Chris,Ed and Skippy Sunday 14th August 2011

We started out from the Doralt and hit the mountains, f..k knows where we ended up, new trails to me but we did 60 miles all told indicated by the ancient analogue tripometer on my XR!

Here's the pictures I took and I'll add the videos in a bit. Ed likes his bogs!

Think the first pic of Ed shows the reason he got stuck in the bog so much!!! lay off the chocolate big boy

Got a few good pics, just about to add em...

Ride started at Doralt, across to Queens Head? pub and up over the mast, followed the fire road across to top of Hafodyrynys and rejoined the dirt up behind the pub, across to old quarry and linked onto the Pipeline run upto Nantyglo. half an hour playing on the slag's (as ya do) then dropped across other side up and over the top the other side, dropped through some tidy little routes in the forrest then dropped down Aberbeeg hillclimb.
Hill climb up Hafodyrynys 'Hillclimb' then back onto fire road, and back into the trees, ended up after a few runs through the trees back on top between Twmbarlwm and Cwmbran, where the three amigos bid farewell. A cracking run out Ed loves bogs !! two of em especially he became rather attached to.!!! got home without having to refuel...ye ha, all is good.

Our first stop to take in the viewsEd and Catuk in a worrying poseHere it is againNot sure who this was, but cracking frontwheel lift at the topEd on the loopEd on the upCatuk at the top of the big oneCatuk on the way downEd on the way up the big un', cracking action shotAnd Catuk on the up'Oh bugger, wheres me stabilisers.arghhhBack up again hmm now where did i put my brake pad pin???Ooh! there it is ducksNote the lonely Gasgas in the distance...the other side of the bog...and look how clean she is onwards and into the bog, woods,bog,woods,river !!! yeh!The mighty XR..amazing..Ed tries the lets drop off the side of the mountain trick on an overgrown lane..whoops....Come back Kato, we know where your hidingFinally back on track and out of the woodsand the Mighty XrListen, Ive had enough ok.....
cracking day fellas, first time to meet the two of you, cracking blokes, very enjoyable ride and knackering too !!! see ya all soon....The Skipinator

Good pic's there lads. Myself and shepy ventured out for a few hours yesterday, and ended up on the slag heaps over the top of Blaenavon, loads of fun, like dicks we both forgot our cameras though, next time!

Miller, next time, let me know, getting a 2 stroke complex, all 4 strokers !!!!

fair play to you ive often past them hill climbs and that's about as far as ive got is looking



Was Ed,s front brake over heating or something just wondering why he wanted to bury his front wheel in that bog

cant beat a good bog i say good report to.

Here's the vids

looked loike a good day lads thought the slag heaps looked familer