GOOD SHOW! Nice pics!

HJ

First long trip of the year, looked into doing a trip round Galloway but that came in at 360 mile so decided to have a run up the north east coast. Doing a few trails natch.

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Warkworth Castle.

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The beach at Boulmer.

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Don't come here, it's rubbish.

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Skip throo the tourist spots, too many people, too many cars. Get confused as to where the GPS is taking me?? End up ignoring it and getting mostly lost, do a full circle and end up here, the second most northerly trail in england.

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Stop for a cool in the shade and find a puggyed nest.

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Rains, that one cloud got me three times. My back looses the fight with a big heavy gate at the end of the trail.

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The all new Brandon Ford, keeps getting washed out, hard to believe looking at the trickle of water.

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View upstream, must get up here when it's in floood.

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Back is really starting to give me jip so miss the bumpy stuff, though stick me nose down a few trails for a looksee, and find a little previously unknown corker, two fords and a track troo the woods. Take the tarmac back and find a nice spot for a last stop before home.

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This is just across the valley from Rothbury.

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Get home and apart from the back ache, not too bad though still not what I'd call bike fit, lack of winter riding, 180 mile, bout a million dead insects and just the right side of the FTrip coming on, I do like this bike.

Now that the suns oot I feel a wkend in Galloway doing that 360 mile.

On the way home after a weekend trail riding

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Little run out today to clear my head-

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I picked up my Tenere last week and thought the best place to run it in is out on a very dry and dusty Salisbury Plain.
200 miles door to door with about 90 of those on the gravel and chalk byways of Wiltshire.
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The bike was superb,one of the most enjoyable rides I've had in a long time.

Cheers,
Andy.

90 miles of byways in Wiltshire - any chance of a guided tour then??

Nice one Tomsdad

Happy trailin'
 

Summer "Snow" :headbang:

Happy trailin' near Giurgiu. (Danube river bank, border to Bulgaria)

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No problem.

Ive got a route of about 150 miles but i had to be home by lunchtime last week so that was all i could do.

If you want to come down in June,there are two free Saturdays (i can't do Sundays) when both the Bulford rifle range and the Westdown/Larkhill artillary range byways are open.....they are

Saturday the 19th and the 26th.

If there is any interest then I'll post up the details in the "ride out" section.

And if anybody wants to borrow my maps then please give me a shout.

Cheers,
Andy.

Sounds like a plan.....
 

Excellent idea, the diary is clear for both dates at mo,so would love to haul up.
Nice thread...Tomsdad...............\o/