decent ride via Retford, Gainsborough to Willingham Woods, I don't bother stopping there, usually it's too busy, and the queue for food & drink can be long.
I like the ride from here to Market Harborough, via Melton Mowbray, when I go that way I usually end up at Foxton Locks, food & drink available there and it's scenic, but again it can get busy.
I sometimes take a ride to the coast (not to Skegness...oh no) via Newark, Metheringham, Woodhall Spa and Spilsby, it's a bit out in the sticks, but a nice ride.
I do venture in Derbyshire, out in the wilds, miles of countryside with a few villages that are not worth a mention, I avoid the places where the hoardes meet, Matlock and Bakewell for instance, I will not queue for overpriced fish & chips & rubbish coffee.
The Squires cafe (I used to deliver there) is another place I avoid, besides It's a rubbish ride from here.
I do alot of riding around the Retford, Gainsborough area, but I stick to the country roads mostly, some nice pubs (when they are open) Reindeer Inn at Sturton or Steeple, the Gate Inn at Clarborough, stop there, have a drink and eats.