By 08.45hrs yesterday, just five of us had gathered in the carpark of
The Hand. We were:
- the lost soul - DR-Z
- Dave Emsley - G450X
- Bushpig - 450EXC
- strobingred - KTM 400EXC
- Greg - Husaberg
Our first run took us down
Heartbreak Hill - fecking steep, fecking slippery and a fecking great drop at the end (which, I have to confess, I walked my bike down
)
We then had a road ride to Llanarmon where we saw 3 GSs in a hotel called
The Hand. We figured that they had checked into the wrong hotel but a quick work confirmed that they had nothing to do with UKGSer. But how spooky is that??
After a couple of hours we rode up this lane ....
... to meet Timpo's motley crew coming in the other direction. So a 5 minute break was had with a quick bollox exchange.
Then the bombhole...
Shortly after that, I found that my bike was cutting out in big puddles, so I stopped and changed the plug (which I now suspect has an intermittent fault). The bike ran faultlessly after that.
Dave then came a cropper in a small hippo bath:
Others rushed <strike>to his assistance</strike> for their cameras ....
Dave tries to more firmly plant his bike:
We then rode back to
Heartbreak Hill with the intention of riding up it.
The Lost Soul (on a borrowed bike), was first up....
Or maybe not ....
Bushpig's efforts resulted in a snakebite. The lads set to to change the tube ...
... whilst others carefully supervise the operation:
But it's all for naught as the new tube is also pinched:
So Bushpig rides back to
The Hand with a flat front.
Thanks for the company guys - a great day!!
Greg