So last weekend @ Easter, it was the Scottish Borders with Micky..............this weekend it was down to Devon to meet up with Trippy and Devon TRF for some trailriding
Devon is the place of my birth and it was really good to ride around all the places I knew whilst growing up, very cathartic
Devon TRF have annual trailriding weekend, riding all the lanes from Teign to Tamar in the South Hams and South Devon
Never done it before, so I decided to give it a bash and persuaded Trippy to take his big 600 on it - there were about 30 of us
Venue was Wheeldon Farm @ Halwell, the Husqvarna approved Offroad Centre which has a indoor MX track and some lovely rural holday cottages, to house us all........................the woodburner was a bonus on both nights
We arrived Friday night and most of the group hit the New Inn @ Moreleigh for beer and food
Saturday dawned bright and we were up early for breakfast on the farm and then bikes were readied for the off
Trippy.......................for those of you who haven't met this shy forum member
My bike...................clean for the only time that day
Some interesting old bikes here.....................shame it sheared its woodruff key later that day
We rode out through the South Hams, through some superb lanes and this pic is south of Totnes @ Waterman's Arms - Bow Bridge
Nice ford
Typical Devon lane - all legal and Devon CC have the best signposting in England - this is how it should be done
Trippy enjoying it
We took the Higher Ferry @ Dartmouth
Nice views from the Ferry
Another cracking lane - the pace was very brisk and enjoyable - oldest rider in our group was 78 and he never put a foot wrong and was one of the fastest riders of the whole weekend
Dave @ 78 years young (he's the short guy on the far left)
Next was a lovely lane by Berry Pomeroy Castle - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berry_Pomeroy_Castle
Berry castle was an old 'haunt' of mine as a teenager
Primrose fields
Next lane near Broadhempston.....................called Tally Ho and was an absolute swine of wet angled slate bed on a 1:3 hill and very tricky to say the least
Straps were needed to haul the bikes up
Inevitably, one of the guys got a rear puncture and it was quickly fixed
After fixing it, we did a few lanes over to Rocombe and Maidencombe near Torquay, towards Shaldon where we stopped at a beach cafe for lunch
Lobster pots
Stormy skies over the Bar @ Teignmouth
Bikes on the beach
Nice beach cafe and lovely waitress
Fine views across the river to Teigmouth, where I went to school
Old Ferry is still plying its trade
Whilst having a late 3pm lunch, a storm of epic proportions erupted over the sea with thunder claps and forked lightening and blew inland - so we had another coffee
Slightly reluctantly we headed out into the rain and did a few more lanes back over towards Newton Abbot, via Stokeinteignhead
At Newton Abbot.... Trippy and myself decided to call it a great day and head back to Moreleigh to dry off, shower and get some beer in for the evening BBQ
Strangely the had been rain whatsover at Totnes and Moreleigh
We had a really good BBQ and social evening - well done Devon TRF
I decided to come back today because I've some work stuff to do, first thing Monday and my bike had sprung a leak - I knew a rocker cover bolt was missing (discovered after I bought it, so now it has decided to leak, it'll be drilled out and re-tapped, new bolt and new gaskets fitted)
Devon is the place of my birth and it was really good to ride around all the places I knew whilst growing up, very cathartic
Devon TRF have annual trailriding weekend, riding all the lanes from Teign to Tamar in the South Hams and South Devon
Never done it before, so I decided to give it a bash and persuaded Trippy to take his big 600 on it - there were about 30 of us
Venue was Wheeldon Farm @ Halwell, the Husqvarna approved Offroad Centre which has a indoor MX track and some lovely rural holday cottages, to house us all........................the woodburner was a bonus on both nights
We arrived Friday night and most of the group hit the New Inn @ Moreleigh for beer and food
Saturday dawned bright and we were up early for breakfast on the farm and then bikes were readied for the off
Trippy.......................for those of you who haven't met this shy forum member
My bike...................clean for the only time that day
Some interesting old bikes here.....................shame it sheared its woodruff key later that day
We rode out through the South Hams, through some superb lanes and this pic is south of Totnes @ Waterman's Arms - Bow Bridge
Nice ford
Typical Devon lane - all legal and Devon CC have the best signposting in England - this is how it should be done
Trippy enjoying it
We took the Higher Ferry @ Dartmouth
Nice views from the Ferry
Another cracking lane - the pace was very brisk and enjoyable - oldest rider in our group was 78 and he never put a foot wrong and was one of the fastest riders of the whole weekend
Dave @ 78 years young (he's the short guy on the far left)
Next was a lovely lane by Berry Pomeroy Castle - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berry_Pomeroy_Castle
Berry castle was an old 'haunt' of mine as a teenager
Primrose fields
Next lane near Broadhempston.....................called Tally Ho and was an absolute swine of wet angled slate bed on a 1:3 hill and very tricky to say the least
Straps were needed to haul the bikes up
Inevitably, one of the guys got a rear puncture and it was quickly fixed
After fixing it, we did a few lanes over to Rocombe and Maidencombe near Torquay, towards Shaldon where we stopped at a beach cafe for lunch
Lobster pots
Stormy skies over the Bar @ Teignmouth
Bikes on the beach
Nice beach cafe and lovely waitress
Fine views across the river to Teigmouth, where I went to school
Old Ferry is still plying its trade
Whilst having a late 3pm lunch, a storm of epic proportions erupted over the sea with thunder claps and forked lightening and blew inland - so we had another coffee
Slightly reluctantly we headed out into the rain and did a few more lanes back over towards Newton Abbot, via Stokeinteignhead
At Newton Abbot.... Trippy and myself decided to call it a great day and head back to Moreleigh to dry off, shower and get some beer in for the evening BBQ
Strangely the had been rain whatsover at Totnes and Moreleigh
We had a really good BBQ and social evening - well done Devon TRF
I decided to come back today because I've some work stuff to do, first thing Monday and my bike had sprung a leak - I knew a rocker cover bolt was missing (discovered after I bought it, so now it has decided to leak, it'll be drilled out and re-tapped, new bolt and new gaskets fitted)
looks good ...
and didn't resist when I offered
