Snow Ride

[boboneleg]

A week after the last lot the snow returned again overnight, this was the view from my house this morning....





We had good warning from the weather people the night before so I had the bike and the camera primed and ready to go.

I was going to head for the Mendips but the traffic was bad so I decided to go for some lanes north of Bristol that I hadn't ridden for quite a few years. The side roads were well slippery with 6 inches of snow on top of a couple of inches of ice in places





The lanes were superb as they had a good covering of fresh snow and no one else had got there yet





There were drifts in places which called for a certain amount of pushing and shoving but at least it kept me warm....








I was really enjoying myself as I haven't ridden in anything like this for well over 25 years and because there was no one about it gave me the chance to ride stuff that I wouldn't normally bother with.....








I even got to do a 'doughnut'





When I got to this lane you could clearly see the tracks of another lone rider, I wonder who it was





Of course the inevitable happened as I got too cocky and too much throttle resulted in this.......





No damage though as snow is nice and soft to land on

Here are some other shots from the ride.....

















It was getting quite chilly now so there was just time to practise some more 'doughnuts' before heading for home





cheers, Bob.

[Ashley M]

Nice one, no photos of you going into the ford then

[boboneleg]

Nice one, no photos of you going into the ford then

Yep I went through three fords today including that one, they may be more difficult by the weekend when that lot melts

[Lutin]

First candidate for next year's calendar, I reckon.

Great photos.



And I am not jealous at all.

[phil w]

Nice one Bob

[Frad]

Excellent

Looks the right bike for it too

[StumpyFingers]

Great pictures.

[africajim]

Some cracking pics Bob, good to see you're getting out to play! I've not been out yet, the roads are a mess up here but the big thaw started today so I'm hoping to get out at the weekend.
Good on you mate.

[barftone]

Looks like great fun. Shame I could'nt join you on this one. Meeting you would be a challenge as Freezing Hill is between us but.....maybe next time.

[j]

Well done bob