Another damp morning in paradise

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Re: Another damp morning in paradise

Post by SimmoSub » Sun Oct 16, 2011 7:47 pm

Aye it's high crime rate up here Richard, luckily the cucumber sarnies and ginger beer safely made it to lunchtime...
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Re: Another damp morning in paradise

Post by SimmoSub » Sun Oct 16, 2011 7:55 pm

Deeside gliding club.

A Bridge Too Far?

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Re: Another damp morning in paradise

Post by StorminNorm » Sun Oct 16, 2011 8:31 pm

Some cracking photo's there Richard,

Here is my little bridge offering from last Sunday's spin !


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Re: Another damp morning in paradise

Post by SimmoSub » Sun Oct 16, 2011 8:47 pm

That's a great bridge - touch of the Taj Mahal? Where is it please?
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Re: Another damp morning in paradise

Post by StorminNorm » Mon Oct 17, 2011 12:27 pm

SimmoSub wrote:That's a great bridge - touch of the Taj Mahal? Where is it please?
It's just outside the town of Cappoquin, in Co Waterford, further details below.

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Re: Another damp morning in paradise

Post by NVNL » Mon Oct 17, 2011 4:03 pm

Altarnun - just five of its many bridges. Nice.

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Which is the reserve tap?

Post by NVNL » Mon Oct 17, 2011 6:43 pm

Much going-where-thou-goest this afternoon including some very gentle off-roading on Davidstow Moor then out past Crowdy Reservoir and mooch about to St Breward.

Somewhere in there I found this bridge and ford, eyed it all up very carefully and rode through the ford. Then, inspired by Pete Sykes, I rode through it again, and again. Yeee harrr!

Eventually I parked in the ford and took some snaps. Even though I was very low on fuel I left the engine running because I never have fancied underwater kick-starting. After a while a chap stopped his Landrover on the bridge and asked if all was well. Thanked and reassured he drove on. The engine stopped. It can seem pretty eerie up there in the late afternoon.

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Re: Another damp morning in paradise

Post by Wirralman » Mon Oct 17, 2011 7:15 pm

Davidstow Moor
I think that's has the highest UK airfield, albeit a fraction of its wartime size. A vast expanse- must be great fun on an MT.
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Re: Another damp morning in paradise

Post by NVNL » Mon Oct 17, 2011 8:11 pm

Wirralman wrote:
Davidstow Moor
I think that's has the highest UK airfield, albeit a fraction of its wartime size. A vast expanse- must be great fun on an MT.
Amazingly, after forty years of motorcycling I have just begun to feel the pull of riding off road - yesterday on the MT350 above Mount and today on the Trophy at (as far as I can make out from Google) Davidstow Aerodrome.

Yesterday early on I met a car enthusiast who suggested the Lands End Trial and I declined. This evening I'm wondering. What's that they say, no fool like an old fool?


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That old silhouette on the great western sky

Post by NVNL » Tue Oct 18, 2011 1:36 pm



Colder here today, the prospect of zipping the linings back into the romper suit comes to mind. Wonder where they are then? Hmmn.

Anyway these poor efforts are from the Glynn valley and environs.

Music by E L Harris, some first rate technical improvements to the original lyrics – perhaps she’s actually shod a horse.

Way up in the first pic is God's Wonderful Railway. Discuss.

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