Taffy Dakar . . . . . . . NOT Ride report

[Steve T]

AS my "excuse" for not actually riding the TD has been posted elsewhere, here are some photo's from my ride down to and around the Principality . . . . .

Ready for the Off


The Lecht – Snow abounds




Hartside – decided to take a scenic route to my overnight stop, including a gritty climb up to Hartside Café





Salterfell – Austin & I took in the air from several thousand feet up . . . . . and some snow showers (not shown, but they did occur



Austin washing his bike


BIG rock steps up here




Ah, Hi-Viz man has made it to the top of the hills I see


GDL run to Bala. The Gentlemen Do Lunch Clubs run into the hills in North Wales, to a well known eatery . . . . .





And onto some scenic water catchment device






Run to South Wales. After a cold night under canvas in Bala, my route took into all sorts of weather on-route to South Wales

10 miles after leaving camp . . . . . .






Brecon Beacons weather




Local pub was shut




Taffy Dakar Bikes. The home of the Taffy Dakar near . . . . some weird Welsh sounding name.

Chris Corks 2016 Dakar machine


The Irish contingent travel in style


Proper lightweight machines


But this is what the discerning Taffy Dakar rider rides . . . . .


. . . . . . . including a whole spare front end


Run Home – The view that always makes my grin big style as I head over the hills towards Moray . . . . .



Steve T

 

[outrunner]

Nice pics Steve, weather looks OK to me. All that packing on the bike and nae waterproofs?

PS. Catch up at Strontian.



Andy.

 

[nick949]

Great pics Steve - thanks for making me homesick.

Nick

 

[een705]

Great pics I'm sure you had a fantastic run about and nice meeting up

 

[Hudders]

Nice pictures there Stevie

 

[Hamster]

Cracking photo,s.

 

[Steve T]

Thanks for the kind comments folks . . . . nearly makes all those icicles worth while

Steve T

 

[Lowflyer]

Nice one Steve.

Did you manage to blag a shot of Corkie's machine ?
And were those C90's that were at the Paddy Dakar there ?

Fekin nutters, saw them taking the corner at the pub flat out and, erm , sideways

 

[Steve T]

Did you manage to blag a shot of Corkie's machine ?

I wish . No sign of Chris - his bike was rolled out the back of a big transit van early on Friday morning by a rather large lady . . . . still wearing a rather deep coating of Sarf American desert dust (the bike, not the big bird )

And were those C90's that were at the Paddy Dakar there ?

The only C90's I saw were being ridden by local lads - the one I took pictures of was ridden in from west Wales. I left the site at around 3.30pm, so maybe the mad micks turned up after that!

Steve T



PS - I've decided that if you can't beat them, you should join them. So next year it'll be a van carrying the bike(s) there & back. Start saving those pennies Johnboy