Adventure Bike Rider

Here we go - get your wet and muddy pics up here for us all to share. Thanks to everyone for making the trip, probably a good few Real Ale hangovers about this morning - lucky Gerald the Landlord got the toilets finished his year.

Shall we hold it in "summer" next year?

Well folks..

THANKS to all the effort that went into the organising of the trails by Jasext etc and for the Laughs last night and general banter over the weekend.

Thanks to AndyH for the ride out on saturday..that sat nav will work one day and the Forest was great this morning but a bit small unlike others we used And cheers Guys for those on the trail ride great lagh and sure there is some good vid stuff from Ed till next time..and less rain would be nice..but then its Wales

some "splashing from this morning"..
















and it eas nice to see some old faces..and meet new ones ..but names escape me ..

Another great rally
We wont let the weather stop us!

Thanks to Craig, Jase and all the gang for everything they did to make it a success.

Lots of new friends who I hope to see soon at the next rally.
Andy & Allison (Andy is to blame for any incorrect names here after keeping me drinking all day Friday)
Alan,Steve & Ded for great company on Saturday evening.
KTM Jon for showing me how my bike should look after cleaning AMAZING!
Alun & Christian for Saturdays ride out.
Cheers Russ for the off road play before leaving for home Sunday morning.

And many others.
Its what makes these rallies so enjoyable.


What a cracking pub!
The campsite facilities are all most finished now and makes a perfect ABR rally venue.

A few pics:

The camp




Pie & Chips order of the day on the ride out.










Pics of pics being taken
Our Leader


Hello James



Russ doing what Russ does best

Thanks to everyone for a great weekend, fantastic ride, brilliant location and company. I had no knowledge that all of these rides lay within a short commute from home in Bath!

My first ABR event and certainly not my last. As a novice I picked up loads of tips and special thanks for helping me sort out the small chunk of glass imbedded in my front tyre. Sorry for leading the tail of the ride out through the car park on sat. Thought the last rider had gone past and when I realised they hadn't went into a car park to turn around and go back I found them all behind me

Was suposed to be a novice ride but since we did'nt have a advance ride leader i seemed to take the more experienced group with only 1 rider that had no experience ( James XC800) he coped very very well and took my hat off to him for trying and coping with everything, although Myddfai lane did have a few people that wanted to hurt me is some way i hoped they all enjoyed our wonderfull lanes.
Here's only a couple of pics i managed to get as we were having so much fun slpashing about in the puddles

Random ones in the car park


Some mad Cardiffian


Poo bridge on the sarn


Waer splash on the roman road, few of the other more experanced groups decided to go around this for some reason














Myddfai lane


Group photo on the Black Mountains

A big thank you to Jase and Jon for their guidance and wise words throughout Saturday's ride. The one thing I did learn was to get to the cafe before Jon if you were hungry!

Hi all, looks like you had a great time in Wales!

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Cheers everyone, Em

An excellent weekend - thanks to Russ and AndyH for leading the rides I was on.

An excellent weekend - thanks to Tramp and AndyH for leading the rides I was on.

had a great time, big thanks to the organizers and to all the lads on the ride out i was on, especially to AndyH and Tramp for leading (no more bits have fell off my Tenere )


hopefully see some familiar faces at the south coast simmer.

Cheers

So good to see this event again, it is always something to look forward to regatrdless of the weather! If Touratech are doing something then you can be sure it is going to be quality

It is always so good to see new faces at the rally events, as more and more peopkle find out just how much fun you can have in the UK with your toys!

The amount of couples that now join the ride outs is such a wonderful sight and it has been a real privilege to watch not only the Welsh event but all the ABR events grow and develop.

In particular with the ABR Wales event I arrived late on Friday at around midnight. There in the dark I pitched my tent and was offered a pint at the bar of our hosts. A young man at the bar, a few drinks on, was swearing. It's a pub and no issue there - a soft voice told him to pack it in and that nice people are staying and they don't want that kind of language. Nice, that ABR after just one previous event in the area has that kind of reputation. That, of course, is all down to the members - there for a good time and the chance to ride their machines.

The weather gave some slight and brief showers that I am sure added to the fun for the green lane riders. All in all there were about 4 green rides and a road ride. Various levels of ability being tailored for and all done for no other reason than to enjoy our motorcycles.

I had the chance to take come pictures and I have loaded them onto facebook - please feel free to have a look at your leisure.

FB Pictures

I hope all enjoyed the event and I look forward to seeing as many of you that can make it at the next rally ride

Nice pics, wonder what bike the guy in bright orange gear was riding ? ;0

some of my pics...

Pie Time in Pontyprydd



Pitch up and paddle


More words and pictures on this thread
www.adventurebikerider.com/forum/25-ride...6-riding-to-www.html

Big thanks to all that helped put the event together.

Steve T

looks great. shame to have missed this