Sir Fallsalot

No i didn't piss myself i spilt it on my bed

I had a great ride up to the pub a few miles from Betws-y-Coed yesterday, its about 150 miles one way from my home which doesn't sound a lot but its 150 miles of roads with tight bends dips and humps with some of them quite narrow and covered in crap from farm vehicles and bad weather. I was waiting for the frost to lift but at 11am my car was still frozen solid so had to just leave otherwise i would be putting my tent up in the dark. I took the A470 to Brecon not the nicest of roads to start but its just a bit you have to do to get north fast. The temperature was just above 3°c the bike was running so smooth with the more road biased tyre on the back and sounding nice again, I had my bar muffs fitted with heated grips and heated jacket on, with a grin on my face i didn't have a care in the world then bugger i forgot my ear plugs something i never used in the past but i am trying to use now as my ears tend to ring a bit after a long ride but no chance of going back so i press onto the upper chapel road (B4520) from Brecon to Builth Wells, a great road for any bike. From here it's back on the A470 to Rhayader stopped for fuel, cash and to check the bike over to see if the load is still good That's the latest thing in tent urinals on the top of my bag Out of Rhayader i took a right off the A470 onto the B4518 to Llanidloes and past Clywedog Reservoir Have to use google for images here https://www.google.com/maps/@52.4847135,-3.5955438,3a,75y,208.11h,80.61t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sgXdvNRGi2coZ0fEfA5bhkg!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fpanoid%3DgXdvNRGi2coZ0fEfA5bhkg%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D206.62186%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i16384!8i8192 before i get to Llanbrynmair i hang another right onto an unclassified road now i'm on the roads i really like Next stop was to check on the fence where @boboneleg tried to reenact Steve McQueens great escape and unlike Steve McQueen Bob did get over the fence to freedom but his bike didn't make it only one post still leaning and the fencing vertical wires are still where the DR pushed them to This road took me to the Llangadfan where i then picked up the B4395 to the B4393 around Lake Vyrnwy Google to the rescue again https://www.google.com/maps/@52.778067,-3.4932284,3a,75y,356.18h,72.62t/data=!3m8!1e1!3m6!1sAF1QipNFHzCZWdndfOaYtnlWVYgHY5xusSDhN_UiIYhE!2e10!3e11!6shttps:%2F%2Flh5.googleusercontent.com%2Fp%2FAF1QipNFHzCZWdndfOaYtnlWVYgHY5xusSDhN_UiIYhE%3Dw203-h100-k-no-pi-10-ya40-ro0-fo100!7i8192!8i4096 At the end of the res there's two unclassified roads that go over to east and west sides of Bala Lake i normally ride the west side from Dinas Mawddwy but decided to ride the east side today here's a few photos of the road up and over the pass Got to the pub just after 3pm and had to work out how to put the tent up its been so long since the last time i done it trying out a light weight camp bed i bought many years ago but never got round to using it got to say i had a good nights sleep but woke up to a malfunction with the in tent urinal I think this was the cause of the urinal malfunction packed up this morning by 08:30 all dry with no hangover and all ready for the Dragon campsite felling great. Went in for breakfast and while i was in there the heavens opened and it pissed it down i thought there's no way i'm sticking the tent back up in that so i thought fuck it and headed home. i found a pair of ear pugs in jacket pocket so had a quiet ride home LOL, The rain wasn't too bad but the wind was blowing me about like a flag and on the narrow mountain roads it was bloody dangerous and i started feeling a bit queasy so stuck to the main roads home the bike ran faultlessly

Only a bike do in north wales the dragon rally is on but not sure i'll get there as the Friday night at another do usually fucks it up for me and if its pissing down tomorrow i wont be taking the tent down and putting it back up in a different field a few hours later i'll just stay put until Sunday

Forecast is pretty shit here for the weekend but today is sunny just jumped to 2c and frosty but sunny so i should have a good ride to the campsite and get my tent up in the dry i'll worry about tomorrow when and if i wake up

The problem with that statement is we would be letting tens of thousands of people die unnecessarily just so the majority of people can carry on as normal which doesn't strike me as being very humane and the other problem is that one of those that die could be me or you

You'd be lucky to get out with the rubber still on the wheels

I heard on the news yesterday they are going to increase the amount of covid samplers we have been installing in sewage works, the government don't splash out on stuff like this for no reason this is for England but they have done the same in Wales https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/monitoring-of-sars-cov-2-rna-in-england-wastewater-monthly-statistics-1-june-to-20-september-2021/emhp-wastewater-monitoring-of-sars-cov-2-in-england-1-june-to-20-september-2021#:~:text=The EMHP programme%2C led by,sewer network sites (manholes).

Same here i just couldn't buy a modern second hand enduro bike without knowing the history of it now. I've bumped into loads of people on the trails with disconnected speedos and all the bike taped up so they can sell it on with low hours in a few years time and I've lost count of how many new bikes I've seen drown in rivers.

I have no issue with that price as i already have one Seen a new never started RD03 sell for $37000 the other day Here it is https://www.advpulse.com/adv-news/1989-honda-africa-twin-xrv650-for-sale/

It was a mobile lighthouse it was so it wouldn't sink in bad weather

I always say to some of the boys in work if you lot had the cane a few times in school you wouldn't be the cocks you are now

I think of these as the chinooks of the bee world

Is that rust i spot on it

Good luck and safe travels @Grasshopper's Ride that's going to be a hell of an experience when you get underway i do hope you check in here if you have time just to keep us updated looks like your canoe already has a name CLIPPER but a 16" prospector sounds like something you'd find in an Ann Summers catalog

That first scratch is easy to get but hard to accept, i spent yesterday blowing a large dent out of my exhaust and welding on a new mounting bracket on a bike that's 5 months old

9c and dry here but i'm too hungover to go anywhere

Music I've been listening to tonight