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Red5 wrote: ↑Feb 27th, '18, 18:52 First of the bailers I'm afraid... Will be away...

. . . . . . and so to bailer #2. . . . . . I'm here - but the Fut's out - still in a myriad peices 'cos been waiting for parts, and still needs an MOT after I finish nailing it back together. I'll have to be checking the heated grips and the new super duper hand-carved screen deflector another time - soon I hope.
Have a good and safe one chaps & chappesses

If we don't get a warm spell i will be bailing ..... -3 at 9am this morning ,and friend`s who live in Barnstable ,and outside Holsworthy are saying the Roads are horrendous.......really not interested in getting frozen and riding icy Roads

And normaly balmy East Devon is at -5 tonight (2300 hrs). Forecast for Sunday is not so cold as projected for Thursday & Friday, but it still ain't gonna be nice.
I can feel a postponement coming on so hope to make that one.

Had -10 here by 10 pm yesterday evening. Supposed to drop to -12 tonight.
Forecast for Sunday is 3-4 degrees but with wind chill feels like -3 to -5. Wind chill at 60 mph feels like a nice 4X4 with winter tyres, a heater and a radio.

Went out last Sunday and it was lovely. Only about 3 degrees at best but sunny and no east wind. If its like that this Sunday I'll go for it but with this howling easterly I'm out, even if it is above freezing.
Trouble is, this time next week it will no doubt be pouring with rain..

I got snow and ice my end dont think it will be clear in time for sunday

ok, seems like there's a trend appearing her.

lets go for March 25th then, get mothers day etc out of the way, it's palm sunday so make the plans now.

I was hoping this was going to be re-scheduled, Rarely get snow in Bridgwater even if the hill's are covered.
I'm in for the 25th

Im in for that

YAY!!!!!!! That means that I can probably go

Hopefully I'll be up for that one, bike was ment to go for tune today but snow has stopped play. Hopefully this will be done in time..

Sounds good to me i have 5 inches of snow in the Garden and still snowing , Bovey is at a stand still LOL

Robbo87 wrote: ↑Feb 26th, '18, 00:23

The Muppet wrote: ↑Feb 25th, '18, 19:25 Country file weather forecast Heavy snow for us on Friday ,may need snow tyres LOL

No excuses Mandy, you should be acclimatised to a bit of cold; dust off the DT 175 and pretend you're back in Norway.

It was beautiful sunshine in Norway was thinking about the DT today LOL

The Muppet wrote: ↑Mar 1st, '18, 16:48

Robbo87 wrote: ↑Feb 26th, '18, 00:23

The Muppet wrote: ↑Feb 25th, '18, 19:25 Country file weather forecast Heavy snow for us on Friday ,may need snow tyres LOL

No excuses Mandy, you should be acclimatised to a bit of cold; dust off the DT 175 and pretend you're back in Norway.

It was beautiful sunshine in Norway was thinking about the DT today LOL

Yup, proper trail bike weather, wish I had one out here in the boondocks, It'd make short work of all this white stuff, good fun too .

Yeh, you'd think they would... but the truth is unless you have spiked tyres they fall over almost as easy as any other bike does on ice & snow.
They are easier to pick up though, and don't generally get hurt by the fall, unlike the rider...
I don't ride on snow now (did when I was younger) as you can't see what's actually under it!

Jug_Inspector wrote: ↑Mar 1st, '18, 19:25 Yeh, you'd think they would... but the truth is unless you have spiked tyres they fall over almost as easy as any other bike does on ice & snow.
They are easier to pick up though, and don't generally get hurt by the fall, unlike the rider...
I don't ride on snow now (did when I was younger) as you can't see what's actually under it!

All true, but I'd call on a few years of off-road experience, not to say inate cranial decreptitude and old-man irrisponsability, and take on the challenge just to be able pootle 2 miles down to my local for a restorative beverage . As it is I've been stuck within the confines of Fut Towers all day, and unless I can purloin a Snowcat I won't be going anywhere until this white rubbish clears .