I’ve just gone through the photo’s recovered from a corrupt SD card.

And found this beauty.

Whilst descending at speed on a trail i’d never been down before, Yar tor to Badgers Holt on Dartmoor.
The trail of either grass on a sun baked soil or Granite wound it’s way down through a wide passage in the gorse covered side of the Tor. Clattering through a small rock garden into a wide grassy clearing the trail ahead on me suddenly went very narrow, knowing the many hazardous secrets lurking on Dartmoor trails, i gave the brakes on my borrowed bike a heavy squeeze i order to scrub off a good deal of speed. The front brake grabbed harder then a planned locking the front wheel up. I quickly let go of my grip but it was too late, the front had washed out beyond recovery causing me and the bike to fall on it’s side. After an amount of sliding and rolling everything came to a halt, my first concern was of being ran over by the half a dozen or more riders following behind. I looked around to see that i was not getting run over so climbed back on. My ribs were bruised from an attack from the saddle, however that was nothing compared to the reaction on my arm from flattening gorse with my arm. It throbbed a little that’s for certain.

Good days riding though. 8)

Found this on the card to, the photo not the Moth..
Stunning little beasty!

Wow, daft question was the moth on Dartmoor?

moth was in a garden near newton abbott

Stunning! any idea what it is?

Moths are boring brown little buggers up here

It’s an elephant hawk moth.

Thanks

Oh, and nice arm bumps as well 😀

nice moth. Sharki threads are always worth a look!

Aww cheers Kevevs.
What a lovely thing to say.

Thank you.

moth was in a garden near newton abbott

really ? was it our garden ?

Nope, in Tim and Anna’s.

Do you know this rider? 😉

ahh, summer days in the cleave 😥

It’s getting closer mate.
Tell me, anywhere along the cleave that sprouts Snowdrops, bluebells, etc?

I can’t say i’ve ever been there during the springtime..

I’d have thought that the whole valley sections of the cleave would be a carpet of bluebells come May. TBH I can’t exactly recall but it seems highly likely.

The Hobbit’s looking good there isn’t he 😀

Bluebells on Easdon Tor

Snowdrops are beginning to show on StAndrews aswell, but i’m not stopping down there to take pics! 😛

Hope your still enjoying scotchland by the way.

Lovely that there Burchy.

I do recall that man Woody telling me that spring on the moor works a few weeks behind the rest of the world.

Snowdrops up here too now, so feels almost English.. 😉