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Ok, let’s take this back to good old fashion weekend fun here boys A canoe and a few frogs should would change the vibe around here! Well lucky for you I have both… Had a lovely autumn paddle today and the beach we stopped at for a break was cover with Bullfrogs. Cute little fellas!

The weather was better this weekend so I made a second attempt at going for a look at the Lac des Setons dried ot for the decennial inspection of the dam. and it went like this : The loop at the southern end was round the periphery of the lake. About 215km and, including stops, 4 hours ish. I didn4t stop for qny pics on the way out so the first ones are from the northern end by the dam, from the left bank ( that's the western shore cos we're north of the watershed and the rivers here all flow north to the Seine and the left bank is on the left side going DOWNstream in French, Nautical nerd mode :off.) I was surprised o find so many people there when I got to the north end of the lake, but I guess it's a nice day and the lake being empty is something to go see ( hell, even I'm there!) and I'm not used to being about on a saturday. The usual unsightly rash of morons in camping cars were there all parked close together and as close to the lake's edge as possible, on the grass rather then use the parking provided, with their poxy miniature dogs and anoraks completely oblivious to anyone but themselves. I sneered disparagingly at the road lice before taking a few pics and then riding on round the western sside of the lake to the southern end where they daren't go due to the narrow and road with no passing places. one from the "embarcadere" where the trip boats usually operate from less people and no bloody camping cars round the southern end. mostly because yo have to actually walk more than 20 yards to the lake edge here and the small parking areas are very sandy and uneven. Lovely! Backnorthwards along the right bank to the Dam again, but from the other side a special dedication for @boboneleg and his bench fetish Having looked my fill at the no lake and having dicovered no romantic sunken villages or part submerged treasure, I continued north and homewards. I then only stopped for a couple of pics of "The Morvan" landscape in all it's pastoral glory. Got home about 17:30.

It was supposed to piss down today, but by midday it had brightened up. So I took a chance and got out for a couple of hours! I went up to San Clemente Reservoir to see how much the water had dropped again. The answer was a lot! Always got to get a shot on the bridge! Then I rode round the other side... Water levels look even lower here..... Then back down on the road to town..... Bike going great as usual...... ......and without that annoying fan on the 650GS that kicked in if you'd stopped for more than a few seconds. It wasn't a fault with the bike, Tony the Tool's 650 used to do the same thing. Even in the middle of Winter! We've got a week of rain forecast so no idea when I'll be out again.......which is why I grabbed a bit of time today! After all, I don't want to end up like one of those sad wankers that languishes around on forums all day with the sole purpose of relentlessly Trolling.

40th GPO rally near Milton Keynes. Phil the Spill, the infamous bike rally photographer was there, I was convinced it couldn't be him cos he lives in Scotland now, but I asked and it bloody was. I'm sure he was shorter than me at previous rallies, but he's a few inches taller now, so either porridge builds you up or I'm shrinking!

Happy Sunday A lot to do today. All dumb jobs so hopefully it being Sunday I’ll ignore them all

So we wake up yesterday morning and decide to go for a walk down to Mermaid Cove to watch the sunrise. As we were approaching the cove we heard this strange sound coming from the water. We had never heard such a thing and did not know what to think. We made our way to the shore and looked out to see the most spectacular sight, a pod of frick'n dolphins swimming along. I knew they passed along the coast but never in the 25 years I had house there did I get to see such a thing. Now that I have returned for the winter I feel so lucky to have seen such a sight, finally. The pod entered the cove and began eating breakfast. As we watched them feast, the seagulls flew overhead, a blue heron sat in the distance, the bald eagles could be heard on the shore across the way and the low moans of some whales could be heard in the far distance if you listened closely. Although we didn't see the whales there was no mistaking they were out there. What an experience, to say I was excited would not sum up how I felt. It was truly amazing. . This weekend is Thanksgiving weekend here and we normally think about what we are thankful for. I have a long list this year of things to be thankful for and this experience is very close to the top.

The rain didn't come......so I went out. Another Ride Report coming up! Feel free to carry on Trolling!

You’re aware there’s a minimum speed on mainland Europe’s motorways, @Slowlycatchymonkey, and that there are uphills on some of them…

can i have a whip as well ?

Damn it, I knew you would be along to make things dirty. Way to kill a special moment dude.....

It is going well thanks. Going to upload a video a day to get everything in one spot. I have already had some welcome backs on the channel I am merging to, which was my motorcycle channel. Oh dear did I use the word excite again, @XTreme does get a little silly when I use that word. It's just nice to be inspired again, I think that is what is exciting me. I have been a bit tired from the last year and I am now getting my mojo back!!

Yes we are. If its a dry winter like last year London may well face water shortages in 2023 and its not just London who are gonna be facing problems with water supplies. Hard to believe in a country where it’s constantly pissing down and water logged but greed and incompetence knows no bounds!

To me it look's like every ride report you do are from those 2 places... The abandoned village and the reservoir... Are you sure these aren't old pics your just reposting to make it look like you're actually riding? Something smells fishy....

nah just going with the flow

i would have to have an off road type bike as well if i lived out there.... all that open dirt and sand just waiting to get ripped up

Great pics. Those frogs are practically disneyesque in appearance. I always thought that cartoony frog look was made up! How did I not know this? They must not be a popular nature documentary topic

You know Bucky that the people that glue themselves to roads are the deluded idiots that think the climate hoax is real so it's more like a good friend for you, do you always get thing ass backwards ?

Borrow Bobs.

Inspired by Pete's and Moon's ride reports this afternoon i thought, i'll have some of that shit and went out for an evenings ride on the big black girl, there's a few reservoirs about 30 minutes from me, i picked the ones running from Pontsticill to Talybont On Usk as i haven't ridden that road in quite some time. Took the A470 to Merthyr the bike feels really smooth and quick after riding the smaller bikes so it wasn't long before i was at Pontsticill res the weather is a cool 14c overcast and dull At Pontsticill dam the water levels are still low even though we've had quite a lot of rain these last two weeks that big round thing with the railings around it is where the water overflows to when the res is full. This is looking up the res last time i was here you wouldn't have had this view as there were trees everywhere Onward towards Talybont res, the weather has brightened up and there's some great cloud formation overhead the views are spectacular, i see buzzards hovering and squirrels running as i ride, the roads are quiet and i'm throuraly enjoying where i live what mad bastard would want to leave this place LOL I pulled onto the gravel track above to have a look at these waterfalls i'm on my way back out there, pity the trees are blocking the top one you could see it better with the eye Heading down to the valley Talybont res is in bike looks a bit weird because its a pano At the start of the res (the filling end) this is what it usually looks like taken from google street view This is it today just as low as Pontsticill At the dam From here it was through the village of Talybont on Usk and i decided to follow the road that runs alongside the Brecon canal which opened over 200 years ago if your on the canal you have to duck down going through the tunnel here. A little further along at Llangynidr there are five locks to navigate which are a pain because when we were on the canal a few years ago the wife couldn't operate them so i had to drive the barge in and out of them and open and close the locks After here it was a right at Crickhowell and up a very steep winding road onto the road past Llangattock Quarry looking down over clydach gorge The Sun is on its way down now and its feeling alot colder even though the temperature is still the same Looking the other way you can the see the Blorenge where i rode yesterday I moved on thinking i would get a good sunset going over the ridgeway road from Tredegar to Bedwellty but not as good as i was hoping for Last photo was where they are planting another one of those eyesores, it was a blast home from here before it got too cold a great evening out i hadn't planned on doing a bit cold when i got in winter is on its way.

you should start

He is a twat ain’t he…. To much red wine I reckon

For fuck sake , I apologise on xtremes behalf Michelle, it seems he is void of any moral compass

Fuck you going on about , i was talking about riding off road

Cameras have moved on since you left they take realistic photos now what was that taken with a box brownie LOL

With bodies underneath usually!

That's because you lived in Swansea its just concrete there

Oh god no, its someone else’s turn! I could see Marcel doing it twice. Now that would be historic shit!

Yer I want whatever app that is! What photoshop thing you using @Sir Fallsalot?

Great pics. You really are starting to make me feel bad, maybe I’ll attempt a ‘from the cockpit’ photo tomoz.. maybe. The reservoirs are concerning.

All in all it was a heck of a year for you! Glad to hear your life force returning Xtreme silly? Never

Thanks Michelle. How’s the merge gone? Its funny how the things that can excite you change as you get older. One day you’re hip n cool the next you’ve got a favourite hob ring

Same to you. Looks like a quiet day around camp for me. I am working on merging my YouTube channels. When I started my journey I thought I needed a separate channel for everything. But now I would like it all under my roof, actually kind of excited about the merge. Hope your day is going well.

Glad you got out again and great photos as for the trolling i don't like doing it but you make it so damn easy its hard to resist

You will have to ask Mrs Bob.

Great shots Michelle!

Advisable! If you get caught tell them Six sent you!

For anyone that don't get this they have said there maybe blackouts here this winter due to gas shortages i cant wait to see people try to panic buy electricity

Holyshit.... Hold on guys and gals... I can only process so many applications at one time... Remember I have a busy life.... Due to strick code of confedality I can't disclose any applicants.... But you'd be surprised who just did apply to joined the ranks...

I gotta show you what my brother bought me for my birthday. I so badly wanted this when I was a kid and I never got one. I couldn’t understand why, surely the grown ups could see I neeeeeded it.

821 Monster in kit form

Colouring tells me they're female and the fact they aren't trying to kill each other tells me they're mother and daughter We see this every year around the same time, they're taught to hunt then told to fuck off or else

He’s from Swansea Pedro so he’s going to think most things look nice

Not smelling badly, not totally derelict, maybe a cafe on one of the stops, a place where people stop and think: “this is nice” or “this is nice, I might come back” instead of “this smells like sewage, oh look, a decomposing dog!”

Buckster doing an impression of a rock …