Mate and I had a few days off in the bike van, Dragons Tail @ Coed y Brenin yesterday and finishing with a stop over in the Betws y coed car park before a quick blast round the Marin trail. Heavy cold in my lungs was not a good sign first thing, but didnt stop us hitting the trail before 8:00.
Early Start (and crappy old olympus out of focus it was too dark):
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crappy old olympus wouldn't fire quickly either as I was trying to get a shot of a Robin on a waymark post, by the time the thing worked, the bird had landed on my wheel, and happily sat there for a minute while I took some snaps. And before anyone says it, it wasn't because I was riding so slowly that he thought he could take a chance! 🙂
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very nice out though - clear and dry (in the air at least) all the way round:
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But a big off on the rock and rolls on Ride Fast and Ride Free did for mates Ellsworth front triangle 🙁
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We reckon it was his shin that did that while he was pile driving into the ground with his head. Fortunately no serious injuries, just a new lid and frame to sort out.
We did get a second opinion on the frame too when we got back to the van:
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The Gwydyr forest, probably the friendliest Robins in Wales 😉
The robins at Brechfa are virtually tame!
Glad to hear no real damage after the crash! Nice landscape pic, too!
Yup, nice landscape pic.
Was at Brechfa at the weekend and saw loads of robins 😀
Here's a Robin from last weekend's ride at Coed-y-Brenin. He was at my sandwich while I was eating it!
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TBH I think my 'phone would take a better pic than my old olympus mu. Hence the thread the other day of me looking for a new compact. I think I managed one descent shot out of 12 taken with the compact today. Time for a new one. This worker is more than happy blaming his tools. 😉
I know plenty of robbin bast...s
nice pictures mate
Cracking pics Stoner, particularly the 1000yd stare into the sunrise. In the spirit of things, if a little surreal, here's a pic of a Robin, doing a Robin impression at Minch Moor, Innerleithen...
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(yus, it's me...)
very "Robin-like" there, Robin.
Nice pic wheelz. Was that taken with a compact camera or SLR?
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Nice pic wheelz. Was that taken with a compact camera or SLR?
It was taken with a Canon G9 compact. The Robin was literally about 20cm from where I was sat, right on the edge of the table.
Canon G9
😉 Ah, Proper camera. Nice.
Cant justify one myself 🙁