boboneleg Posted Sunday at 20:41 Share Posted Sunday at 20:41 My mate was doing a trail ride up on the England/Wales border and I was keen for a ride. I set off at 07.30 tad it was a tad chilly, once I got over the Severn Bridge I went up the Wye Valley to encounter freezing fog. This wasn't pleasant and by time I got to the meeting point I was frozen. Thank god it was a cafe , and a bacon roll and two cups of coffee soon revived me . Gaz and Phil were on fairly big bikes (KTM690 and Husqvarna 701) and I was supposed to be on my DR650 but i knew the lanes would be challenging so I took the WR250 and on the first lane I knew I'd made the right choice. it was slippery everywhere and as I followed the two fishtailing bikes in front of me I had much less of a wrestle........... The order of the day turned out to be fallen trees, Gaz had expected this after storm Darragh last week and had brought his saw with him. Here's Phil getting stuck in with the saw ............ While I stood around taking photos and cleaned my safety glasses ...... Succcess.............. We then encountered a bigger jobbie later on but manage to saw some branches off and make our way past ........ After having to turn back on one trail as there were multiple trees down we headed up onto higher ground. This is 'water breaks its neck' a trail that was closed for many years and on that I hadn't ridden for at least 15 years . It was glorious up there and made it worth the effort . 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YamaHead Posted Sunday at 21:32 Share Posted Sunday at 21:32 Nice one Bob....BOTM potential right there... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pedro Posted Sunday at 23:41 Share Posted Sunday at 23:41 2 hours ago, boboneleg said: Succcess.............. Apart from the views, the only success from that amount of half frozen bush is making it back to a warm home with a loving woman and a bottle of red wine! 2 hours ago, YamaHead said: Nice one Bob....BOTM potential right there... There is potential, but also there’s going to be a twist this month. December isn’t going to be just another month! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckster Posted Monday at 15:31 Share Posted Monday at 15:31 17 hours ago, YamaHead said: Nice one Bob....BOTM potential right there... It will be epic after Fred has finished with it. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Fallsalot Posted Monday at 19:30 Share Posted Monday at 19:30 That's a long ride on the 250 Bob or did you @Six30 it to the start point Plenty of tree clearing posts on the TRF group page this last few weeks, trees down everywhere. The byway around Claerwen res was closed because of a land slide not sure if it's open again yet and all the byways around Brechfa are closed due to fallen trees if your thinking of heading that way https://www.facebook.com/story.php/?story_fbid=593026863377649&id=100080110217436&_rdr 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YamaHead Posted Monday at 22:12 Share Posted Monday at 22:12 Those big patches of down'd trees remind me of when Mt. St. Helens 1st blew back in 1980...well over 200+ acres of evergreens flattened in just seconds. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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