Well i have holidays i need to use up so decided to go for a potter round on the new toy, Lots of pics of my bike coz i love it an a bit of scenery too :D
Standege road between Diggle and Marsden near the summit, still a surprising amount of the white stuff left here.
Road to Marsden
Holmfirth, last of the summer wine country
Self indugence :rolleyes:
Two pics near Stocksbridge
And on to Castleton, one of the tourist attractions of the peak district. first pics 'Where did the road go' ? Mam Tor road
From WikipediaMam Tor is a 517 m (1,696 ft) hill near Castleton in the High Peak of Derbyshire, England. Its name literally translates[vague] as Heights of the Mother[citation needed] and it is also known as the Shivering Mountain on account of the instability of its lower shale layers.[1] Indeed, in 1979 the continual battle to maintain the A625 road (Sheffield to Chapel en le Frith) on the crumbling southern side of the hill was lost when the road officially closed as a through-route.
At the base of the Tor and nearby are four show caves: Blue John Cavern, Speedwell Cavern, Peak Cavern and Treak Cliff Cavern where lead, Blue John, fluor spar and other minerals were once mined.
Last pic, still in castleton...Wynatts pass, It's a steep bugger.
125 km's...a nice afternoon out, hands freezing, big smile and no flies on the teeth
Hope your day was good too.
-- Edited by DeeTee on Tuesday 2nd of March 2010 10:51:18 PM
Great scenery mate :) not sure about putting the bike on the stand facing down the hill when it's that steep :O mates rs125 fell over on a slope not even half a steep as that lol
very nice mate no that area very well as that where i go off road in the landy around the Blue John Cavern...
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Great scenery mate :) not sure about putting the bike on the stand facing down the hill when it's that steep :O mates rs125 fell over on a slope not even half a steep as that lol
Thats good advice for anyone woll
The funny thing is though the bike is actually facing up the hill, it gets steep around the bend but is a fair incline even here. Must be a trick of the camera m8, it does look downhill
Had a day like that yesterday , but forgot to take any pics !!
Looks nothing like that around here so was gonna post some proper ghetto pics lol
y mate Chris came with me on his MT03 . Big mistake riding behind me though ... turns out I had too much gearbox oil in and it overflowed all over him and his bike lmao , was not pleased
Glad you like the pics, I was back there this tuesday with the grandkids, there are four showcaves in the immediate vicinity of Castleton so we went down one. I parked up at the top of the collapsed Mam Tor road, (The pic with my bike was at the bottom). Took some pics with my mobile so quality not as good but it shows just how thic the tarmac of this road was...due to constant land slips and re-laying, no wonder they gave up all those years ago.
If you think it's a 'bit potholey' you should come up proper north [west yorks ] and see tha state of the roads near me ! ..................................................................................................................................
How you getting on with the 'New' bike ??
What miles you put on her ??
Stunning Piccies of a wierd place ... !
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If you think it's a 'bit potholey' you should come up proper north [west yorks ] and see tha state of the roads near me ! ..................................................................................................................................
How you getting on with the 'New' bike ??
What miles you put on her ??
Stunning Piccies of a wierd place ... !
Nearly 900 miles now and absolutely loving it, best buy i made for a long time. West Yorks is not far away from me, in fact you will see that my ride took in some
Holmfirth, Marsden and stocksbridge
I have done some work on the bike and its a lott more willing now, today I fitted a Goodridge brake line...never stop tinkering it's all part of the fun.
Ps .. Been up / down Wynatts Pass many times on bikes, on way into peaks, but never to your old 'No Road - Road !'
That mamtor road is definately worth a 'Fag break' next time youre round there, go down wynatts and turn left for the bottom bit, the bit where i photo'd my bike.
Or...dont go down wynatts at the top, instead follow the blue john mine sign, thats the top part, its more or less parallel to wynatts (sort of)
the road of doom at Castleton aka mam tor......loads of off roading around there
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Looks like you've had a nice ride out mate. I've been up most of them roads with my uncle, him on his xr400 and me on the dtr :D Never seen that warped road before though lol
you got a google maps location for the broken road? want to show my mate, we go on rides around the peak district a fair bit, was up wyynats pass last week.
Got family there .. !
