I mananged two routes on Dartmoor both with lots of rain and just a tiny bit of sun! Two punctures and a real soaking. Comments ?

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fantastic pics!!!would love to cycle there!!!

been sunny for the last two days here
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Well done on the bivi knottie! Dartmoor really does do "atmospheric" so well and nice to see some familiar places too 🙂

Like the bike with the wicker basket, what was the bird?

Lucky you ! The rain has just stopped here in Taunton.

knottie8 – Thats my local riding you are on there – nice there isn't it 😉 Challacombe down towards hexworthy and then up onto the moor!

Foxyrider
I ride there often enough to be localish. I love it there but its better when the wind and rain stay away. I like that route as its just about SS able by me and has great views.
CG
Tis a Buzzard

yeh the wind and rain on the moor can be pretty shocking – I like it when its nice weather of course but the moor always has its own climate as I am sure you have found 😉

Familiar? In good weather 😉

Foxyrider
So where is the dog pic taken ? He's always sat on the wall but where to ?

The Bristish summer

Slurred typing errh? Was you sampling some of the Dartmoor Brewery's fine ales when you were up on the moor then Knottie? Jail Ale's my favourite.

Nice piccies and it seems like you had a good time. But, it's not bloody fair 'cos this is my view of Dartmoor on the ride into work but domestic circumstances and the call of the sea have kept me down at lower altitudes.

Next weekend though, whatever the weather 🙂

I did pop in the pub for a pint of Jail ale and yes the moors a great place what ever the weather.

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nice pics there. Here's a quick 'summery' of my summer so far in video format

Here comes the summer!

Splatz's piccie without clicking on his link.

Yep, it must be summer!

EDIT:

Arrghh! It didn't work. Visualise a wet & dripping, philosophical mountainbiker 😉

I've read the guide on gettng pics into this but can't get it to work at all.

http://snixsplatzmountainbikingphotos.fotopic.net/p59913726.html Try again.

Raining in the Lakes…..

good work splatz…. now thats a summer….. but hang on , thats just like my weekend .

Out last night with the guys from Biketreks…..I swear someone just continually poured a bucket of water on me for 2 hours.

Trick is to visualise having fun in the wet and then go and have fun!!

…..I swear someone just continually poured a bucket of water on me for 2 hours.

That must explain why your photo's shrunk then 😉 …..

mr knottie

think the cloud appreciation society will like some of those pics.

Very good Slugwash – laughing now.

Thanks so much for sharing your ride pics

I love the big skies

Well, I had a nice push in the Lakes on Saturday – plenty of sun!

I waited all day for the rain to stop, in the end at around half six I said sod it and went out in the rain, by the time I'd ridden up to Lydeard Hill (Quantocks) 25 minutes later, the sun was out and the rest of the ride was gorgeous, most of the trails where like rivers though. I'm glad that I waited now.

knottie the piccies is thought the wall (prehistoric) at hookney down accross to coombe down ans the steps are down to the road just after Grimspound (prehistoric village) 😉

hope you didn't ask for lemonade in the Jail Ale this time !!!

Oh Dartmoor – Saturday was good (I rode from Exeter to Ivybridge cross-moor), this is Water Oak Corner (much better to go down than up!):

Bonehill down:

Pint of Badger Lemony Snicket (shamefully a Dorset Ale) at The Village Inn at Widecombe half way across:

More of my Dartmoor pics here

were you out on the moors yesterday? that was proper wet….

Crappy weather in Madrid