A great day out around Braunton South Molten Barnstable etc with Brownie, rijonz, Kwakka Geoff, Tigerman and a handful of Welsh men, sorry no report from me just wanted to say thanks for a great day with lots of adventures along the way
-- Edited by russell11031967 on Monday 17th of February 2014 11:18:13 AM
didn't get to finish the route as we had a few bike issues, a ktm taking in a bit of water and a puncture on a gas gas,also the bridge was out b4 snapper,
dropped my satmap in the gloop at 180-052 one of the guys jumped in to lift the bike up, i was sinking and the bike was on the edge of the bank slipping in.
Was a good day out guys thoroughly enjoyed myself and felt like I was getting a little more intune with the bike, some great scenery around Lee Bay and a lot of standing water. Bloody shame about Brownie's Satmap, but even if we found it, it was not going to be leading us anywhere soon. Great company and look forward to something similar soon. Some pic's from graham the roving reporter.
as m8y lifted the bike up it must have broke at the mount, there was a crack in it but i super glued it ages ago and it had been fine,
will be using a lanyard on the next one for sure!
Cracking days riding - despite all the interruptions. Cracking pictures to.
Nice style at 3:50 on the vid And at 2:30 I wasn't stopping cos you did Brownie! That was a steep and tricky climb (180-063) Good 'ol MT43
180-022 at Shortacombe was the one where it's a private road / footpath so gunna have to get the notes on the overlay to read 'Dead End'!
Also, although we didn't ride it cos we cut the route short, I note that our route went under the A361 at Riverton linking 180-196 to 180-073 but the note on the overlay for 196 says it's not a Bridalway that links the two lanes under the A361, so good job we did't get that far (you'd have to question why they'd do that though when you're talking less than 50yards!!???? )
I've just moved in with my parents in ilfracombe while we buy and renovate a new house, i know even less about the lanes in North Devon than i do the lanes around Exeter. Any chance of a list of the lanes you did for when i get a chance to go for an explore myself.
Well, the conditions were somewhat drier on that occasion!!! That corner at 3:33 was wet and slimy on Sunday and track past the water trough at 4:16 was very rutted, boggy and slippery and nearly had me off
I've just moved in with my parents in ilfracombe while we buy and renovate a new house, i know even less about the lanes in North Devon than i do the lanes around Exeter. Any chance of a list of the lanes you did for when i get a chance to go for an explore myself.
You can get a set of the overlays if you are TRF member. One of the big advantages of joining!
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