Yet Another Cycling Forum
Random Musings => Gallery => Topic started by: Charlotte on 18 May, 2009, 09:04:07 am
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The following photos represent every single picture I took this weekend; good, bad or indifferent. I figured you'd rather see them all ASAP than wait for me to caption them all and do any kind of a write up. If you think you look a bit rough or that I've failed to capture your finer points, I'm sorry. You shouldn't have come along to such a bonkers event in the first place...
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Gosh, that cafe with all the Wisteria - I use that when I'm riding down here from Brum.*
Now I have some sort of idea where you've been.
Well done all of you.
* No, I most certainly do not do the ride in one day!
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These are great photos
My favourites are
jwo/chrisn at the start
Hummers+Ian Wetherill at the start
Ian Hennessy + two spare wheels
"the team" at Dollgellau
Peter Turnbull silly grin
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Ian Hennessy + two spare wheels
"Hello? Is that the Etape Caledonia? I have a couple of wheels for sale.."
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OMG! Who else remembers that facial expression of that chimp before it raped Victor Meldrew?
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Peter Turnbull silly grin
He's had his teeth fixed now :)
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Ian H on the phone + wheels :thumbsup:
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If ever a man needed a pith helmet to complete his look...
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:D
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Ian H on the phone + wheels :thumbsup:
Yep. Surely one for the caption competition.
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Hummers looks frighteningly weird in all these photos.... :o :-\
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Hummers looks is frighteningly weird in all these photos.... :o :-\
;D
FTFY
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How did he fit a whole spare wheel in that rack pack?
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I'm Jake the peg diddle diddle aye
With my extra leg diddle diddle aye
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"Hello, is that the police? I don't think I'm in Manchester because they've propped my wheels up on bricks and stolen the bike"
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Sugar Loaf
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Vorsprung, Mrs Blacksheep in the distance
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South of Machynlleth
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Cadair Idris
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Descending to Tal y Llyn - Garry King and Jules
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Hailstorm chasing us up to Cross Foxes
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Mawddach Estuary - camera was a bit wet
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Crossing on the toll bridge - Peter Simon ahead
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Snowdonia, north of Penrhyndeudraeth
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Near Beddgelert
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Near Beddgelert
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Llyn Gwynant
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Above Newtown - rain to the NW, sun to the south
Set on flickr (http://www.flickr.com/photos/26008756@N08/sets/72157618324571017/)
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Tad moist, then?
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Great pics :)
I was thinking how dry normal it looked...
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Agreed , great pics. Strangely I'm almost tempted to do this next year!
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ChrisN - Good set of photos. I particularly love your Barmouth Bridge one.
Charlotte - You really should send your 'Ian with two wheels' photo to Arrivee. It would make a great cover picture and a nice departure from the normal 'person in audax kit onna bike climbing hill/coming round a corner smiling at camera'.
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Does Peter Simon have a new bike?
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Great pics.
Note the beautiful Welsh tarmac. It was a real disappointment crossing the border back into Herefordshire and your typical English road surface.
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Does Peter Simon have a new bike?
;D
Tad moist, then?
You should have seen it when it was really wet...
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I particularly love your Barmouth Bridge one.
I was thinking about bobajobrob as I rode over it - the song that Damon used as a backing track to his PBP build up vid running through my head.
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Great pics Chris N. Particularly like this one:
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Awesome over-the-shoulder shot :)
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I've done the BCM 8 times, and only once (as a perm on a hot July weekend) have I seen that road without grey clouds and the odd spot of rain :)
I think "Near Beddgelert" is a work of art
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Agreed MV. Other than that the hills are too high, Constable could have painted that.
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Agreed, absolutely superb ChrisN.
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Great pics and considering the conditions you rode in you all look extremely cheerful :)
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Now I really regret not bringing shorts and greeting the first riders with a cry of "Where have you been? I've been back for hours!" :-)
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Now I really regret not bringing shorts and greeting the first riders with a cry of "Where have you been? I've been back for hours!" :-)
An earlier photo of you this year doesn't do you justice. ::-)
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Nice pictures.
Nice Storck there as well... :P
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Nice Storck there as well... :P
That caught my eye too. I'm obviously too far into this audax lark as thought it looked great with a Barley strapped to the seatpost. Hopefully my Serotta will be modelling the exact same so-wrong-its-right Barley look for a week in July :thumbsup:
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The Storck belongs to Tiggers Taxi, that'll be Tigger on the Barley.
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I'm disappointed to see Teethgrinder on a bike weighing less than 150lb. He must have wanted an easy ride before LEL.
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The Storck belongs to Tiggers Taxi, that'll be Tigger on the Barley.
...and Tigger's stunt double appears to be swinging from Iddu's handlebars :thumbsup:
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Great pics Chris N. Particularly like this one:
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Awesome over-the-shoulder shot :)
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The road goes forever on...
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Look, for the last bleedin' time - I am NOT Donald Sumpter (http://www.elconfidencial.com/fotos/ocio/2007100445promesas_art.jpg).
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"The Apprentice" or "Reservoir Dogs" ?
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Yes, that's a Cock on my head.
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Yes, thats right officer, not only did they nick the frame but all the rear wheel spokes as well!
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I didn't realise Vic Reeves rode 600s?? :P
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"The Apprentice" or "Reservoir Dogs" ?
!!!
(Where is that taken?)
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He's a bit of an Iddu-a-like as well. Iddu has weirder taste in hats though.
LOL at the ancient Team Z jersey and gilet in the background. I love it when a stereotype comes together.
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"The Apprentice" or "Reservoir Dogs" ?
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(Where is that taken?)
On top of the Severn Bridge Toll Booths, on our way to a pub in Aust, from the Travelodge
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He's a bit of an Iddu-a-like as well. Iddu has weirder taste in hats though.
And has more cuddly toys.
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Not 2009, but the Elan Valley near Pont ar Elan in the (?)1930s.
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Is that you at the back?
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Pumpé, I'm surprised that you, of all people, didn't spot Derek Hymen.
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You are right! Yes, I see now. Didn't notice at first because his very distinctive nose is obscured by the flaps of his greatcoat.
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He's a bit of an Iddu-a-like as well.
Now, now, no call for that - don't tramautise the lad... ;)
Iddu has weirder taste in hats though.
Well - hats solve a lot of complex social interactions; you can tip yer hat, and say without rancour "you'ze about to die boy!" ;D
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Pumpé, I'm surprised that you, of all people, didn't spot Derek Hymen.
He's right at the back, behind Stuart Clitheroe :D
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Are you sure that photo wasn't actually taken in Scunthorpe?
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Nah, somewhere near Nifkin's Bridge.
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Are you sure that photo wasn't actually taken in Scunthorpe?
I think you may be mistaking it for the B4271 round the back of the steelworks.
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better late than never ...here are a few pics grabbed from my phone when it wasn't too wet to get it out!
all fresh and keen at the start:
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looking South'ish from the Honey Pot ...rain on it's way
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Rock legend!
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what the ride is all about
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The Faccomb Four enjoy their holiday cottage
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towards the gates of Mordor!
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My extending Helmet Light came in useful during the night stage
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My extending Helmet Light came in useful during the night stage
I thought someone had stuffed a No 2 Driver down the back of your shirt, which was why (a) you're looking slightly surprised and (b) you are so upright (avoids saying "erect").
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I can use it for getting auxilliary power off overhead tram power-lines or for whizzing around the Dodgems
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Good for extra bursts of speed during thunderstorms too, I bet :).
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The few that I took...
Swarm Catcher & Mercury hot on my heels
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Swarm Catcher & Mercury, with Iddu in the distance
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Charlotte & Ellie @ the arrivee
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Damerell
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