North Wales weekend

shocker wrote:

phil990 wrote:Nice vid Shocker...

Any more bits?

Yes, about 7 hours more!

But either way too sweary or way too boring - i'm sure no one wants to see me balancing at an angle in a river for bloody ages, making funny little grunting/whimpering noises, while waiting for Brownie and Dave to rescue me

Yer why not? But it means you have to watch through 7 hours to find the good bits...

jams wrote:Great vids/pics everyone. Congrats grandad! Enjoyed the somewhat short ride I had. I've spent more time fixing than riding recently, suppose that's trail riding sometimes! That Bloody tent is in the bin already.

Got back to base camp OK then with Zip tye holding the rear wheel spindle in! What was wrong with your tent? Looked a good one to me?

Day one......sorry for delay guys been sucking me thumb

After a cracking bbq & giggle on Friday night I awoke to the sound of shockers voice  fair do's there is no need for a alarm clock when he's about
Paracetamol & a red bull breakfast was all I could eat

Joss was a bit over dressed for the bbq on Friday evening, but he was happy





With the weather being good    I thought we would start off with a little water splash  





























!2 of us managed to get through without any trouble   tho! some did have wet feet  

We soon realized we were missing one   to then find out, joss was still at the campsite messing with his suspension settings again  

We soon rounded him up tho! & hit the hills  





I hit one a little harder than normal   and ended up with a broken thumb   but still had four fingers left so it didn't stop me riding  
Twas a bit of a pain trying to start the bike , turn the map & get the petrol cap off   but the boys & girls helped me out when needed  



On to the pub for grub which was a bit slow but biker friendly   beware of the ploughman's lunch tho!, denzil reckon it was barely enough to keep him alive  






Shockers attempt at adding some bling to his bike  






Then some suggested we wash the bikes before we got back to the campsite  

We weren't so lucky on our return voyage tho!....ending the day with 3 drowned bikes  









































Opps.....




Good joby shocker was carrying a spare plug & spanner too!.....




Thanks Guys as always great company & giggle was had  

Day two....

We lost denzil & shocker sunday morning, some call it jibbing but.... denzil had to drive south to find some proper food & shocker had to get home ..... well to dry his boots

Jams had drove up Saturday evening tho! to join another great bbq, beer & camp fire stories  

Thankfully the sat nav boys   stepped up & rob soon plotted a route in to his gps   with brownie sweeping  

Letting me just sit back & enjoy the ride     only leaving me think "I don't recognize these farmers fields" once or twice  

















Jo was lucky here   when she hit a camouflaged rock that sent her airborne over the bars   thankfully she just got up laughing her head off  






















Time for some brecy  




Sadly to find jams had broke a spacer off the rear spindle  




So he had no choice, but to grab his peace pipe & head home  




We did have a few bike probs & tumbles with dave having to fix a puncture, then ride with no clutch for a while but hey "that's trail riding"  




Thanks again guys great weekend

Great pics and report grandad :-)

Nice one Wolfy and Congratulations...

Great pics Wolfy! Didn't know if that was a steam train in the background or Jams hiding with his peace pipe

Great pics , poor old Jams should get a medal for making the 3 and a half hour trip up there , trying to sleep in a 5 yr olds tent , then only getting a mornings ride before his breakdown , and nearly leaving his car keys at the cafe ! I wonder if anyones found Garys camera yet , and downloaded his photos ??

For various reasons had 3 (mainly slightly crappy) cameras along, so luckily there was bugger all on it that early in the day

Yep gutting jams travelled so far for little riding , reckon he couldn't wait to get home to tell the other half how he couldn't finish the ride because he was missing her tho! :bounce: