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NC500 charity run.
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Probably the most scared I've been on the bike in a while was riding 4am to Inverness over the Dhirrre with 0 visibility, i know the road well but had no idea where i was but knew there were deer. Could not even see Aultguish lol, not the best start to a 14hr shift on the bike.
Visibility did not really improve much until Kinlochewe, Bealach was horrendous just driving through a cloud. Visor wet, glasses wet, steam up and had to make a campervan reverse, fair play to the guy was not easy. To then find the 24hr pumps were not working, lot of praying that would get to Kinlochewe.
Shout out to Russels at the club house in Ullapool for the lovely bacon rolls and the coffee that kept us going.
Heading north of Ullapool the roads were still surprisingly quiet, was dreading the Drumbeg road but was fine, seen the tractors. Guy stopped Daniel to give him a donation.
Stopping at Kylesku for a back stretch and some photos and then heading to Durness. Only really then did we have someone not willing to use a passing place.
Another shout out to the staff at the Spar who made a donation, thanks very much.
Offer the top the scenery changes end a mixture of great single track and some not so great.
Thurso fuel then pushing onto John o Groats, changed a bit since the last time i was there and mental busy with folk at the sign.
Made for progress heading down the A9 until a BMW with a roof box thought it was good to speed up as we went to overtake.... not interested in racing.
Another shout out to Willie Cowie at the Miekle Ferry Inn for staying open and providing some well needed lovely coffee. Great place and very convenient at the Dornoch bridge roundabout.
Feeling a jaded heading south and sticking to the official route meant heading through Dingwall and back through Beauly.
A massive shout out to Helen and Ernie for waiting at the MFR station for us for sometime to give us a very warm welcome at the finish line.
My wife had kindly let me do this on her birthday weekend as it was the only date others could do, headed to Hopeman feeling a bit broken.
All in all a epic day that i will remember, spent with a lovely group of people and on a very good bike the Yamaha T7.
610 miles and just under 14 hours.
Loads of photos: https://www.facebook.com/media/set?vanity=stevengourlay1980&set=a.10157826002681710
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Weisse Schlange wrote: | Edinburgh Harley / Kawasaki for coffee and a smooch, then Alba customs / Saltire for an egg roll and tea , and a smooch. |
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today i left the A/B roads and explored some country lanes. passed through a picturesque little village called Wherwell.
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FINALLY got finished with the rebuild of the pride wagon and got a clean MOT on it.
Back out to the lanes!
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Feels amazing to have a rear shock that works now
Time to try and bash out a few TET section trips. ____________________ Previous : 09 Vanvan 125| 02' Sv650s || Current: 1999 Xj600n | 1992 DR650 RSE | 2005 Fazer 1000 |
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Did a fairly touristy route around N.Wales. A5, A470, coffee at the Lakeside cafe in Tanygrisau, Fuelled up just after Trawsfynydd, A4212, B4391, Missed the Turn off at Penybontfawr for Llanrhaedar yn Mochnant due to a fuckwit trying to pull a "U" turn on a blind bend, and went down a nadgery in places, but otherwise quite pleasant road, the A490.
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Pic taken at Lakeside cafe, Tanygrisiau.
Route.
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Quick blast out last night; through Cheshire then up the Cat & Fiddle, across to Buxton, through the Derbyshire Dales before heading over to the Winnats Pass before heading home (in the dark!). All was good, apart from when I stopped to take the pictures on the Cat & Fiddle, opened my visor (it was very hot even up there) and a swarm of midges flew in! I decided taking my helmet off would make things worse, so snapped the visor shut and accepted that after 15 minutes they should all be well fed and will stop biting. They seemed to.
Midge feeding point:
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Last photo is down in Monsal Dale - possibly one of the few interesting bits of the A6!
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Old coach road Buxton on the DR. Did a good full day doing most of the Peaks section of the TET. Bike and myself came home with a few more war wounds than when we left
Good fun for sure, Ive got a lot more skills to learn doing the offroading
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Rode my little 125cc from Glasgow to Edinburgh and back on the M8 the other day at night. Wouldn't mind never doing it again
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Went out for a short blast to clear the cobwebs away.
Horstead-Norwich-Wroxham-Horstead.
Nothing spectacular but nice to catch a breeze . ____________________ I am the sum total of my own existence, what went before makes me who I am now! |
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pepperami wrote: | Went out for a short blast to clear the cobwebs away.
Horstead-Norwich-Wroxham-Horstead.
Nothing spectacular but nice to catch a breeze . |
Might head up that way the weekend, if it still looks like it'll be dry. One last go. |
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arry wrote: | pepperami wrote: | Went out,
Horstead-Norwich-Wroxham-Horstead.
Nothing spectacular but nice to catch a breeze . |
Might head up that way the weekend, if it still looks like it'll be dry. One last go. |
Oh bugger! I would have said meet for a cup of tea and a bacon roll,
However, I’m at Trinity Park in Ipswich this weekend.
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Following Badrallach stopped here for a quick break whilst on the way to Ullapool
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Ullapool
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En route to Durness
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Further on near Rhitongue one of our group had an 'off'
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Luckily this group on Skyteam Monkey knock off's were riding by, top guys and girls couldn't have got the bike out of the ditch without them.
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They were riding from Orkney, seen dozens more earlier, looked an awesome trip!
Not really any damage, just a sprained wrist and two luggage mounts lost, rerouted the strapping and carried on.
Next camp was Thurso
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Felt like the Ritz after Badrallach
After a night in the pub next day was decided to stay a 2nd night at Thurso and explore so to the beach.
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Surf's Up
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Masonic Hall
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Onto Dunnet Head, the real most Northerly mainland point
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Then to the tourist trap
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Campsite BBQ for tea.
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Next day leaving Thurso, went to Wolfburn Distillery for the tour
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Then down to Brora, Cocoa Skye Cafe
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Col split from the group here to go see family in Peterhead, I split further down to see Loch Ness and Urquhart Castle, got pulled in Drumnadrochit for a check over (first ever pull on a bike )
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After much faffing around at Inverness and going to the wrong town for camp I rejoined the group at Auchnahillin campsite near Daviot
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Excellent campsite and only £9 a night, when I explore the east coast I'll be sure to pop back this way, set off early Thursday solo to return to Co. Durham.
Cairngorms
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Satnav eventually took me down the A68 so popped in Jedburgh.
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Then Carter Bar and on to home (1200 miles on the dot according to the bike trip)
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That looks superb Moxey |
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Tried splitting in 3 responses rather than one to get the page get issue sorted but no posts exist for this topic is still the order of the day
This weekend looked like the last time before middle of October I was going to have some time to myself to just go off and blast somewhere.
My bikery mates, including a certain Mr Pigeon, were all otherwise engaged and not really up for a short hop but I really wanted to get one last go before the 'season' ends and life is miserable again (more miserable...).
Had a work party on Friday and I promised myself I wouldn't get too sloshed so that I could set off in the morning. But then the company was good, the beers were nice and the setting was fantastic, so what can you do other than have a skinful?
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I stuck by home until about 1:30pm but made myself book a site so that I didn't just wimp out. Booked a small camp site just outside Baconsthorpe which turned out to be really nice.
Travelled up from Thurrock, through Navestock, Ongar, The Rodings, Finchingfield, Steeple Bumpstead, Stradishall, past the Desert Rats memorial in Thetford Forest, then picked up the A1065 to Holt before dropping down to Baconsthorpe via the last few little single track lanes. Circa 140 miles.
Stopped at Baconsthorpe Castle for a bit:
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Peaceful place, nice scenery.
Then got pitched up:
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Took a walk to the pub at sundown:
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Took a walk back at, umm..... yeah, very much nighttime - note to self, new torch required. The last streetlight was ~1 mile away from camp:
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Got back to the tent to find I had neighbours - 7 Asian dudes from East London smoking shisha pipes Decent guys, made me a cup of chai and we chatted shit around the firepit for an hour or two before I went to bed.
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Struck camp at 7:30am, bit misty, lots of moisture in the air - tent was damp AF and packing it away and putting it into my dry bag was a mistake - must remember to take my cargo net, next time.
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Camp site had a greenhouse growing nice veg and the owners had put out bowls full of fresh tomatoes, salad leaves, and chillies. Really nice touch. I took a few chillies for cooking this week:
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Then I set off through some much, much smaller lanes than on the way up:
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Headed to Walkers Snacks in Thetford Forest for breakfast, where I ordered a whopping 'Box 3':
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The fried bread was scrummy
~300 miles. Tired Monday but worth it |
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Old Thread Alert!
The last post was made 2 years, 248 days ago. Instead of replying here, would creating a new thread be more useful? |
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