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So the w*nker in charge of Wales said we are allowed to invade again, well I don't need a second invitation No gestapo on the M4 once I'd crossed the bridge so away we go, off at jct 28, up through Risca and onto Machen, time to stop and get some fuel. Fuckmine, what's all this shit ? Anyway, I got some fuel and made my escape, obviously the they realised that the T700 is too cool to be classed as an off road bike ? Made my way up around Caerphilly and through Abertriwr to go through Senghenydd when all hell broke loose, cops everywhere , chopper in the sky , the whole caboodle . Obviosly looking for stray Ingerlish but I managed to escape. On a serious note, anything on the news boys as it looked pretty serious up there ? Now this is what we're talking about, the road over the top from Bedlinog is a corker............ Onwards and across to Fochriw and passing the remains of the old mines and the bridges that took the trains to them............. and then I sneaked though Dowlais to get to go by the Brecon Mountain Railway to get to Pontsticill. https://www.bmr.wales/ I made my way down past the reservoirs before stopping at Talybont for a coffee break........... I rode on through the back lanes to get to the Upper Chapel road. As this bike is fairly new to me and only just run in I was now in the position to give it a good test. The road from Brecon to Builth Wells via Upper Chapel (Capel Uchaf) is a great road to test a bike, undulations , sharp bends, straights, it has it all and the Yam passed with flying colours, I am really starting to like this bike. Down through Builth and on to Hundred House and so to the A44 before passing briefly back into England at Kington. I took some back roads down through Brilley skirting the border the whole time , got to love a road with a grass strip down the middle and down into Clyro and onto Talgarth, here the road was blocked so I took the alternative route past Llangorse Lake before dropping down through Llangynidr and stopping for another break by the Monmouthshire & Brecon Canal ................. I made my way past Abergavenny and Raglan and onto the back roads befor one last stop just before Chepstow and the Severn Bridge to take me back over the water and into England. I've ridden through here before (early in the morning when no one was about) but they're making it plain now that we are not welcome.......... However, it seems that this area is reserved for some other sort of activity ? I'll leave that to your imagination ..................... ?

Continuing on my search for abandoned railway stations located on the old GSSR route (closed in 1985) I was planning to visit Tijola today. But looking at the map I realised I hadn't done El Hijate yet, despite having done the stations before and after it. So I thought I'd better pick that one up before I get further into Almeria itself. Here's the map so far......the green spots are where I've already been. In the interests of authenticity I managed to locate an old photo of El Hijate station in what appears to be around the 1950's. That was then..... And this is now.... Read on for Rugged Individualism! Of the stations I've done so far this is the smallest. It's also the one in the worst condition by far! This is the Via Verde (Greenway).....I'd like to have ridden up that! But there's big fines for motorised vehicles accessing them! Hikers, Spandex twats on bicycles no problem! Initially the building itself doesn't seem too bad....... Then you look inside....... Couple of outbuildings are not much better...... Then it was clamber over bushes and banks to get back to the Strom before the place collapsed on top of me! And back up the gravel road where I'd come in! Go ahead Tym......Tweet this shit!

Makes me wanna go up to the RR museum here and get some pics

Cool!

Magnum would have flogged that off to some dumb Brit for sure!

Looks like a 'doer-upper' to me , get yer trowel out and get on with it ?

Your right @boboneleg almost the same route. i was a bit cheesed off on the hundred house road at the start heading south as it was covered in loose chippings after their 50p repair so had to ease off the gas for the first few miles

Not sure what the coppers were up to but the wording on the sign is a bit misleading its more for unregistered bikes who have to ride illegally to fill up there but as usual they group us all the same

You don't need to paste in code Rog........click the GIF tab in the text editor and search for what you want. Then just click it! For example if I search for "Tony Danza"......and who doesn't.......you get this!

No, very hot and humid, the tropics visit in the summer, the arctic visits in the winter, if its nice it means we are inbetween the two...

Great pics!

Did everything better, just not enough to be worth the trouble Butt, at least i cleaned her up a bit

Excellent Bob! WTF is going on there with no fuel for off road bikes and cops out in choppers? Sounds like it's turning into a Police State from some Soviet era Eastern bloc country.

Bollocks, we were on the same feckin roads...........................

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Sharing my latest video from Grasshopper's Ride, a fun ride through the rainforest. Have a great week-end everyone! ??