boboneleg Posted March 4, 2022 Share Posted March 4, 2022 I needed to get out today and check out another function on my GPS and to do that I needed to go off piste so I headed to Salisbury Plain. The flags were flying when I got there which is hardly surprising considering what's going on in Ukraine So I would have to stick to the perimiter path today and not venture into the bombardment area. At last we had a decent day and it wasn' that cold either although there was still a breeze. I headed up the hill from Upton Scudamore and onto the Plain......... Almost immediately I saw signs of Army activity and stopped by these guys who were parked up at a junction. I asked if it was ok to take a photo and they were fine but they didn't really answer my question when I asked them if they were on 'high alert' There were plenty of other vehicles dotted about along the route but I didn't bother any more of them. Further along I spotted a memorial which I had seen before but was too busy to stop, today I was on my own so I had plenty of time. The memorial was for a German soldier, I did a translation and I think this is what it says ; In memory of our good comrade Hunter Dirk Knoffel 3rd Parachute Hunter Battalion 313 Taken by an accident 05 September '93 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boboneleg Posted March 4, 2022 Author Share Posted March 4, 2022 I rode further around the perimeter road and then stopped by the Casterley vedette post to have a coffee from my flask........... and then carried on further keeping a good eye on the red flags so as not to stray anywhere I wasn't allowed to be........... As I got down to the Bustard Inn I saw that I couldn't enter that area but then I spotted a couple of byways on the GPS that I hadn't done before. This one I shall call 'Pete's Lane ' as I know he'd just love to splash his way through those puddles ........... @Pedro check out the road tyres in the shitty conditions .................. and then all too soon it came to an end, I could go no further along here ............... So I turned around and more or less followed my way back where I had come from . I did stop here to check out this building for any DBM's looking for @XTreme but they wern't there and as didn't fancy getting a mortar flying between my ears I left 6 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XTreme Posted March 4, 2022 Share Posted March 4, 2022 Superb Bob......could you get access to the building? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boboneleg Posted March 4, 2022 Author Share Posted March 4, 2022 Just now, XTreme said: Superb Bob......could you get access to the building? Yes you could walk stright in but fuck that after a load of squaddies have been in there, god knows what you might find 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XTreme Posted March 4, 2022 Share Posted March 4, 2022 1 hour ago, boboneleg said: god knows what you might find Exactly......all the more reason to investigate! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tango Posted March 4, 2022 Share Posted March 4, 2022 Nice one, Bob. I used to go to Porton Down for one of my old jobs. Used to see a bit of activity around there at times! The first time I saw armed police was at the gates of the CDE, at that time the general police weren't armed! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yen_powell Posted March 4, 2022 Share Posted March 4, 2022 The first openly armed police I ever saw was at an airport, it seemed quite shocking at the time. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pedro Posted March 4, 2022 Share Posted March 4, 2022 2 hours ago, boboneleg said: That's just lovely! Road tires? I'd ride * through those puddles on my TKC70s's. Those tires look like proper 50/50! *not on my own GS though, got to keep those shaft splines nice and dry except if crossing a flood to save my life 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boboneleg Posted March 5, 2022 Author Share Posted March 5, 2022 12 hours ago, XTreme said: Exactly......all the more reason to investigate! I'm not really into dead dogs and DBM's , I'll leave that shit to you 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XTreme Posted March 5, 2022 Share Posted March 5, 2022 Just now, boboneleg said: I'm not really into dead dogs and DBM's , I'll leave that shit to you 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boboneleg Posted March 5, 2022 Author Share Posted March 5, 2022 12 hours ago, Tango said: Nice one, Bob. I used to go to Porton Down for one of my old jobs. Used to see a bit of activity around there at times! The first time I saw armed police was at the gates of the CDE, at that time the general police weren't armed! I used to deliver to Porton Down back in the day, escorted everywhere after they emptied all your pockets and searched you, Amersham was the same. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boboneleg Posted March 5, 2022 Author Share Posted March 5, 2022 11 hours ago, Pedro said: Road tires? I'd ride * through those puddles on my TKC70s's. Those tires look like proper 50/50! They don't feel like 50/50 when you get on some mud in March 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pedro Posted March 5, 2022 Share Posted March 5, 2022 1 minute ago, boboneleg said: They don't feel like 50/50 when you get on some mud in March Bet they don’t feel like 50/50 on wet roundabouts either, sometimes they feel ok if you’re just touring along happy as can be, other times they feel like they do everything poorly 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skyrider Posted March 5, 2022 Share Posted March 5, 2022 12 hours ago, yen_powell said: The first openly armed police I ever saw was at an airport, it seemed quite shocking at the time. me too 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boboneleg Posted March 5, 2022 Author Share Posted March 5, 2022 45 minutes ago, Pedro said: Bet they don’t feel like 50/50 on wet roundabouts either, sometimes they feel ok if you’re just touring along happy as can be, other times they feel like they do everything poorly I don't have a problem with them in that respect but remember that I'm usually on knobblies so if they bike doesn't squirm a bit I find it strange. The worst tyres are the one's that just 'let go' without warning, Michelin AC10 front springs to mind . The Mitas E-07's are quite a soft compound so they're not too bad for cornering. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grace (BikeHedonia) Posted March 6, 2022 Share Posted March 6, 2022 On 05/03/2022 at 02:21, boboneleg said: I rode further around the perimeter road and then stopped by the Casterley vedette post to have a coffee from my flask........... and then carried on further keeping a good eye on the red flags so as not to stray anywhere I wasn't allowed to be........... As I got down to the Bustard Inn I saw that I couldn't enter that area but then I spotted a couple of byways on the GPS that I hadn't done before. This one I shall call 'Pete's Lane ' as I know he'd just love to splash his way through those puddles ........... @Pedro check out the road tyres in the shitty conditions .................. and then all too soon it came to an end, I could go no further along here ............... So I turned around and more or less followed my way back where I had come from . I did stop here to check out this building for any DBM's looking for @XTreme but they wern't there and as didn't fancy getting a mortar flying between my ears I left From the perspective of an Australian child raised and educated on English literature, I can't shake the feeling that you all live in a story book when you talk about riding around on Salisbury Plain and places called things like Scudamore... 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boboneleg Posted March 6, 2022 Author Share Posted March 6, 2022 13 hours ago, Grace (BikeHedonia) said: From the perspective of an Australian child raised and educated on English literature, I can't shake the feeling that you all live in a story book when you talk about riding around on Salisbury Plain and places called things like Scudamore... Hmmmm Hmmmmmmmmmmmm, It's Upton Scudamore if you don't mind . Perhaps I'll take a ride down to Nempnett Thrubwell and get a photo just for your delight 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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