Sunday 31 January 2016
At least, as it's my thread, I'm only boring those who don't mind me boring them.
This Sunday was a bit slow, we've had it cold lately with some time at -18C, but now it's warmed up some and the ground is a bit sticky to say the least. I was feeling a bit housebound, so on the pretext of needing to pop down to the village to get some money from the hole in the wall, I set off in the opposite direction (as you do) to get muddy and do a little tour.
It's a bit of the same old same old I'm afraid, but if anyone is interested there's a series of short vids on the toob, surprisingly called "31.01.2016 - Just popping to the bank... 01 to 06 of 06, starting with (even more surprisingly) "
31.01.2016 - Just popping to the bank... 01 of 06"
The vids do have sound (when uploaded) but I forgot to turn off the music in the truck. The Toob will probably erase the vids or at least kill the audio in time, so if you want a bit of relaxing Neil Young overlaid with me coughing from time to time, saying "oops" as the back end was slewing about, the sound of my engine rasping away and some dulcet tones of the exhaust, plus all the scratchy sounds of branches and stuff and the sound of my socket set coming to pieces in the back, then get in quick.
The first vid is the uphill all the way narrow track version almost to the top (a rare thing for me, it's bloody steep and slippery) and ends when the passenger wheel is precariously just over the edge (nothing drastic on the vid, it just made me get out and wince a bit thinking if it all went pear shaped);
The
second vid continues to the top. a short wobbly hand held panorama and a loop in the truck;
The
third is coming down, the easier way;
The
fourth is the real trip to the village to the hole in the wall;
The
fifth is a quick spin to forest on the other side of the valley; and
The
sixth, is the return journey.
Any problems with the links, just let me know...