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Post by beeblemaster on Oct 2, 2011 18:49:33 GMT
Fantastic day - many thanks Dave!
Big thanks also to the backmarkers - Paul, Martin, Andy and especially to me! ;D
Hope you get home safe and sound Tom!
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Post by Reaper on Oct 2, 2011 19:31:55 GMT
What a day and what a run.
Excellent choice of roads Dave.
Thanks to Martin for opting to wear the Orange vest and give me a break, then to Webby as Martin threw the vest at him ;D then the gauntlet was passed over to Beebs.
Weather held until the last 1/4 of a mile then it started to drizzle a little I can live with that.
Sorry about the last part being motorway only I could hear Loz wincing and I new she had been popping pain killers earlier and they were wearing of so needed smoother road surface, she is a little trooper and wont give in.
Best memory of the day was the huge bird of pray swooping onto Dave with talons poised to take his head off, then suddenly realising it wasn't what it thought it was ( much to Dave relief ).
Again thanks to all for a very memorable day out.
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Post by Greendivvy Beeb on Oct 2, 2011 19:43:31 GMT
Thanks dave for a cracking day and fantastic roads, also to all the back markers. What a guy Tom nearly doing a east - west - east coast trip in one day you must have a iron butt by now ;D Home you get home safe and sound. Great to see everyone again for the third sunday in a row, Wales is like a second home at the moment.  |
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Post by m40man on Oct 2, 2011 20:24:13 GMT
Back home by 9pm after getting bored on the motorways & heading home via the Cotswolds  . 350 miles overall. Brilliant day - Thanks Dave & everyone else for turning up. Fantastic roads, some fiddly, some open, many sweeping (& some needing to be swept ). A great mix . A few pics to follow . See y'all again soon . |
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Post by Beast on Oct 2, 2011 21:03:56 GMT
Thanks Dave for organising a very enjoyable and fun filled day with a great mix of roads and brilliant company through out the day, what more could one ask for.
The back markers did a sterling job, almost a different back marker for each section of the journey.
I could get used to this, going for a run into Wales on a Sunday, the 3rd one for me in the last 3 weeks and also no one came off which is a massive bonus.
Hope you all got home safely, and looking forward to meeting you all again on the next run.
Phil
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Post by Pool Boy on Oct 2, 2011 21:05:38 GMT
Sorry I mised this - looked like fun
(Though we did have a great family weekend in the sun in Cambridge)
When's the next Divvy run ?
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Post by ribbit on Oct 2, 2011 21:09:50 GMT
Ribbit. Sorry I didn't see your post. we Arrived at the visitors centre at 2:30, sorry we missed you. The road closure was due to a fatality. some poor soul didn't make it home today, RIP who ever you are. Dave Feck me, if I'd waited 10 minutes you would have been there  , but I was sure you'd been and gone. I'm surprised I didn't pass you somewhere - which way did you come into the visitor centre - from Rhayader or from the dams? I left there at 14.15 with 3 lads in tow from north B'ham - they were going to head back along the A44 until I told them it was closed, so to finish their weekend of touring dams and lakes, I took them around the Elan Valley, then on to Builth from Rhayader, cutting across through Hundred House and back to the A44. Hope you all had a good day anyway (sounds like you did) and I'll catch you next time. I haven't seen anything on the news about the crash yet, but it's sure to make the papers this week. |
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Post by ribbit on Oct 2, 2011 22:14:10 GMT
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Post by m40man on Oct 2, 2011 22:23:11 GMT
No.3 looks a handsome chap  . (Though the bug-splat may have actually enhanced his appearance a tiny bit  ) |
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Post by Flymo on Oct 2, 2011 22:25:59 GMT
You probably did the right thing 1 by going the other way... they look like a * right bunch * 2
Flymo
[1] Probably a lie.
[2] Right bunch of great people, who are a joy to be out riding with.
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Post by ribbit on Oct 2, 2011 22:34:35 GMT
I'm well gutted to have missed you all by just a few minutes  |
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Post by beeblemaster on Oct 2, 2011 23:05:02 GMT
Ribbit, were you the black D9 leading a group? |
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Post by showaddydadito on Oct 3, 2011 7:08:54 GMT
As my email last thursday, I'd have liked to make it on this, but didn't manage. I had a pleasant ride down to Shrewsbury in the afternoon. The A53 between Mkt Drayton and Shrewsbury is kinda nice - big, wide, straight-but-not-dead-straight, and empty.
Maybe next time.
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Post by ribbit on Oct 3, 2011 9:26:15 GMT
Ribbit, were you the black D9 leading a group? No, I was the Dark Blue D9 leading a group of 3 others ;D |
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Post by bmbob on Oct 4, 2011 7:11:44 GMT
Hi All
Sorry for the late post....the internet was down.
Brilliant day out, good roads, good company, what more do you need.
Loved the run through the Elan valley...
Thanks to Oatcake Productions ...again a great route, to Reaper,Martin, Webby and Beebs for back marking.
Ride safe
Regards Bob
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Post by ribbit on Oct 7, 2011 9:00:01 GMT
The road closure was due to a fatality. some poor soul didn't make it home today, RIP who ever you are. Dave From our local paper (Mid Wales Journal):  |
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. 350 miles overall.
, but I was sure you'd been and gone. I'm surprised I didn't pass you somewhere - which way did you come into the visitor centre - from Rhayader or from the dams?
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. (Though the bug-splat may have actually enhanced his appearance a tiny bit 
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