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by FatFreddy
Wed May 01, 2019 1:39 pm
Forum: RIDE REPORTS
Topic: Not really a ride report as such
Replies: 21
Views: 11601

Re: Not really a ride report as such

After the field I passed through a (easy to open) gate by a farmhouse and onto a farm track. Following this down hill, I was at my destination in Lumb a few minutes later. Time taken 2 hours Distance travelled about 1.5 miles Lessons learned? Just because it’s open to all traffic doesn’t mean it’s p...
by FatFreddy
Wed May 01, 2019 1:32 pm
Forum: RIDE REPORTS
Topic: Not really a ride report as such
Replies: 21
Views: 11601

Re: Not really a ride report as such

Then a farmer came by on a quad bike to check on his sheep. “You can’t get through there on a motorbike” he said. He must have thought this bright red sweaty fat bloke was a nutter after the way I laughed at his helpful comment. Anyway, very obligingly he said I could go through a gate and along the...
by FatFreddy
Wed May 01, 2019 1:25 pm
Forum: RIDE REPORTS
Topic: Not really a ride report as such
Replies: 21
Views: 11601

Re: Not really a ride report as such

First I tried walking it out.....no chance. So it was a case of dragging it back an inch, holding it on the front brake, drag it back an inch... And so on. Half an hour later, stripped to the waist, drenched in sweat, I finally got the bastard out. I walked up and down and thinking I’d spotted a bet...
by FatFreddy
Wed May 01, 2019 1:11 pm
Forum: RIDE REPORTS
Topic: Not really a ride report as such
Replies: 21
Views: 11601

Re: Not really a ride report as such

So, sweaty and tired, but very pleased with myself for having overcome the obstacle, I set off along the side of an open field, even getting into 2nd gear briefly... Until this happened.... 09DBA9B1-ACF6-4DDB-B187-FC7202760794.jpeg It’s standing up by itself there, up to the axles in mud.... I may p...
by FatFreddy
Wed May 01, 2019 1:05 pm
Forum: RIDE REPORTS
Topic: Not really a ride report as such
Replies: 21
Views: 11601

Re: Not really a ride report as such

Then I reached this gate. The pic is taken looking back at the way I had just come. D1EE3E17-FF7B-4F96-9714-4035A05C1884.jpeg It wouldn’t have been that hard to pass except that I couldnt find anywhere solid enough for the side stand and couldn’t get the bloody thing to open more than three feet. Th...
by FatFreddy
Wed May 01, 2019 12:51 pm
Forum: RIDE REPORTS
Topic: Not really a ride report as such
Replies: 21
Views: 11601

Re: Not really a ride report as such

Then I found my first muddy bit but got through it no problems
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And confidence soaring the track ahead looked very a-track-tive...(sorry)
by FatFreddy
Wed May 01, 2019 12:40 pm
Forum: RIDE REPORTS
Topic: Not really a ride report as such
Replies: 21
Views: 11601

Re: Not really a ride report as such

Go toy your local councils online ROW section, they will have active map and a list of any with TRO traffic regulation order. These can be temp, seasonal or perm and sometimes exempt to motorcycles. Thanks Bill, I will do that. Anyway, to continue my tale (maybe I should have prepared these as draf...
by FatFreddy
Wed May 01, 2019 12:17 pm
Forum: RIDE REPORTS
Topic: Not really a ride report as such
Replies: 21
Views: 11601

Re: Not really a ride report as such

So, starting at the Rawtenstall end, you go up a steep terraced street, past some bungalows and the road gets narrower as it leads past some farms/large houses. After the last house it gets steeper and turns into a farm track with a strip of concrete either side. The concrete ends and it looks like ...
by FatFreddy
Wed May 01, 2019 12:02 pm
Forum: RIDE REPORTS
Topic: Not really a ride report as such
Replies: 21
Views: 11601

Not really a ride report as such

I have only recently discovered what a boat is...... I mean “Byeway Open to All Traffic”, not the water borne variety. Although to be fair, some BOATS would be easier to navigate in a boat than on a bike. Anyway, I had this idea that if I could find some BOATS near home, I could sort out a route loc...
by FatFreddy
Wed May 01, 2019 11:29 am
Forum: RIDE REPORTS
Topic: Snowdonia Discovery Route-- rode last week
Replies: 8
Views: 3631

Re: Snowdonia Discovery Route-- rode last week

You rode right past our house! The roads round here are beautiful and that route seems to take in the best of them. There's some great offroad trails too for anyone wanting to do the same basic loop on a more dual sport orientated bike. That route must have like 50 pubs on it too - which is never a...

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