Just back in and warming up
5 of us met up in Masham Market Place, this morning - myself, PaulXC from Cheshire,KMD, Andy E and Lordie
Yesterday it was -3 and today it was +8.................but rain was the order of the day and low cloud on the fells
3 of us were on 650's and KMD was on his WR250 (sensible fella), with Andy E on a new latest 12GSA (with Tourances
)
After a couple of lanes, Andy E called it a day, as he'd dropped the big Adv 5 times on the first two easyish lanes - brave man and hope you got back ok
The rest of us carried on (after PaulXC had escorted Andy back to the black top
)
Met some very friendly ramblers near Slipstone Craggs, who supported our quest
The lanes were wet and snotty, with the weather wet and very cold................not the best, but we were having fun
All was going well until we went over towards Stalling Busk
Ice was still prevalent on the upper fells and we were greeted by sheet ice
Luckily I managed to get up without any hassle
But the others weren't do lucky and really suffered
Good opportunity for me to take some pics of the sequence of events
So after 'Dancing on Ice' and Paul getting a puncture it was after 1pm, so we headed back to the RV point, to have lunch at the Border cafe in Masham to warm up
Unluckily for me I hit a cock Pheasant at 50-60mph on the road when it flew up and caught me smack on the left shoulder.........wrenching my hand off the bars.
I stayed on and the bird went up 30 feet in the air, before plummeting to the ground..........stone dead.
Lucky for me, but not the pheasant
Cheers for your company, I stayed shiny side up all day and there were no serious incidents with the others and I enjoyed the ride
Hope the others aren't too sore and the bikes are in one piece, more or less
I'll do another offroad ride soon
5 of us met up in Masham Market Place, this morning - myself, PaulXC from Cheshire,KMD, Andy E and Lordie
Yesterday it was -3 and today it was +8.................but rain was the order of the day and low cloud on the fells
3 of us were on 650's and KMD was on his WR250 (sensible fella), with Andy E on a new latest 12GSA (with Tourances
)After a couple of lanes, Andy E called it a day, as he'd dropped the big Adv 5 times on the first two easyish lanes - brave man and hope you got back ok
The rest of us carried on (after PaulXC had escorted Andy back to the black top
)Met some very friendly ramblers near Slipstone Craggs, who supported our quest
The lanes were wet and snotty, with the weather wet and very cold................not the best, but we were having fun
All was going well until we went over towards Stalling Busk
Ice was still prevalent on the upper fells and we were greeted by sheet ice
Luckily I managed to get up without any hassle
But the others weren't do lucky and really suffered
Good opportunity for me to take some pics of the sequence of events
So after 'Dancing on Ice' and Paul getting a puncture it was after 1pm, so we headed back to the RV point, to have lunch at the Border cafe in Masham to warm up
Unluckily for me I hit a cock Pheasant at 50-60mph on the road when it flew up and caught me smack on the left shoulder.........wrenching my hand off the bars.
I stayed on and the bird went up 30 feet in the air, before plummeting to the ground..........stone dead.
Lucky for me, but not the pheasant
Cheers for your company, I stayed shiny side up all day and there were no serious incidents with the others and I enjoyed the ride
Hope the others aren't too sore and the bikes are in one piece, more or less
I'll do another offroad ride soon
(and on a hill too, how entertaining was that !) 
I thought you did well to keep the bike on course. 
