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Good luck, Pete.

Remember though - it's mandatory that you enjoy yourself.

Yaki Da.

Martyn

Have a great time Pete!

Look forward to seeing the pics 

Brian

It's a bit quiet on here without him. Come back soon Pete!

So I'm back and here is what we encountered..

Saturday

Bomber lane.

Nant Braich.

Bit of air after worrying about sharp rocks, he only had 11psi in there too!

Happy Valley.

Bastard Lane.

Sunday

Barmouth mountain.

When down off the mountain we grabbed some lunch from the shop and we had several sets of bikers come up and chat to us! Some trail riders and also some road riders, we had two sets there at once at one stage and it was a massive chat free for all! Barmouth is obviously a popular stop off point for bikers for food/drink/rest/chat!..

Barmouth Byway.

At the end of the day I noticed my rear brake disc guard was bent inward and had a little dent in the underneath of it, so obviously it was well worth the tenner I gave Brian for it and a bloody good idea, I knew it would do it's job. I have bent it back out again now. My reg plate also got bent outwards a bit and had to hit my handguards back in place on a couple of occasions also!

Plenty of grub and beers/ciders were consumed! Got to be done aint it!

All in all a bloody good trip, I recommend doing it, and I'm sure a few on here already have, but I warn you now, some of those lanes up there are pretty technical with steep ascents/descents, piles of boulders/rubble and

harsh drop offs etc.

I had two low speed offs because of all the mental terrain.

We did around 60+ miles on green lanes over the 2 days, the trails are pretty long.

Luckily there were no breakdowns or punctures which was really great and the weather stayed on our side both days.

There are some videos to come.

Excellent report and pics Pete - Wales is certainly "Big Country" eh?

A man after my own heart - gotta recognise the importance of the food and bevvies on a trip like that

I would be interested to hear more about Bastard Lane - is it really as tough as people say?

Good to hear the disc guard fulfilled its duties   (Still got more in stock than I should have so still at the special price of £10!)

It sometimes surprises me to see the hits my sump guard takes that would otherwise have resulted in flattened frame rails.....

Brian

TTRfan wrote:

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Excellent report and pics Pete - Wales is certainly "Big Country" eh?

A man after my own heart - gotta recognise the importance of the food and bevvies on a trip like that

I would be interested to hear more about Bastard Lane - is it really as tough as people say?

Good to hear the disc guard fulfilled its duties  

It sometimes surprises me to see the hits my sump guard takes that would otherwise have resulted in flattened frame rails.....

Brian

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My bash plate took a absolute hammering, all I heard was bang bang.

Bastard lane is on a par with Barmouth mountain I'd say, pretty technical stuff, the infamous waterfall, big ruts, deep puddles, and two muddy tree root styley ascents also, how the hell 4x4's get up it is surprising. Its lucky they don't close it being how mental it is.

The bevvies flowed nicely, and I urge anyone to try the cross foxes restaurant near dolgellau if they go, what a fantastic 16oz gammon steak!

Great photos, it looked like this august 2012 when i got well stuck.happy days

Tim, like your TTR it looks like you would have benefited from a snorkel AND flippers maybe  

Yuraku

Wonderful, even persistent rain doesn't spoil the grandeur of it all.

Spiffingly glorious, that's what trailing's all about.

Thanks for showing us.

Martyn

Great report and videos just enjoyed them with a brew looks tough going in parts but looks like you both had a great time thanks for sharing.