The October Torbay trip.

Sundays photos;

We met at the marina in torquay. Sundays hardcore were me and funky slipper, poppy, Oh****her , mr and mrs sniffle bag and V8man


The first series of lanes we wanted to do were all close together, we where on our way to the first lane decending a narrow B road(yellow road on a map) and where suddenly faced with this

A steep drop of around 30 degrees with a soil, scree base. Ive never seen anything like it! A concreted B road that just stopped and disappeared.
After inspecting we decided not to descend as the road was severly washed out and further down a large step had appeared.

We carried on to some more 'used' lanes but still had to do some pruning



This lane, after getting past the encroaching fauna turned into a couple of tight switch backs with some loose rocks.

Funkyslipper



Ohitsher




Poppy





Snifflebag





V8 Man






So after i had taken the photos i rounded the corner to get back to my seat in the lead car i came to this;




On closer inspection;







A miniature drama evolved and sapped us of at least 2 hours of laning time

anyway tractor moved and obstacles legally abated we carried on:

Some more switch backs as the gradient got steeper, in the 110 we needed a few shunts no photos of that though so here is Emma doing it in style






Some great sunken lanes in this area;

FK



Ohitsher



Pops





Snifflebag



V8man




Some nice views at the top;




The infamous Last lane We ignored the golden rule here and paid the price. Very over grown and in need of attention.



And washed out on the bottom section too, some very skilful driving followed from everybody in order to stay upright and not cause any more damage to the
lane.







The jungle is massif!!!



Mr sniffle


Thats a new angle



V8man



Success!!!


Who wants to be in the city when you have views like this with great lanes


The trouble with taking photos and watching people through tricky sections is how do you get through to the front to get back to your car :confused2:



Nope this didnt work either!



Thats your lot people, i am all out of photos

Enjoy.

I want to do it all again tomorrow.

Loadsa fab pics thanks BGB!!

Me too FK!

Fantastic pics BGB next time we'll stick around for Torbay part deux ....
Alternatively we 'locals ' could get together for some lane maintenance work?

ohitsher said:

Loadsa fab pics thanks BGB!!

Me too FK!

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I understand you've just had a little squeak of excitement when you heard of the latest plan.

The tractor is exactly where I thought it was, last time I drove it there was the round black bales where the pick up was parked. And before that a silage trailer parked across the entrance.
Great photos and thanks again for the days laning

DJ Xan said:

The tractor is exactly where I thought it was, last time I drove it there was the round black bales where the pick up was parked. And before that a silage trailer parked across the entrance.
Great photos and thanks again for the days laning

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Well next time I drive that lane i'll be going by the bottom to see what he's parked there before committing myself in future.

Funkykipper said:

I understand you've just had a little squeak of excitement when you heard of the latest plan.

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Hehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehe

Thor1950 said:

Well I call it the way I see it, you know Me.........

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yes we do,ya bottom likker.

Here is the link to the PhotoBucket album, there isnt many more but there might be people who want the ones that are slightly similar.

Try this:

Torquay Laning October 2013 Photos by mattyb83 | Photobucket

Great pics BGB - why doesn't it never look as butt clenching in the pics?

It was good fun, and I would definitely do it again...

Ace photos BGB thanks for loading those that sneaky 'little' ravine looks so innocent

Forgottenpoppy said:

Ace photos BGB thanks for loading those that sneaky 'little' ravine looks so innocent

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Tis weird that ...the down hill , past the tree bit on the first day seemed more like a game of 'spin the wheel' to me , but looking at the photos , it just seems like a gentle decent ...nothing to say i was hurtling towards the back of BGB wondering how i was going to stop with out killing Ian who had got out at the top to watch me come down ...

I think some new routes are in order for the next one. These seem to be too easy for you all now.

Some awsome pics guys and gals, it is wierd how that severe lean down the last lane looks quite tame in the pics i was proper scared of tipping over lol

DJ Xan said:

The tractor is exactly where I thought it was, last time I drove it there was the round black bales where the pick up was parked. And before that a silage trailer parked across the entrance.
Great photos and thanks again for the days laning

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Oh so he has previous for doing it then?! I take it back then about him maybe just being ignorant what a ####!

Funkykipper said:

Well next time I drive that lane i'll be going by the bottom to see what he's parked there before committing myself in future.

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I think a letter to the ROW officer at the council could be in order or even an email to the police liaison officer???

BIG_GINGA_BEARD said:

Here is the link to the PhotoBucket album, there isnt many more but there might be people who want the ones that are slightly similar.

Try this:

Torquay Laning October 2013 Photos by mattyb83 | Photobucket

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What was i trying to say when i wrote that??? Waffle, absolute waffle! :doh:

Funkykipper said:

I think some new routes are in order for the next one. These seem to be too easy for you all now.

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mudfever said:

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muds,tis no use doing the same route is it,you have to push yourself to learn more,you proved you can do those routes,now do bigger and better.

Funkykipper said:

I think some new routes are in order for the next one. These seem to be too easy for you all now.

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Yes definitely, spent last night at work looking on MM and reckon Kingsbridge has some to offer. Pm or text if your down to do recon, being shift work I get days off mid week if it helps.

gemsdad said:

muds,tis no use doing the same route is it,you have to push yourself to learn more,you proved you can do those routes,now do bigger and better.

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I know but i didn't have the oppo to do the second day's more techy stuff , i'll need to get some tuition else i'll be left behind ..