Wales 14-16 June 2024

[Kata]

Not yet but I put down a deposit

[bkingalan]

Nope they don't have my email

[ptolemyx]

You can sleep out front in the car park Al looking after the bikes

[ptolemyx]

Change requested by Phil - if we meet traffic it's his fault 'cos we'll be in the Bristol area about 08.00

The early Friday ride up:-

Now leaving M5 jcn27 services 07.00
meet Al at Sedgmoor services 07.30ish
leg stretch at Spar Chepstow 08.15-08.30ish
Breakfast at the Courtroom Cafe Crickhowell 09.15-09.45ish with petrol stop there
arrive at Neuadd 10.45ish

At the mo' it looks like the early wave will be:-
Brian
Phil the elder
Chris ("Lamaule" from Tiverton)
Darren
Alan (meeting at Sedgmoor)

[billinom8s]

Have a good trip everyone. Keep it all rubber side down please.

[billinom8s]

how's it going up there across the border?

[Jug]

Excellent trip, many thanks to Brian for organizing it.

We got so lucky with the weather.
No rain on Friday, Paul & I did a route through the Afan forest area on the way over and enjoyed some spectacular roads & scenery.

Saturday we awoke to heavy rain but it had mostly moved over by the time we set off, so we just had a little bit of rain in the first hour. The rest of the day was fine and then had a little rain just as we headed back to the hotel.

Sunday was bright and sunny and we did a lovely route back across to civilization.

Top weekend, great roads and great company.

[ptolemyx]

Photo's:-

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Cracking weekend, great time with great mates

Those fellow weekenders with photo's please post them here on the website for the others to see what they missed.

P.S. the Z H2 did 557.9 miles at an average 47.72mpg

[Jug]

One from the ride over on Friday

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and one from Saturday

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[ptolemyx]

Nice pic's Rich.We know where that first one was taken, viewpoint on the black mountain pass.
https://maps.app.goo.gl/6qUQEKjRx2sc1Gnc8
Last time I did it I went over to Brynamman, turned round and went back. They should put a bypass between Brynamman and Abercraf to link with theA4067 to Sennybridge.

[Kata]

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[Robbo87]

A great SWB weekend away in the wilds of Wales was on the cards, and sure enough, great roads, great company and great laughs were had.

Big thanks to Brian for organising, planning the routes and leading this annual bash. Big thanks are also due to the long-suffering Alan for TEC-ing us with much patience for the entire weekend. .

To add to Brian's statistics, my old Triumph Sprint covered 539.9 miles home to home @ 46.2 mpg overall . . . . . thirstier than some of you probably because I had to pedal harder to keep up - I had it singing like a well tuned 2 stroke at some stages! .

A couple of pic's to follow.

[Robbo87]

Friday 14th June. Opposite the Courtyard Cafe, Crickhowell - early birds at the breakfast stop.

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Firtst arrivals at the Neuadd Arms Hotel.

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[AndyW]

Thanks for the photos to rub it in.... my having missed out

Looks like a great time had by all

[Breham]

I will have to make sure I am around next year for the event