Weather was grand mate. Those trails looked awesome😎 Dude - YOU FELL OFF!!🤣 Sorry, i shouldn't laugh. Damn Ruts!!😀

@HippoDrones

Ай бұрын

It was an awesome weekend, just a real shame Pez had issues. Haha, I did, luckily a soft landing 😅

That's certainly an eclectic mix of bikes there Pete 🍻 nice little tumble into the soft grass 😁💪

@HippoDrones

Ай бұрын

Aye, is always quite a mix of bikes when Pez is involved 🤣 Haha... yeah, thankfully very soft landing 😁

Sun ,Beer ,Bikes

@HippoDrones

Ай бұрын

Perrrrfik 😀

Very jealous Pete! Great trip away moto-camping, and fantastic weather. Nice to see some new trails - as you say, plenty more down there than in your neck of the woods. We're so spoiled here, we can pitch tents 50 metres apart for the snoring, and I rarely go on a ride that doesn't include a trail that's new to me! It is weird how we can lose the off-road riding feel so easily - happens to me all the time, and often the first 10 - 15 minutes off the tar are a bit nervous. Ruts mate, unless you're some desert racing legend cruising at 150K/Hr (too fast for the bike to fall over) they are ALWAYS likely to put us on our asses!! Enjoyed the video mate, cheers!

@HippoDrones

Ай бұрын

It was so good to get away, got another trip next month too, but I think I'll be doing my own thing once there altghough still camping with the others. No trail riding on that one, just playing in the Welsh mountains 🙂 I do wish I had more trails I could easily get to around my local area, but it is what it is... thankfully I enjoy road riding! 😀 Yeah, that skill fade kicks in fast... I can fake it a bit on my Beta as that is so forgiving, but an ADV bike really makes it a lot more effort when I am not riding well. Thanks David, hopfully will be some varied content coming now the weather is improving for us 🙂

Enjoyed watching that Pete. Well done on riding those lanes on the Toe-rag mate, especially that chalky looking stuff!.. now you’ve done that, you’re almost ready to tackle the uk pothole roads ha ha..looked like a great time was had and thanks for taking us along 😁👍

@HippoDrones

Ай бұрын

Ahh awesome stuff mate and ty... hahaha... yeah just about... bloomin potholes 🤣 It was great to get away, and amazing weather for it all 🙂👍

Nice to see some good weather for you guys finally!

@HippoDrones

Ай бұрын

amen to that Mark, it took some time, but we have had a few stunning days in the last couple of weeks, hopfully that is summer kicking in finally! 😀

Great ride, I always stayed clear of unknown depth of puddles….lol. That off made me cringe. Glad you and bike are ok. Such beautiful countryside. Riding with friends and awesome weather……nothing better.

@HippoDrones

Ай бұрын

Thanks Kev. Aye... yeah always best avoided unless you know how deep they are 😁 Thankfully it was a soft landing and was not riding fast... although had I been riding quicker, I'd possibly not have fallen off 🤣 We were so very lucky with the weather

You picked a great weekend for it! Nice you caught the Aurora! The first night of camping on a trip is always an average sleep I feel. As much fun as it seems going through large puddles, you never know just how sharp those edges are going to be or how deep it is! Good idea to be cautious! Looks like some awesome trails and how cool is the Barge Inn! Proper quaint English! Love it! Oh yeah, we have military firing areas around here too (jungle warfare training area) but it's all fenced and if you get caught in there, you are going to be in trouble even if you don't get shot! What a brilliant trip away! That looked like it had all the elements of a memorable weekend!

@HippoDrones

Ай бұрын

It was a cracker mate 🙂and yeah, what a fantastic surprise bonus 🙂 I have not been sleeping well recently, need to get to a Dr TBH, but getting an appointment in the UK is a joke currently. Hahaha... yeah, and out on the Salisbury Plains, there are absolute bike killers... it is the army playground and they do tank exercises there which eats into the soft ground with their tracks 😀 I do love the names of some of the pubs we have in the UK, I imagine the Aus humour has seen some good names over your side of the pond? 🙂 The only downside was Phils CRF being broken, and Pezza's breakdown, but at least he now knows what the issue is and is fixing it before our next adventure 🙂

@MrAusadventure

Ай бұрын

@@HippoDrones I have been hearing a lot about how hard it is to get a Dr's appointment over there. We have the odd interesting named pub, but most in country towns are very boring, The Commercial, The Royal, The Exchange etc or just named after the town they're in.

Epic Adam, more like Epic Letdown 😝 (Just kidding Adam, we love you really). Good to see what I missed out on. I could have got away with some of that on the Scrambler, but without the proper sump guard & other things, I wasn't going to risk it. Hopefully I can get the CRF running again in good time to enjoy some green laning before winter.

@HippoDrones

Ай бұрын

Yeah, a good bit of it you'd have been fine with the Triumph... I imagine the green lane where I took a tumble would have been less fun though 😀 Aye, hopefully the CRF will be running again soon... be good to get some dry trails in before the slop 😀

Cool thank you 🙏

@HippoDrones

Ай бұрын

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Awesome Pete. It's always fun for me to watch when you take a little biking holiday with your mates. A very enjoyable watch. Shame about the little dropsy. Hopefully no harm was done. It looks like you got lucky with the weather for this one oo. Pretty good going considering how bad it has been. Thanks for sharing. Most enjoyable antics. Take care. Have fun ! Garry & Ruby

@HippoDrones

Ай бұрын

Cheers G-man, yeah no damage thankfully... I hate ruts lol 😆 We really did get lucky with the weather, am so glad. We gave another trip coming up soon too, love this time of year.

@economicalrides

Ай бұрын

@@HippoDrones Yes. I've yet to discover how I would deal with being stuck in a rut ( well, you know, other than career-wise 😂 ). So far I have been lucky and was always able to quite comfortably ride between them. Hopefully my luck will hold 🤞 Glad to hear that no damage was done to man nor machine. Enjoy these times mate, the winters are long ! You've honestly had more biking days this year than we have. It's getting hot here, finally, but the wind is still quite strong. I can see us going directly from windy and miserable to windy and too hot for riding ! There's always the autumn I suppose 🤷‍♂ Cheers Pete, Garry & Ruby

@HippoDrones

Ай бұрын

@@economicalrides sounds like it is time to move back to the UK! 😀

@economicalrides

Ай бұрын

@@HippoDrones Weather-wise, you could well be right. But then I remember the state of your roads and that convinces me to tough it out here for another year or two 😂

@HippoDrones

Ай бұрын

@@economicalrides 😁

Those trails looked great. Loved the name of the pub. The night of the Aurora here in Sydney was raining.

@HippoDrones

Ай бұрын

We have some fun pub names in the UK 😃 Ahh that was a shame. I do wish I had a more modern camera on my phone, some of the pics the others got were incredible 🙂

I went down to Wilshire recently in my campervan. Visited the Atwell Wilson Car and Bike Museum in the village of Calne. Worth popping in. I like a good camping trip. Know what you mean about missing biking mojo because of the lousy weather. I too bought a new bike and that has give me a boost. I managed to miss the Northern Lights completely!

@HippoDrones

Ай бұрын

Oh I'll have to check that one out sometime. Camping is great... I spend so much time indoors, living outdoors is so very good for the mind I think. I'm very much looking forward to hearing your thoughts on your new steed and seeing what you get up to with it 🙂

I enjoyed that mate. Good to see different areas too. Such long lanes too

@HippoDrones

Ай бұрын

Not quite as long as some of yours, but close! 🙂

Yeah was a good weekend. I just needed some head space to think about what was going on with my CT, new carb parts are installed just need to take for a test ride now.

@HippoDrones

Ай бұрын

Ahh brill. I really felt for you having bike issues, it must have been so frustrating. Be all good for the next adventure now 🙂👍

Some nice long trails there and the campsite looked brill.

@HippoDrones

Ай бұрын

Yeah, it is a great playground. The campsite was spot on, and a nice friendly pub too

It’s not good when your bike identifies as a cow and lays down to eat some grass lol. That was quite the trek mate. Be safe.

@HippoDrones

Ай бұрын

Haha, indeedy 🤣 It was an amazing weekend 🙂

Nice ride with beautiful weather and friends.

@HippoDrones

Ай бұрын

Absobloominlutely, cheers FCR 🙂👍

Looks like a lot of fun!

@HippoDrones

Ай бұрын

It was an awesome weekend 😎

"I HATE RUTTS" you and me both. Looks like you guys had a fantastic time. I'm thinking of getting a different bike, something a little more reliable, so i don't keep missing the good times.

@HippoDrones

Ай бұрын

They are tricky, especially on a big bike. Ahh cool, what bikes are on your list?

@CuriousGoose

Ай бұрын

@@HippoDrones Varadero. There's nothing else that can do what I want.

@HippoDrones

Ай бұрын

@@CuriousGoose wow, a proper big bike that!

@CuriousGoose

Ай бұрын

@@HippoDrones the 125 lol

@HippoDrones

Ай бұрын

@@CuriousGoose ahh, less big 😁

I absolutely love seing you have good times with your Tuareg and I look forward to doing the same when I pick up mine. I am American, but lived in the UK for awhile for work and lived in a little town called Bishop's Stortford (heard of it?). I miss it and wish I had owned a bike while I was there rather than shifting a manual with my left hand. Never got used to that.

@HippoDrones

Ай бұрын

Ahh awesome when do you collect yours? That is just south of Cambridge I believe, don't think I've ever been though it though 🙂 Ha, I've got myself a van which is automatic now, I don't miss a manual box at all on 4 wheels

@Declan4253

Ай бұрын

@@HippoDrones This coming week. There are 14 bikes being prepped in front of mine and the wait is torture.

@Declan4253

Ай бұрын

I actually like manual transmissions, at least for cars where I don't need to tow anything. I remember people being surprised because they thought Americans 'can't drive stick', which isn't true for most of us. When you grow up shifting with your right hand, however, making the switch was the hardest thing for me. Also those tight sunken roads in the country where there would be no where to go if another car didn't stay in their lane. Love the UK though. Keep up your good work.

@HippoDrones

Ай бұрын

@@Declan4253 ahh man, yeah i bet it is. I hope you get as much joy from yours as I do from mine 🙂

@HippoDrones

Ай бұрын

@@Declan4253 When I was in the Royal Navy, we'd sometimes have to drive cars in Europe, they would all be left hand drive and was super weird for me having to change gear with my right hand! 😀 Thanks Declan 🙂

You said my name rather aggressively. Indeed, I thought it was this weekend and my wife is working at a festival, also its Social bags on Sunday.

@HippoDrones

Ай бұрын

Hahaha... you and Goose are forgiven 🤣 although it would be good to see your new beasty in the flesh... am gutted I can't get to the Sidesaddle meet

@EpicAdamMotovlogs

Ай бұрын

@HippoDrones I'll probably see you at Wild southwest rally or before

@HippoDrones

Ай бұрын

@@EpicAdamMotovlogs Hopefully we'll be able to sort something sooner, but yeah... will def see you there! 🙂

Barge Inn sounds like excellent name. When googling it, I found several in UK alone, so popular as well 😁

@HippoDrones

Ай бұрын

Aye, I do love some pub naming 😀 my bar in my garden is called the Dolf Inn

@theodorstravels

Ай бұрын

@@HippoDrones That's a great one! Did you name it that, on porpoise?

@HippoDrones

Ай бұрын

@@theodorstravels 😀 It's only a small plaice, but it means we can grouper together for fin-tastic summer evenings

@theodorstravels

Ай бұрын

@@HippoDrones maybe one day I can see it in person. UK is still in the "one day" list unfortunately.

@HippoDrones

Ай бұрын

@@theodorstravels be more than welcome mate

I was just about to ask if I was seeing things or is there some sort of mesh in those holes..Thank you.. I understand about the limited riding spots. We have lots of places in Texas but it's so spread out. The closest is 3 hours away if you leave early enough. Love the scenery, especially the close up of the grass you gave us😆. Glad it was a soft landing for you.

@HippoDrones

Ай бұрын

It is frustrating, especially when there are so many people who are trying to stop us using the few we have left. This location was around 3 hrs away too, but thankfully we do have my local lanes to play on... I just need to try and get further out a bit more often for the trail riding vids 🙂 Hahaha... I did that close up just for you mate! 😀Hahaha

@BigDaveTALKS

Ай бұрын

@@HippoDrones 😂Hey I stop and check out the foliage from time to time myself and thank you, I appreciate it. Yeah man the fun police can really put a damper on things and it's happening in a few states over here also. On the other hand, there are some disrespectful riders out there that aren't helping the matter.

@HippoDrones

Ай бұрын

@@BigDaveTALKS yeah we get them... and illegal riders too who just ride where they want with no regard... and annoyingly, it is them that will get the lanes closed for the legal riders... but it won't effect them as they don't care about riding legally

@BigDaveTALKS

Ай бұрын

@@HippoDrones Oh yeah, those guys😡. We have them here too and it's really irritating. The forestry service trys to catch them but they can't patroll all the areas we have around here. You are right, they make laws for stuff that only affects the law abiding citizens. Governing bodies need to enforce the existing laws a little harder and it wouldn't be as bad. At least that's my view on it.

@HippoDrones

Ай бұрын

@@BigDaveTALKS yup, we get plenty of police in biker cafe car parks ticketing people for small registration plates, but I've never seen any out on the trails enforcing them... so the haters class us all as illegals, as the police do nothing... and the councils just close the trails that have the problems

Great video mate 👍 Any chance of some start and finish points, for the trails please? They look just right for me 🙂 Ride safe and have fun 👍 Cheers

@HippoDrones

Ай бұрын

Thanks mate. Unfortunately Pez was our guide and he left us due to his breakdown, so the rest we just winged using the OS Map App and had not route plan. I always suggest folk join the TRF if they haven't already as that gets them access to their Green Road Map which by itself is worth the membership fee. I know the long trail where Pez broke down is called The Ridgeway I think, so if you Google that, it should show up on Google Maps I think.

@grumpsrides6074

Ай бұрын

@HippoDrones that's brilliant, thanks bud 👍

@HippoDrones

Ай бұрын

@@grumpsrides6074 soz I can't offer more info, I wasn't expecting to be taking point on the ride

@grumpsrides6074

Ай бұрын

@@HippoDrones no worries, found The Ridgeway, and a couple of tracks on Wikiloc Thanks again

@HippoDrones

Ай бұрын

@@grumpsrides6074 🙂👍

Just bought a transalp and looking forward to some light off roading. 8S is gone I'm afraid.

@HippoDrones

Ай бұрын

Ahh cool, I hope you get many smiles per miles with it. Shame the 8S has gone, but if it wasn't for you, then no point keeping it! 🙂

Just wanted to respond to a comment you made about being restricted on where you can ride in the UK. I live in Maine in the US (I have spent about 7 months living in the UK) and we are much more restricted for offroad riding where I live despite all the nature because of zoning. There is a huge amount of hiking, but not for motorcycles. Interestingly if you have a snowmobile or ATV there are more trails you can use, but motorcycles are often specifically excluded. You are more fortunate in the UK than you know.

@HippoDrones

Ай бұрын

That really sucks, and yes, we are lucky to have what we have... sadly they are graduating taken away from us though, eventually we'll have nothing left to make owning a bike capable of using them worthwhile, and then those remaining few will also be taken away due to not being used enough.

@Declan4253

Ай бұрын

@@HippoDrones Hopefully things will change course. Taking the train from my little town into London I would pass through pastures with sheep. It was amazing. Something you would never see in the US. Even though it probably raised prices in cities somewhat, I thought your planners were genius for preserving countryside like that.

@HippoDrones

Ай бұрын

@@Declan4253 🙂