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Anniversary Tavy/ Moors run (Solo) 13-08-2016


Managed to escape the wife on our Wedding Anniversary and go riding biggrinbiggrin biggrinbiggrin So went on a little solo run to check out a few lanes that have changed so headed for Lopwell to have a look at the repairs and all seems back to normal and I got the tide right this timesmile then worked my way up to Tavistock and then across the Moors to Princetown, Postbridge down to Widecombe where on 191-084 I met the African Twin about two hundred meters into the lane at the West end stuck on a rock , over heated and with the clutch fried and an exhausted rider, so we waited for it and its rider to cool down and then man handled it up the hill until the incline was less severe, then adjusted the clutch cable took the traction control off and gave it another go, finally we got him back to tarmac and rode into Widdicombe and had an ice cream together from the hut and he left to ride to bridge to sort out the warranty with Bridge on the clutch as it had only done two thousand milescry After all the excitement I then did a few more Moors lanes before getting down to Buckfastleigh and on to Staverton and then Littlehempston to look at the new flat Tally Ho disbeliefno I reckon looking at the stone it may soon be backsmile, just depends what size stone is under the surface. Then on to Totnes and out to Rattery where 202-130 has also had some levelling treatment and widening by someone, dosent look like PROW work though but another lane that's ruined and looks like 4x4s are using it a lot now. Then on to South Brent for the last couple of lanes 202-338 and 202-120 and then back home.

106 miles of FUNbiggrinbiggrin

I paid for my day out today as an expensive meal is on the table tonight smilesmile 

 

 

Top of 202-448

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Looking down 202-448

 

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Lopwell

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Lopwell Dam

 

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Lopwell walkway

 

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A misty Tamar Valley from 201-043

 

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Fungus in 201-037

 

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201-037

 

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Mr African Twin Man. Mark from Copplestone on 191-084

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Bottom of Tally Ho next to Penny's Wood gate

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Nice Bikebiggrinbiggrin

 

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Top of Tally Ho where the larger steps where!! even the trees gonedisbeliefnocry

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Track log 106 glorious miles in Devon's countryside

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Brilliant report and pictures, thanks Russell - I can imagine being there with you. smile

Are you practicing to become a Samaritan? confuse

Mr Africa Twin must think himself lucky that you came along with help.

He owes you more than an ice cream. biggrin

Oh yes - congratulations on your wedding anniversary too.

Martyn



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Thanks Martyn. Yep he said the same he didn't know how he was going to get out of there alone. He was very appreciat I've and we swapped numbers and he wants me to show him a route that would suit his bike. But I still bought my own ice cream

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Cheers Russel for that,,infomative,and well pictured..
Cheers Mike

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