This was a dual pointed expedition, A) was to simply go have some fun and B) was to test the just arrived replacement head cam for the VIO POV HD camera set.
Duly sated we proceeded to Ufton whereupon we took the to first lane!
Ufton to Hunningham
Steady going on this one and wound up at the railway bridge, very impressed with the bike so far.
2 Videos - up to the bridge and afterwards.
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Hunningham Green Lane
Short little section - lots of undergrowth but great fun - especially the nice track section.
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Ashorne (Failed)
Hmmm, we looked at this one and to be honest the grass made us bottle it, none of us fancied testing Tourances on grass - so we missed that one out and pressed on.
Newbold Pacey to Hampton Lucy
This was a cracker, started off nice and easy and wound up in some ruts (had a couple of heart stoppers) finally disgorging us just out of the Research station in Wellesbourne.
Notable point was us missing the lane (despite it staring us in the face) and taking an incorrect route via a footpath whereupon we met a very friendly farmer who showed us where we had gone wrong - interestingly he pointed out that the 'Landrover Boys' had nowhere near the same regard for the lanes as we had and was suprised somewhat that we were using dual purpose tyres and had what appeared to be conventional bikes.
The correct route was this bit here..
He bid us a cheery farewell and we proceeded along the correct route again.
To discover a rutty grassy muddy bit (horror!) within sight of the main road!
VIDEO UPLOADING - Link to follow
To summarise:
All in all a very satisfactory ride out and one I can recommend to all. I'd like to thank my fellow 'bikers' Steve & Ben (Kendo & Jammin) who kept me informed over the comms about the scary bits and above all waited for me - I'm slow..
Fair to say - my experience with lanes is minimal, in fact Alun led us on my first one ever 2 weeks ago and so I have bugger all experience.
The bike is a GSA 1150 with Tourances and carrying a 205 Kilo rider - if I can do it then I think anyone can
Its a fab way to get some exercise!I found the camera set to be unobtrusive and the quality (whilst shot in not the highest mode) to be more than adequate. I deliberately turned off the mic so as not to have the awful wind noise thing until I sort out an external mic for the helmet.
hmy: . We are going to try and make it a friday morning brekky outing for a couple of hours so will deffo drop you a line before we go next time. Just need to spend some time finding them and plotting them on my sat nav!!
