Geordie Bullets Latest Bimble

October 2011

right then, bit of an epic this one, loads of photos so i will keep my waffling to a minimum, and let the pictures tell the story.
just diddly and myself free to get out on this one.i don,t know what it is but the more bimbles we go on here in the north east the dafter they get,so here,s the daftest yet....
it started with a run up through the back roads heading towards rothbury, as we headed over the moors a GIANT yellow wasp flew right over our heads,
WTF WAS THAT !!! we stopped to take a closer look.turns out we,ve stumbled upon a model areoplane flying club and the giant yellow shadow that had flown directly 30ft over our heads was an 8 ft long yellow model plane, we nearly sh.t ourselves. you might just be able to see it on the ground in the distance, we waited for it to take off again but it never did.



another smaller model takes to the skys



on we travelled through rothbury , up the a68 stopping for a cuppa in the layby on the
english/scottish border.




after 10 minutes about
20 monkey bikes pulled in, they were on a full
weekend run, very similar to our weekend in
wales. some of the monkey bikes were stunning.










this one had over £4000 spent on it incl £2000 on the head and barrel, the lad told me he had put different gearing on it and had it on a rolling road and it showed 105 MPH.in its normal form it was good for 80-90 mph



this lad was straight over to look at the mileage on my cub, ahh its just a bairn !!! i,ve got a cub engine in mine thats done 77.000 miles. every time he stops to fuel up he has to top the oil up but its still going strong






they mounted up and were soon on there way





i know some of the lads here own monkey bikes
so i,ll put this link up and you can check
there run out. keep scanning down as theres
about 30 pics on there. they,d booked a band
to play in the pub for them on the sat night, looks like they had a great time

http://forums.delphiforums.com/n/mb/message.asp?webtag=monkeybike&msg=20104.1#

into scotland we headed, it would,nt be a north
east bimble without a ford to cross, we found
this one just outside hawick. diddly gets ready
to splash his way through





idiot at work



now this is where it all went wrong. the guide
said there was two fords within a mile of each
other, there was actually 3 !! if you went the
right way you would find another ford just like
the last one pictured, IF you went the wrong way
you ended up in the middle of nowhere, guess
which way we went.... correct, the wrong way!!
it all started so well, we trundled up a bumpy
lane following a farmer pulling a horse box with
his landrover. is this the right way diddly ?, we
stopped to consult our map, we were on an tiny
road shown as two dotted lines, thats an
unclassified road/ bridleway....i think,,maybe !!
but look, it cuts across the countryside and links to the road to st marys loch where we were
heading, it,ll save us miles by not having to
double back to hawick.
looking back now diddly, i think there was a
massive hint waiting for us around the corner.
the farmer had parked his landrover and horsebox
sideways across the road, it must have
taken him 10 shunts to position it like that.we
entered into a disscussion with the farmer and
after 5 mins we squeezed past his blockade as he
stood watching us hands on hips. he was cool
though and waved us on our way [ with 2 fingers ].
we found the ford , proper poxy thing it was an
all, not worth a picture. on we went on our
connecting road for 10 mins.we were down to two
wheel tracks with grass in the middle now.



on we bimbled for another 10 mins untill we arrived here.



SHIT, DIDDLY WERE LOST !! as understatements go....if you turned full circle there was nothing
miles of countryside everywhere , not even a hint of a road.we looked at each other puzzled,
right, you go left diddly and i,ll try straight
on, meet back here in 10 minutes.we decided
on this way, got a bridleway look to it.



on for another 10 mins and we found the road we
had been looking for, not much of a road mind,
but it did us just fine. we came out of it
unharmed and undamaged although my footrests had
now turned green.



a few miles further on and we pulled in at this
scenic spot for a cuppa.diddly makes with the
flask and snacks.

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on we travelled up to the cafe at st marys loch.





we had the pleasure of meeting hunter from
edinburgh there.we,d set the meeting up via
the message board. thanks for waiting hunter, it was great to meet you.he was on his big yamaha,
not his cub, as he was making the best of the weather
and getting the miles in.cant blame you either
as the scenery was stunning!! a couple of pics
of hunters superb yamaha






we bid hunter a fond farewell as we went on our
seperate ways.we headed across country now toward
moffat and lockerbie.the scenery was stunning.







we stopped in tescos car park in lockerbie to
fuel up.i,ve passed lockerbie many times on
route to scotland over the years and i,ve always
wanted to stop and see the memorial for the air
diaster, i,ve never managed it before yet here we
were in the town.a quick word with diddly and as ever he was cool and easy going, so we set off
for the cemetary half a mile out of town to see
the garden of rememberance and to pay our respects.


























it was a lovely peacefull spot and a chance to
remember the innocent lives lost all those
years ago.i think its important that there not
forgotten so it was real nice to pay a visit.



as i pulled out of the car park there was a
surprise waiting for me, the punture fairy
had paid me a visit, casting her magic on my
front tyre, nice one b.tch !!!



lucky it was the front tyre so i put a fresh tube
in. once again we were back in the sh.t,this is getting regular now , it was getting dark and we were MILES from home.
we came off the a69,
which connects carlisle and newcastle, half way along and onto the military road which runs
parralell to the a69 but runs alongside hadrians
wall. this roman road runs straight as an arrow
which is handy when you got a 10 watt bulb for
a headlight.diddly tucked in behind me, talk about the blind leading the blind, i could,nt see a thing, it was pich black.
diddly and i parted company just outside newcastle and went home our different ways.
and so ended another great bimble, they just keep getting better
and better[ and dafter !!].
thanks yet again diddly for your company, im
already looking forward to the next one.
cheers, pete
[ geordie bullet ]

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