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freakychurchill
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Rhiwbach slate quarry

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So got a new bike a pinnacle arkose and decided to give it a decent test ride and take it for a wild camp. So got the train to Blaenau Ffestiniog and cycled down to Ffestiniog and up the quarry road (and what a road it was) and onto the path to Rhiwbach disused slate quarry. Day one the weather was 20 and the sun was blazing without a cloud in the sky and was hard to believe it was February and soon found myself it my camp site. Soon the tent was up and the beers where opened and I sat back and watched the quite amazing views and countless stars in the sky and enjoyed my home made curry. After having my fill of ale i retired and was soon fast asleep I awoke to a completely different day weather wise as I had rain and fog and quickly packed up despite somehow losing my cooking pan. The mist only added charter to this place though which now had a had a slightly eerie fell to it. Thankfully it was mostly down hill although the road down was dodgy as the fog was vert thick in places but over all a fantastic couple of days and the bike worked great.
A short video of my short rde

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_0lf9034P4
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voodoo_simon
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Nicely done :-bd Quite the contrast in weather
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voodoo_simon wrote:Nicely done :-bd Quite the contrast in weather
Thanks and yep it was it was slightly scary going down the quarry road in thick fog and with big lorry's zooming up. Great couple of days though
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Nice.Takes a lot of dedication to make a short film in those conditions. I honestly dont know how folks could be arse going back and forth for their cameras, but Im rather glad they do :-bd
I'm just going outside ...
freakychurchill
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TheBrownDog wrote:Nice.Takes a lot of dedication to make a short film in those conditions. I honestly dont know how folks could be arse going back and forth for their cameras, but Im rather glad they do :-bd

Thanks. It can be hard work at times but can be good to take a breather at times.
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Great video. Not too far from me, so may check it out sometime. Subscribed to your channel too. Cheers
freakychurchill
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ootini wrote:Great video. Not too far from me, so may check it out sometime. Subscribed to your channel too. Cheers
Thanks for the subscribe and glad you enjoyed the video. Fantastic place and worth a check out :)
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Nice vid that :-bd
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In Reverse wrote:Nice vid that :-bd
Thanks glad you enjoyed
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