Camping and Cycling

[cjw50310]

At the risk of boring all, here are a couple of snapshots taken over the weekend whilst camping, and some cracking off road trails. If the latter weren't 120 miles away, I'd be there just about daily.







On the trail; the quality isn't the greatest as it's the crummy iPhone camera.











And a quick pic of the trusty mount, mounted on the new trusty motor (replacing the recently deceased Mini):



Thanks for looking,
Chris

[Airspeed]

Hi Chris,
Why think that we'd be bored? Nice countryside!

The last pic worries me though. Not a registration plate in sight?

[Tomliner]

Nice photos , looks very peaceful there.Good job there was a bike shot otherwise Ian would be 'complaining' EricT

[Garry Russell]

I love the little forest tracks

I wood have tree-mendous fun on a trip like that

[FlyTexas]

Looks like you had a great weekend, Chris. Thanks for sharing the pics.

Brian

[speedbird591]

What a wonderful weekend. You're very lucky, Chris, I'm very jealous of you!

There don't seem to be many others around, is it a quiet area?

Ian

[cjw50310]

Hi Chris,
The last pic worries me though. Not a registration plate in sight?

At the time that photo was taken, the car was sporting a temporary tag - it's the white paper hanging in the hatch glass. Just picked up the real tags today, so all is legal and above board again.

What a wonderful weekend. You're very lucky, Chris, I'm very jealous of you!

There don't seem to be many others around, is it a quiet area?

Ian

It was fairly quiet that morning, although the many times I rode them 15 years ago when I lived in that part of the state there weren't ever too many out riding. Not as many people there as in Des Moines, and they tend toward the road bikes in that part of the state. Hopefully, my photos here will help to dispell the myth that all the middle bits of America are flat.

[DaveB]

Chris.. is this car the replacement for your Mini that got totalled on your birthday?

ATB
DaveB

[Airspeed]

........ Hopefully, my photos here will help to dispell the myth that all the middle bits of America are flat.

Well, the water's flat!


Thanks for explaining about the registration.
As I said before, it's not boring seeing where folks live.

[cjw50310]

Chris.. is this car the replacement for your Mini that got totalled on your birthday?

ATB
DaveB

Dave,

It is indeed the Mini's successor. On a lark I stopped by the VW dealer and drove a couple of Golfs as I wasn't convinced I wanted another Mini. Walked away with a 2.0 TDI, and so far haven't regretted it. It still shocks me how quick it can move when given a bit of wellie, considering it's much heavier and only 25hp up on the Mini. Something to be said for having a lot of torques.

Much earlier than I had planned to spring for a new car, but the planned 10 year cycle now falls on birthdays with a zero at the end so that makes it easy.

Chris