Bozz’s South Devon Tour July 2024
Two days riding legal unmetalled roads in Devon. The video doesn’t show it well, however the surface in this compilation of clips is slippery solid rock face strata. Apologies for the very last clip being the incorrect awkward orientation, as with the heavy rain and wet hands the camera changed from 360 recording to single portrait mode!! Note the care and respect of shared spaces applied, where we would turn engines off and push our bikes past walkers on narrow sections ……. same with horses. Video shows a some gates, however there are very few gates in Devon. In two day’s covering 200 miles, we came across about 6 gates 😊👌. Enjoy
Ride leaders report below:
Did the count last night.
Saturday we covered 105 lanes and 120 miles! 3 gates.
Sunday - 0 gates , 80ish miles and 78 lanes!
Two different weather days. Sunday see some rain and very slippery lanes particularly in the afternoon.
Couple of offs for some, and a few bruises and aching limbs - but that's why we wear the protective gear we do.👍.
Cheers boys for a great weekend.👍👍
Thanks for organising and leading Bozz 👌
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Hello, to be clear it is better to call them "unsealed" (accepted by Defra) as 'unmetalled' can be taken to mean that it is not 'made up' at all, and that's unlikely to be true as past laws have required all vehicular roads to be made up. The original meaning was based on the Latin for stone or quarrying but has been used sometimes to mean tarmacked - so we can never be sure what unmetalled means! If people get the notion that we are using routes where the surface cannot take our traffic, then they will see it as unsustainable and will try to stop us. Thanks.
@cotswoldmusings
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@@markholland7310 Hi Mark, I see your point, however I’m just using the same term relating to a Devon ride video Devon County Council signposts the roads. See image 😊