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Nurse Julie:
I should have added John that I rode 147 miles from Dungeness to the New Forest just to meet you, so it's your turn next year  ;D ;D ;D

Johnwebley:

--- Quote from: Nurse Julie on August 10, 2016, 10:34:23 PM ---I should have added John that I rode 147 miles from Dungeness to the New Forest just to meet you, so it's your turn next year  ;D ;D ;D

--- End quote ---

  Damn,you bettered me by about 12 miles eachway,

 but,I would enjoy meeting you,Trigger and others as we did,so I make a promise,I will visit ,
as soon as can be arranged,

Johnwebley:
on a hot summers day,the Honda went to the seaside,the Lakeside,and to a narrow gauge rail station,

 starting form Hereford ,to a little village called Borth,about 10 miles north of Aberystyth,then via Macynileth,
then to picturesque Bala Lake,and via another lake to Narrow gauge railway at Porthmadoc,

 beautiful roads,the bike ran well,lots of sun,and smiles

Johnwebley:
a quick PS,

 you may have noticed there was no mention of the return home,

 well its like this,

 between Dolgethley and Newtown,just south of Malwld,I picked up a nail in the rear tyre,
the tyre deflated over about 400yds,first a gentle wobble,them a full left lock slide/turn,
I still don't know how I stayed upright,and managed to stop safely ,
but it does make the heart beat a little quicker,
surprise ,surprise,I had full phone coverage,and after a 23 minute call to my insurance,the recovery started,a very nice
guy with a lovely Honda 4 x 4 and trailer collected me and brought me home,on the way back,near Welshpool the Police
help up the traffic for 2 trucks carring wind turbine blades,horizonally not vertically,these new ones are MASSIVE,
check the pic,

Green1:
Good to know it ended well John
I hate punctures in tubed tyres they can turn scary within seconds.
Tyres have moved on leaps and bounds thank good I rode my triumph with a flat 40 miles in a thunder storm once you couldn't do that with a tube

Mick

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