A wezcountry jaunt
Posted: Fri Jul 06, 2012 10:40 pm
Last week had a bimble through Dorset, Somerset and Devon. A mate from work wanted to get some more miles under his SV650 wheels - newly qualified and lacking a little confidence. So, said I, Dunster for a cream tea then...
Got pissed on between Crewkerne and Taunton but then it dried up nicely. Twixt Taunton and Dunster was largely frustrating - too much traffic. The romp from Dunster down to Tivvy along the Exe Valley made up for it. Brill.
Hit fog between Honiton and Sidmouth (WTF? It's the end of June!). After a stop to refuel and empty the leg bag headed back along the coast road to Weymouth. The A3052 twixt Sidmouth and Lyme Regis is also a goody - better than the B3157 from Bridders to Weymouth, which used to be a cracker until some bright spark made it nearly all restricted to 50mph.
180 miles covered, bikes minging, buttocks stinging (must get out more - getting soft). Al enjoyed it but was left wondering why Suzuki saw fit to stuff his seat with Portland stone...
http://goo.gl/maps/8bLg
Al giving it 'John Wayne' in Sidmouth ("You're walking funny mate - yer bum ok?" "The hell it is.")
Mike
Got pissed on between Crewkerne and Taunton but then it dried up nicely. Twixt Taunton and Dunster was largely frustrating - too much traffic. The romp from Dunster down to Tivvy along the Exe Valley made up for it. Brill.
Hit fog between Honiton and Sidmouth (WTF? It's the end of June!). After a stop to refuel and empty the leg bag headed back along the coast road to Weymouth. The A3052 twixt Sidmouth and Lyme Regis is also a goody - better than the B3157 from Bridders to Weymouth, which used to be a cracker until some bright spark made it nearly all restricted to 50mph.
180 miles covered, bikes minging, buttocks stinging (must get out more - getting soft). Al enjoyed it but was left wondering why Suzuki saw fit to stuff his seat with Portland stone...
http://goo.gl/maps/8bLg
Al giving it 'John Wayne' in Sidmouth ("You're walking funny mate - yer bum ok?" "The hell it is.")
Mike
