I was paid up and booked in with Burt and Stu from Adventourers, for a two day offroad weekend in Wales.
The weather forecast was fab and everyone else had cancelled at short notice. I gave Burt the opportunity to cancel the ride, but he was determined to continue. The opportunity of two expert tutors was too good to miss, so off we went.
Loads of pics in this report, I'm afraid, so don't continue if you have a slow browser.
Here is Stu with his KTM 990S:
Here is Burt embroiled in route discussion with Stu:
A nice easy track to start with:
But early on Stu encountered unexpected difficulty:
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Stu's bike was not going to make it without everyone getting wet feet.
Proof that we all made it (by going around the flooded track):
Burt was determined that we had to do our first ford so he walked it:
Then attacked it:
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We then dried our boots
and headed deeper into Wales
We rode Strata Florida as far as I could cope and the intention was to stop when things became too difficult. The early section was within my ability, but after a couple of miles of easy stuff,it became more and more challenging
We stopped at the site of aTragic 4x4 accident in September 2008.
It was sad to see flowers and a teddy bear at the site
Another track:
With dusk nearing in the Elan Valey:
It was time to end Day One , find our b&b and a nice pub for dinner.
Oh... and dry our boots !
The weather forecast was fab and everyone else had cancelled at short notice. I gave Burt the opportunity to cancel the ride, but he was determined to continue. The opportunity of two expert tutors was too good to miss, so off we went.
Loads of pics in this report, I'm afraid, so don't continue if you have a slow browser.
Here is Stu with his KTM 990S:
Here is Burt embroiled in route discussion with Stu:
A nice easy track to start with:
But early on Stu encountered unexpected difficulty:
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Stu's bike was not going to make it without everyone getting wet feet.
Proof that we all made it (by going around the flooded track):
Burt was determined that we had to do our first ford so he walked it:
Then attacked it:
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We then dried our boots
and headed deeper into Wales
We rode Strata Florida as far as I could cope and the intention was to stop when things became too difficult. The early section was within my ability, but after a couple of miles of easy stuff,it became more and more challenging
We stopped at the site of aTragic 4x4 accident in September 2008.
It was sad to see flowers and a teddy bear at the site
Another track:
With dusk nearing in the Elan Valey:
It was time to end Day One , find our b&b and a nice pub for dinner.
Oh... and dry our boots !
