Pedro Posted November 26, 2022 Share Posted November 26, 2022 3 minutes ago, Sir Fallsalot said: While looking for photos i took this month i opened this folder by mistake it was this day in 2010 and what a cracking day it was ending up spending a night in a pub because it was a bit too ropey to get home in the dark Riding though the Elan valley conditions like that and I’d rather be home or inside a 4wd with heater on. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XTreme Posted November 26, 2022 Share Posted November 26, 2022 2 minutes ago, Pedro said: conditions like that and I’d rather be home or inside a 4wd with heater on. I left Britain to avoid shit like that......then 15 months later.... 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slowlycatchymonkey Posted November 26, 2022 Share Posted November 26, 2022 10 minutes ago, Sir Fallsalot said: Excellent pics. Particularly like this one, if I'd taken that I'd have framed it! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Fallsalot Posted November 26, 2022 Share Posted November 26, 2022 17 minutes ago, Pedro said: conditions like that and I’d rather be home or inside a 4wd with heater on. The day started like this no sign of snow just some frost 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Fallsalot Posted November 26, 2022 Share Posted November 26, 2022 12 minutes ago, Slowlycatchymonkey said: Excellent pics. Particularly like this one, if I'd taken that I'd have framed it! Thanks, I've just been looking for more photos of that day and found some in a folder called snow lol added to the post Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slowlycatchymonkey Posted November 26, 2022 Share Posted November 26, 2022 12 minutes ago, Sir Fallsalot said: Thanks, I've just been looking for more photos of that day and found some in a folder called snow lol added to the post Seventh pic down looks like its been deliberately shot in black and white and had a red bike picked out for the colour part! Bet that would photoshop nicely 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Fallsalot Posted November 26, 2022 Share Posted November 26, 2022 14 minutes ago, Slowlycatchymonkey said: Seventh pic down looks like its been deliberately shot in black and white and had a red bike picked out for the colour part! Bet that would photoshop nicely I took those photos with my old canon camera before the days of a tidy phone camera you can see in some of the photos i played with the settings a bit. Sad thing is i uploaded all my photos to photobucket and lost the quality of them doing it , the one i always think looks photoshopped is this one. My mate Gary looks like he was put in there to me 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XTreme Posted November 26, 2022 Share Posted November 26, 2022 14 minutes ago, Sir Fallsalot said: I took those photos with my old canon camera before the days of a tidy phone camera you can see in some of the photos i played with the settings a bit. Sad thing is i uploaded all my photos to photobucket and lost the quality of them doing it , the one i always think looks photoshopped is this one. My mate Gary looks like he was put in there to me I remember that report.....about 10 years ago wasn't it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
busabeast Posted November 26, 2022 Share Posted November 26, 2022 1 minute ago, Marcel said: Looks good Marcel, bet its bloody cold now though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
busabeast Posted November 26, 2022 Share Posted November 26, 2022 Just now, Marcel said: It's below the freezing point during the day.. At night.. - 9.....the cold is going to hit.. Jan.. And Feb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pedro Posted November 26, 2022 Share Posted November 26, 2022 12 minutes ago, Marcel said: I would invest in some shelter for the car, doesn't it get old really quick having to dig it out? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Fallsalot Posted November 26, 2022 Share Posted November 26, 2022 14 minutes ago, Marcel said: Now that's proper snow i'd like it for a few days but would probably get fed up of it pretty quick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Fallsalot Posted November 26, 2022 Share Posted November 26, 2022 16 minutes ago, XTreme said: I remember that report.....about 10 years ago wasn't it? Math's isn't my strong point but considering i said it was this day in 2010 i would make it 12 years ago 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pedro Posted November 26, 2022 Share Posted November 26, 2022 2 minutes ago, Marcel said: It's usually inside the garage... But that day the forecast called for 5cm and we ended with 30cm... Its a 4 x4.. Takes more than that to be stuck.. I meant just getting inside the car and having a foot of snow on top of all the glass. In Sweden I saw that some buildings have warm air hoses coming from the heating in the basement to the street parking, that you put under the car or through a window adaptor so that you have a clear car in the morning. Not to mention the electrical plug in the front to keep the engine bay defrosted. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
busabeast Posted November 26, 2022 Share Posted November 26, 2022 3 minutes ago, Sir Fallsalot said: Math's isn't my strong point but considering i said it was this day in 2010 i would make it 12 years ago Don't worry Fred it doesn't appear to be Pete's strong point either 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Fallsalot Posted November 26, 2022 Share Posted November 26, 2022 2 minutes ago, Marcel said: It's usually inside the garage... But that day the forecast called for 5cm and we ended with 30cm... Its a 4 x4.. Takes more than that to be stuck.. Do you still get into work every day in this weather or are you stuck in the house 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
busabeast Posted November 26, 2022 Share Posted November 26, 2022 4 minutes ago, Marcel said: It's usually inside the garage... But that day the forecast called for 5cm and we ended with 30cm... Its a 4 x4.. Takes more than that to be stuck.. 2 inches.......that would bring the uk to a complete standstill, even an eighth of an inch does that 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
busabeast Posted November 26, 2022 Share Posted November 26, 2022 4 minutes ago, Marcel said: The only time we might close.. Is when we get blizzards.. You can see anything.. Complete white out.. Do they happen often though? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boboneleg Posted November 26, 2022 Share Posted November 26, 2022 2 hours ago, Sir Fallsalot said: While looking for photos i took this month i opened this folder by mistake it was this day in 2010 and what a cracking day it was ending up spending a night in a pub because it was a bit too ropey to get home in the dark Riding though the Elan valley Edit found some more of the day added in the order they were taken I can remember when you pair of nutters did that. I can see the conversation when it started getting dodgy , Gary: what spares have you got with you Fred in case it gets dodgy ? Fred: a petrol can with no petrol in it Gary: oh, fucking great 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slowlycatchymonkey Posted November 26, 2022 Share Posted November 26, 2022 23 minutes ago, boboneleg said: I can remember when you pair of nutters did that. I can see the conversation when it started getting dodgy , Gary: what spares have you got with you Fred in case it gets dodgy ? Fred: a petrol can with no petrol in it Gary: oh, fucking great Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Fallsalot Posted November 26, 2022 Share Posted November 26, 2022 25 minutes ago, boboneleg said: I can remember when you pair of nutters did that. I can see the conversation when it started getting dodgy , Gary: what spares have you got with you Fred in case it gets dodgy ? Fred: a petrol can with no petrol in it Gary: oh, fucking great When we got to the bottom of the Elan valley it was really bad and the actual conversation was as simple as this Gary:- its not looking good what do you think Me:- we should head back but we will never get the chance to ride the Elan valley in the snow ever again what do you think Gary :- Lets carry on then And off we went within minutes the snow stopped falling and the only tyre tracks were mine and Gary's until we got back on the A470 at llangurig in the dark, started going downhill from there until we stopped in the pub for the night 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boboneleg Posted November 26, 2022 Share Posted November 26, 2022 6 minutes ago, Sir Fallsalot said: When we got to the bottom of the Elan valley it was really bad and the actual conversation was as simple as this Gary:- its not looking good what do you think Me:- we should head back but we will never get the chance to ride the Elan valley in the snow ever again what do you think Gary :- Lets carry on then And off we went within minutes the snow stopped falling and the only tyre tracks were mine and Gary's until we got back on the A470 at llangurig in the dark, started going downhill from there until we stopped in the pub for the night Great memories 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckster Posted November 27, 2022 Share Posted November 27, 2022 12 hours ago, busabeast said: 2 inches.......that would bring the uk to a complete standstill, even an eighth of an inch does that When I lived in Georgia we had snow one year, I didn’t consider it snow but it put the entire state into panic, some friends had invited me for lunch and I turned up on the Harley, they looked like they were preparing for the new ice age. I had the police try to tell me it wasn’t safe to ride in, I explained it isn’t snow until it reaches the frame, once they heard my accent they apologised and left me to it. 1 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Six30 Posted November 27, 2022 Share Posted November 27, 2022 8 hours ago, Buckster said: When I lived in Georgia we had snow one year, I didn’t consider it snow but it put the entire state into panic, some friends had invited me for lunch and I turned up on the Harley, they looked like they were preparing for the new ice age. I had the police try to tell me it wasn’t safe to ride in, I explained it isn’t snow until it reaches the frame, once they heard my accent they apologised and left me to it. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Fallsalot Posted November 27, 2022 Share Posted November 27, 2022 I was going to join a ride with the TRF today but decided i couldn't be arsed last night. just pulled this photo off the group page looks like i missed a good day 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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