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greenmanalishi 22 Feb 2010 17:10

Back home
 
Hi folks landed home about 30 minutes ago. Roads were great once I had left. I had some fun defrosting the tent and trying to get the ice off my brake disks and then getting the bike from the camp site up to the road but plain sailing from there on.

Had a fantastic weekend, terrifying, exhilerating, challenging and satisfying all in one hour! many thanks to everyone who picked me up again and again and then again several times over. Honestly I had not expected to go snowboarding on two wheels. MY idea of green laning is a clear tarmac lane with bits of green on either side......... Some white lines on the tarmac and some street lights would be ideal.

I will post my pics on my blog in a day or two when I have cleaned the snow and dog shit off the tent and hung it over the bath.

BTW Paul is a great guy but a bit of a sadist for dragging an aeging decrepit novice softy like me over a mountain top, thanks for lending me your bike to get down the hill. I owe you and many others big time.

Glad to hear everyone got home safely I thought about you all as I wallowed in the bath at the B+B.
GM

debseed 22 Feb 2010 21:49

Quote:

Originally Posted by angus.h (Post 277693)
hope to see you all again,maybee up here sometime?cheers Angus

At an Affrica debrief mini-meet? I'm sure there will be a tale or two to tell!!

It'll give you something to plan for, when all the current planning has stopped, and you are winging it in Africa :palm:

Sleepdog 22 Feb 2010 22:26

Had a message from Crusty to say that he got home OK as well (Blue Tenere).
Went to bed when he got home and woke up at ten thirty this morning!:oops2:

*Touring Ted* 22 Feb 2010 22:35

so come on...

PHOTOS ?????

debseed 23 Feb 2010 07:14

Money is probably changing hands at the moment, Ted

Brian E 23 Feb 2010 09:31

Sorry i missed this mini meet i've not been checking the web site glad you all enjoyed yourselves i'll try and be at the next one.

angus.h 23 Feb 2010 10:45

At an Affrica debrief mini-meet? I'm sure there will be a tale or two to tell!!

It'll give you something to plan for, when all the current planning has stopped, and you are winging it in Africa :palm:[/quote]
Hi Debs,good idea, with any luck the Highlands will have thawed out by the time we come back!:Beach:Aye maybe a week end before the midgies start.

dazco 23 Feb 2010 16:11

Sounds like you had a good, but glad i stayed nice and warm at home:Beach:.
you mad buggers,
see ya Daz

greenmanalishi 25 Feb 2010 02:04

photos
 
I have no idea how you post photos on here but a personal account can be read here
[url=http://www.frothandflames.com/?m=201002]Froth and Flames

greenmanalishi 25 Feb 2010 02:10

links
 
for some reason the links to the photos will not show up in my post. I have tried editing a few times but they refuse to appear.
just go to frothand flames and click on February.
If any one wants full size originals pm me with your email address.

Chizz 25 Feb 2010 15:48

Nice write up/pics

Must admit I dont feel too jealous about missing the rideout - I may just have fallen off more times than you ! .

Looking at the pics of the tents in the snow and got spotted by someone at work actual quote "you lot must be bl**dy crazy" - I hope so

Chizz

Sleepdog 25 Feb 2010 20:59

Nice one Greenman, and I thought you were enjoying yourself!
Great write up, pity we didn't get more pics especially some of the 'off piste' antics but I think Debs has some.:funmeteryes:

bodie 25 Feb 2010 22:27

your write up certainly had me chuckling i had same idea about two sleeping bags and silk liner but i wasnt planning on camping in quite so cold temps but i suppose you never know well done now your all home safe a weekend to be proud off

Laura Bennitt 26 Feb 2010 22:19

well it seems getting from Yorkshire to London was the easy bit, the ride back up just took me nearly 10 hours, of which the last 42 miles (from leaving the M74) took over an hour and a half because of thick snow, building up to about 1-2 inches on the roads!! Luckily it seems I can ride on snowy roads better than on snowy trails, but still not much fun.

Laura

debseed 27 Feb 2010 08:46

Glad you got back safely, Laura. Bring on the summer, eh?! :Beach:


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