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Sir Fallsalot

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Finally got the lead out my arse and dragged a bike out first time since the 28th of September i'm ashamed to say. It was the XR's turn i wanted to check out a road before i start the process of messaging the council to see if it still has vehicle rights on it, and a plod around some of the local lanes to check for fallen trees that may need clearing
The road i was checking out is only a few miles from my home and is called black road the bit i was going to look at was abandoned years ago when they diverted the route it was good on the bike as half way along was always mucky as hell.
Considering its been abandoned for so long the tarmac surface is better than the roads still in service although the leaf mulch made it all slippery as hell 

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Unfortunately the mucky bit is now a lake and in passible by bike

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The road is to the right of this tree and the bank i shall return on the Beta to see if i can pick a route through in the woods on the right

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From here i had a run through he lanes around Pentyrch which were all cleared by the TRF over the last few weeks and then onto Merthyr where i stopped to clear a spindly branch
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A few hundred yards on i encountered this a little too large for my folding saw but cleared the thin branches to make it easier to squeeze between them, i shall return with the chainsaw for this one

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And then there was this i could get around but where the bike tracks are the ground is starting to break away and its a big drop off to the right

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So my trusty hand saw made short work of it

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Another few hundred yards and there was another branch down so out with the trusty saw and disaster i snapped the handle

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That saw has been in my service for many years and seen some action i shall be having a short memorial service for it later in the week LOL

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After oiking the bike over the log i then came to this lot, its getting dark and i have no saw so had no choice but to turn around and will revisit with the chainsaw another day to clear it. There's a gully after this tree where i repaired the path down to it in the summer it's what i wanted to see after all the rain we've had.
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1 hour ago, Sir Fallsalot said:

Has @XTreme reached out from the dark side to move this into ride reports the title certainly seems like his doing :classic_laugh:

I was thinking the exact same thing! :classic_biggrin: ....somehow, don't think we've heard the last of the Moisture-Phobic old boy. 😁

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Knocked up a saw mount on the XR this morning

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Covered it with a plastic bag with a helmet bag on top for the trip up to Merthyr as it's bloody foggy as hell and a bit damp

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First tree cleared

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Rode around this one last time and thought since i'm here just cut it

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Forgot to take a before on this one it was overhead you had to duck under 

 

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And the folding saw destroyer now destroyed 

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Then onto this lot 

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My little saw made short work of it all

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The gulley repairs i done back in the summer held up well to the storms we had. Those two rock in the middle of the stream have been washed there right in the path of the line you need to get up the bank, too bloody heavy for me to move shows the power a stream has in flood

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I wanted to check out a lane that runs from the end of this one over to Aberdare as i'd had reports of it being washed out, when i got to the top of the hill i was amazed how good the weather was the whole of the valleys were submerged in a thick fog all day but it was blue sky's and warm on the hills 

Photo taken about 15:30 as the sun was starting to go down

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Last one before heading down into it to go home

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