Help needed from UK members!

Bart

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I am heading that way. My route will be roughly:

Dover - Exeter - Land's End - Bristol - Cardiff - Fishguard - Snowdonia - Lake District - Scotland - cross over to N. Ireland. Tour Ireland, back to Scotland, John o' Goats, Edinburgh an dalong east coast back to Dover.
Leaving beginning of april, back home beginning of july. :)
Hi, I live close to Fishguard and it would be great to meet another S10 owner but this is bad timing because on Wed I will be on my way to the ferry. However a few suggestions to see would be Newgale Beach, the cathedral in St Davids, the road over the Preseli Hills (B4329) but watch out for sheep. The coast road up to Aberystwyth is usually busier than inland, one of my routes is this. There are good cafe's in Devils Bridge too.

https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Haverfordwest+SA61+2LZ/Aberystwyth/@52.380512,-3.9530627,12z/data=!4m59!4m58!1m50!1m1!1s0x48692f6e6885e9a7:0x2840e1a79ece6f85!2m2!1d-4.9603716!2d51.8027415!3m4!1m2!1d-5.2646509!2d51.8808752!3s0x48691e49a2c10295:0xdd77aee424c38b8e!3m4!1m2!1d-5.0000351!2d51.9960203!3s0x4868d752073e5823:0x88c8240d997fbfab!3m4!1m2!1d-4.8564836!2d51.9478399!3s0x4868d5a3e8ec3eb3:0x5388ac469cdff888!3m4!1m2!1d-4.5066068!2d52.0407823!3s0x486f24134a2524eb:0xf002dbdfd4e44b66!3m4!1m2!1d-4.1172868!2d52.1044712!3s0x486f05936c48dc1b:0x47bf026cc9441deb!3m4!1m2!1d-3.9987341!2d52.1855154!3s0x486f09df1608c273:0x2aef858a78678afa!3m4!1m2!1d-3.8503134!2d52.3071885!3s0x486f987bac064407:0x224770244087838a!3m4!1m2!1d-3.8581511!2d52.3742574!3s0x486f99853b2498ad:0x928c5704cf2e4deb!3m4!1m2!1d-3.9007372!2d52.383199!3s0x486f9be1c8edf0bb:0xac460ba55020f3ff!1m5!1m1!1s0x486f0a839b052a7f:0x9fbb70d5b34c2e97!2m2!1d-4.08292!2d52.415303!3e0
 

Philb714

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It took a while since I last posted something here, but I finally landed in UK last week. Now in the south of England (Tintagel), will arrive in Wales coming wednesday (april 13th). I'm planning to visit Brecon Beacons Park and Snowdonia between 15th and 19t h april. Would be nice to meet up with some of you at some point, to have a cup of tea or, even better, a pint. :)
Campsites in Snowdonia might be full with it being Easter... best try to book a campsite ahead if possible or just go a little inland away from the coast.
A campsite near my wifes 'outlaws' in Waunfawr usually will have a spare space... theres a pub on site too...

Snowdonia Parc, Waunfawr, Caernarfon LL55 4AQ
Phone: 01286 650409

Snowdonia Parc - Camping & Real Ale Pub / Microbrewery (snowdonia-park.co.uk)

I'll give you a wave from my office window at work if you pass through Hereford... :) :rolleyes: :)
 

One-S

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Brussels, Belgium
i can meet up weds , thurs with bike for a coffee anywhere around the beacons, theres a great bikers cafe llandovery called the OWLS NEST

ROB
That's a good start. I can be at the Owls nest tomorrow (wednesday 13/4) around 1pm I'm at the camping site in Cardiff now, going out for a pint in a few minutes.

I'll see what I'll do next once I'm at the beacons.

@Longdog Cymru visit the castle? Have been there on the bike frwe times.
 

bimota

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That's a good start. I can be at the Owls nest tomorrow (wednesday 13/4) around 1pm I'm at the camping site in Cardiff now, going out for a pint in a few minutes.

I'll see what I'll do next once I'm at the beacons.

@Longdog Cymru visit the castle? Have been there on the bike frwe times.
pm,d you to meet up tommorow

rob
 

bimota

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Well meet up today with One-S came to my house from camping in Cardiff last night , we had a quick coffee and headed out for a run, just before outside my house his rear brake lever was bad and not alot of fluid in resoviour, we headed up to the black mountains stopped for the view, yep rear brake gone all together. Luckily the OWLS NEST cafe was 15 minutes away, we stopped for breakfast then shit he,s over here till july need to get this fixed, did say we will have to get it to my mates place tommorow for him to check you can stay at my house tonight and we,ll ride to Treorchy tommorow get it looked at.
Anyway the guy that runs the OWLS NEST said BMW MOTTORAD are only 25 minutes up the road towards BRECON they are an independant workshop, so we gambled had a ride out to them i spoke to the mechanic and it went straight in on the ramp to be checked, luckily it was a easy fix the bike had been dropped onto the grass the night before and the rear brake pipe by the foot peg guard had been hit and the banjo hand opened up so every time he touch the rear brake it leaked, anyway 15 minutes later tightened bleed and filled and working rear brake. he was well chuffed got back to llandovery left him at a camp site and i headed home, out 8 hrs but had a great day and meet a european friend and hope we,ll stay in touch

Rob
 
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One-S

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A big thank you to Rob @bimota indeed, for bringing me to a very nice area of Wales indeed of for making sure my rear brake got fixed. Allas no pictures, as I cannot upload them at the moment. Later maybe.
Tomorrow I'll ride onb to Snowdonia, from there I'll coninue my trip to the Lake District. Never realised this w&s the Easterr Weekend, where half of the country seems to go camping. Hope I'll find me a place to put up my tent somewhere. :)
 

bimota

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A big thank you to Rob @bimota indeed, for bringing me to a very nice area of Wales indeed of for making sure my rear brake got fixed. Allas no pictures, as I cannot upload them at the moment. Later maybe.
Tomorrow I'll ride onb to Snowdonia, from there I'll coninue my trip to the Lake District. Never realised this w&s the Easterr Weekend, where half of the country seems to go camping. Hope I'll find me a place to put up my tent somewhere. :)
have a great trip my friend hope elan valley this afternoon stays dry for you its stunning enjoy

rob
 

bimota

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A big thank you to Rob @bimota indeed, for bringing me to a very nice area of Wales indeed of for making sure my rear brake got fixed. Allas no pictures, as I cannot upload them at the moment. Later maybe.
Tomorrow I'll ride onb to Snowdonia, from there I'll coninue my trip to the Lake District. Never realised this w&s the Easterr Weekend, where half of the country seems to go camping. Hope I'll find me a place to put up my tent somewhere. :)
yesterday
 

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