Garry, Robbie, Gaz take the white rabbit on a most excellent adventure

[The White Rabbit]

....and he survived and they didn't lose him in the mountains

I'll have to upload my photos and everything, but soon some pics of a most excellent adventure in the borderlands thanks to Garry, Robbie & Gaz. What a cracking weekend. Pics and story when I have recovered.

Lots of , plenty of , sufficient and a good amount of

First most thrilling instalment to follow...

 

[The White Rabbit]

Just a few pics to start off...

Look, like much of mid-wales, a clearly signed 'Road', part of the Offa's Dyke path

Lucky is was signed as you wouldnt know

You can see them riding off into the distance, hoping they have lost me (I think that's Robbie on the saturday after lunch run....with lunch being 3pm

But back 'on track'...

Day 1 was a bit of a taster with Robbie & Emma

and a hay-fever suffer's nightmare

Some of the lanes were a little overgrown, from the saturday, a '3 antihistamine day' for me

You couldn't see the ruts for the vegetation, so it made for testing going, but Emma chops through the undergrowth.

Emma and Robbie clear the vegetation

And some lovely open winding tracks, fantastic riding, beautiful and relaxing

And onward they went after a late lunch, fantastic scenery

Some not-so-wild life

Tracks that are just fields

or tracks through copses

Everything you could want for a nice day out in the lanes

Including a few stoppers for the rabbit , more about that tomorrow

Day 2 later on....

 

[Pumpy]

Keep it coming, Rich.

Hope your riding companions will contribute a few shots as well...

 

[The White Rabbit]

Keep it coming, Rich.

Hope your riding companions will contribute a few shots as well...

Oh they will.....I am sure they will..., mainly of the Beta on the ground and of 'riding rabbit-style', ie. lega flailing

 

[The White Rabbit]

Day 2.....

Here's the story according to the pesky wabbit...

So after a good night's sleep at mummy's due to 3 antihistamines, the worst hayfever for years and 4 pints I drowsily got prepared for the big day out with Garry, Robbie and Gaz. Was it to be or more likely . Probably a bit of both .

Starting to like the Beta and it seems to be behaving itself, waking it up after a sleep in mummy's garage

So we head for the trails but find ourselves into a series of mechanicals on the home-made HPN . First it is disabled by a twig removing a plug lead. Second, a few miles up the road the exhaust clamp breaks. No pics, but cable ties came to the rescue.

Anyway, we head up into the hills on a great grassy track, would be slippery when wet.

Garry says it's a piece of cake.

So after a look at the view and a snack, we head off. I nip off to the next gate. I don't really 'do' gates as the Beta doesn't really 'do' neutral. But no sign of Robbie and Garry. Gaz goes back to take a look.

and comes back to report

Oh no, the HPN is disabled again. Looks like Garry has been struck by a severe case of the Karma's

It won't start. Why are they looking in the headlight? Apparently it's where the loom lives . Anyway, one mechanic and one electrician soon get the bike in pieces, and back into working order. A case of chaffage, apparently.

Soon the merry band are back on their way

Up into the hills, over some knarly singletrack and then time for a rest, lunch and a play for some

more in a bit...

 

[The White Rabbit]

...cont

Onward we go, Garry could and would ride all day and into the night if we didn't give him a time to be home, I reckon.

Hopefully there will be some pics of us going down here

and up here

in my case stopping a few times, legs flailing around as usual, rabbit-style. So need to wait for those pics.

And on the top the chaps practice some rut crossing, sorry I seem to be overexposed

And there's always time for some practice. Unfortunately Garry had put away the camera when I wheelied off the top of the crest here. Ahem...

And it was time for Gaz to try and fulfill a life-long ambition. Many men have other things in mind to do before they die. Gaz just wants to get one wheelie across the stream, and that's virtually a quote

It was something, but it wasn't a wheelie. Sorry Gaz, nill point.

I didn't even bother trying

Now, keen eyed observer's may have noticed a lightweight rain jacket strapped in my tailpack in previous pics. After coming up a lane rather overgrown and therefore pushing through the hedge on climbing up and put I heard a load 'snap!' noise. 'Hmmm, didn't notice a branch' I thought. We stopped at the top, and I notice I had lost my jacket. 'I think I have lost my jacket' I told them. 'Actually, I haven't, I have found it'

Luckily for me the bike picked it up and safely stowed it between the sprocket and wheel
The snapping noise was probably the chain guard getting sucked into the 'works'

I was very pleased the jacket hadn't been lost. Robbie started tugging on it.
That wasn't the first tugging we had seen that day but everyone was too shocked to get a picture (of Gaz).
'Careful, don't tear it' said Garry. He's so thoughtful.

Anyway, we got it out and it was as good as new.
The rim and tyre were also polished to a high standard, as Garry put it, by the coat.
I will add this to my top motorcycling tips page, along with 'seat you bead by riding over a cattle-grid'

Anyway, another roadside repair successfully completed (this didn't count as a breakdown) on we went.

We got to another lane where I had stopped on the corner but got going again only for me to take EXACTLY the same line rather than the dry one and get totally bogged down

Garry give some advice on line choice, and I give some advice on avoiding having to use the sidestand

And thats the end of my pics, as we went on via a similar route that me and Robbie had taken the day before, plus a few more interesting lanes.

Time for some pics from the other

A great day out and a MOST EXCELLENT adventure! 'Oh, you found some mud, then' said my Dad when i got home



Cheers guys!

 

[louisdut]

Looks like you all had a great weekend

I'd have loved to have come along but I'd comitted to lead a run elsewhere.

 

[robbie c]

luckily for Rich my memory card seems to have died and so no pictures

two fabulous days trail riding, excellent company as always with plenty of amusing moments

see you again soon Rich

cheers

Robb!e

 

[The White Rabbit]

That chain guard disaster took the black off my lovely black wheel

 

[Gaz]

 

[Gaz]

A reasonable day Rich, glad you liked it , we should definitely do it again after my short sabbatical.

 

[Emmsy Poo]

Great photos Rich, and a great post, although the body armour and the daft idea (of Robs I hasten to add) of wearing a raincoat over the top did nothing for my delicate physique!!

Rob managed to get a couple of photos off (and there is nothing wrong with the card in the camera, but the other two we have are fnackered), so here is our contribution to the post.

Saturdays tortoise pace (not much fun for wabbits), but challenging for tortoises.

Hayfever Hell

I hate Rocks

Wabbit enjoying Rocks

Wabbit running over the camera man

Wabbit and Tortoise neck and neck

A quick Gallaxy chocolate stop (should have been Cadbury's Caramel) "Hey you Mr Wabbit, why you rushing around?" Remember the ad?

Wobbly Wabbit

Tired Wabbit or Welaxing Wabbit

Thanks for coming and supporting me in my quest to get out of novice status like Robbie (who is only a novice after all ).

Well, thats all folks!

 

[The White Rabbit]

Brillo pics and captions Emmsy Poo

after my short sabbatical.

Whats this, whats this?

 

[Gaz]

Welaxing Wabbit is a classic caption

Whats this, whats this?

Am just having 2 or 3 weeks off, have overdone it a bit recently and need to reconnect with wife & dogs !

 

[Garry H]

More pics

First track of the day and we threw Rich in at the deep end

A bit further up and Rich is still going well

Well he was

Rich decids it maybe safer to push it

Gaz making a nice job of a fair climb

Looks like we got us a convoy

Rich looking good on the way down

And stylish on the way up the other side

He's going to get through more boots than tyres

Rob making a tidy job of it

Then we came to a water splash that Gaz wanted a cool wheelie shot

So he keept trying until my memory card was full

He's airbourne

Give it here says Rob
Result

I give it a go on the beemer
But there's not enough grip to launch 200 kilos
The dam thing went more sideways than forward

Rich on fine form

Perforing to his new found fans

He could have done with them to extract him from this

But Gaz had scared them all away

So poor old Rich was pushing the Beta again

I think Rob is going to get the bill for this...After getting a bit carried away with the leatherman

I think Rich had a good day...Evertime i looked at him he was smiling

Cheers Boys another GREAT days trailriding

 

[The White Rabbit]

Welaxing Wabbit is a classic caption



Am just having 2 or 3 weeks off, have overdone it a bit recently and need to reconnect with wife & dogs !

Yes, I'm out for a few weeks as well, other peoples weddings and stuff. Take me that long to service the Beta anyway

 

[The White Rabbit]

I think Rich had a good day...Evertime i looked at him he was smiling

Great pics .

I did, Garry, I had a FANTASTIC day, thank you. I was tired, the hayfever was getting a bit much at some points but it was all worth it.

 

[(RIP) petcul]

A reasonable day Rich, glad you liked it , we should definitely do it again after my short sabbatical.

Some of it looks horribly familiar Gaz. Glad the weather was good this time.

Great pics and post Rich

 

[Rushy]

Great stuff , nice pics

 

[RobBD]

Great pics - looks like you all had a heap of fun.