JAX SHACK .........FRANCE

[beany]

hi phil,i seem to have misplaced your contact details if you could send them to me again. much appreciated thanks.

cheers beany

[PHILinFRANCE]

Check your PMs

[beany]

cheers phil

[scoobydidler]

Look forward to getting over in the near future Phil. What more could a trailrider ask for?!

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[PHILinFRANCE]

Maybe a little less swearing but it was a tad warm

[Andi_Archer]

Blimey Im surprised you didn't come across David Bellamy on that one Phil

[PHILinFRANCE]

Dates booked

Sept 25th to 28th

Oct 9th to 12th

Oct 14th to 17th

Oct 28 th to Nov 18th

20181108_102452 by Philip Parkinson, on Flickr

[PHILinFRANCE]

Well , because no one wanted to play out i took the Donk out , now the motorway down here all seem to have gravel service track along side , ive riden bits of them but today i thought id try and stitch together a bike bike loop

It all started well, long open gravel hugging the W/way

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In places i got a little wooded but easy riding , and anyway i'm solo some left the silly head at home

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The track criscrossed the M/way mainly through these tunnels

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There were even choices to be made

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But all in all very pleasant riding

20190818_131947 by Philip Parkinson, on Flickr

Untill , that is i saw the dreaded red and white flash .............................it had to be followed

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So follow i did ..... now these GR routes are old coach roads to simplify it so generally easy calm trails

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Well used but never see anyone

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Here's and memory jercker Stewie ......ended up on this lane coming the other way that you vidoed several years back , didn't reckonise it untill the end

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From there i was on a click or 5 of tar , i'd come from over these hills .....ish

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With me "dander up " i chose the next yellow trail .........................i do need to act my age

A bit tight but the Donk dragged me through it

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It got tighter hard to see but needed a bit of bar wiggling

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There was a worse bit but didn't get a pic as id have fallen off it did open up and i was on a track id done before

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Anyway came through unscathed to a nice picnic spot

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Red Bull gives you wings ......this just gives you the shits

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The French are realy good at marking routes .....all drit roads

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I'd done all except this ..... 2 crosses, i.e. wrong way and a sign of falling rocks !!! so i had to try it

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Great trail but ended at a field after a couple of km

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Back tracked to the road untill i saw this litle tinker

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Lovely wide avenue

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Some one years ago didn't want folk in here ..... never seen so many barbs per inch

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The trail carried on but got smaller and smaller

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but was signed !!!!

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Got to the end and found this , no prop and looked like itd been there a long time

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The trail had basically looped me back to the road so i backtracked again and picked up one i knew

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Came across these in the middle of nowhere

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Back on home ground

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Love this trail

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Has its own special signs

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Home is just over that hill

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Only out for 3.30hrs , did 83 kms and never fell off

[daveuprite]

Great report Phil. I reckon we should drag that Cessna thing back to yours and start work on it. Bit of testing and we'd have a whole new way of enjoying ourselves. What could possibly go wrong?

[boboneleg]

Great RR Phil, I had a good day out on my Donkey yesterday but it's hard to beat the stuff you have over there.