Id gotton my dad a voucher for this for christmas and booked for myself aswell, before long my brother in laws decided to join us.
We loaded my dads and 1 of my bro in laws motox bikes in my van and geoff drove it to wales. Us 3 went on our bikes and met him there. Stayed in some scabby pub about 45 mins away from the venue.
On the morning we piled into the van and arrived in the middle of a 10,000 acre area ready for the day. Unloaded the bikes for my dad to have left his keys at the hotel, nice ?120 mistake.
We got geared up and chose our machine. Yamaha wr250. Off we went into the massive woodlands and trails and came to a mx training track. After abit of instruction and a good few laps we were split into 2 groups and off exploring we went.
We regrouped for our provided lunch and off we went in 2 groups again. Up and down steep hills and woods, shingly roads and cross country i experienced my first off, closly followed by a family pile up which left us all in hysterical laughter. After a few more miles and a fair few more crashes we set off back. On the way i was following the guy in front too close and wasnt prepared for him to slam on. I had a pretty big off down a hill which left the bike with bent handles bars, my helmet peak smashed off and very sore hands and wrists. Instructer managed to sort my bike enough for me to be able to make it back.
In total we'd done 54 miles and can honestly say it was the most fun days biking ive ever had inc mad sunday at the tt.
The next morning brought lots of aches and me unable to move my right hand. Geoff had to ride my bmw home while i drove the van the 140 miles home 1 handed. A not so quick trip to A and E revealed a broken hand. So ive got a nice souvenier along with alot of great memories and stories. Cant recommend it enough and will defo be going back but wont be tailgating next time haha
We loaded my dads and 1 of my bro in laws motox bikes in my van and geoff drove it to wales. Us 3 went on our bikes and met him there. Stayed in some scabby pub about 45 mins away from the venue.
On the morning we piled into the van and arrived in the middle of a 10,000 acre area ready for the day. Unloaded the bikes for my dad to have left his keys at the hotel, nice ?120 mistake.
We got geared up and chose our machine. Yamaha wr250. Off we went into the massive woodlands and trails and came to a mx training track. After abit of instruction and a good few laps we were split into 2 groups and off exploring we went.
We regrouped for our provided lunch and off we went in 2 groups again. Up and down steep hills and woods, shingly roads and cross country i experienced my first off, closly followed by a family pile up which left us all in hysterical laughter. After a few more miles and a fair few more crashes we set off back. On the way i was following the guy in front too close and wasnt prepared for him to slam on. I had a pretty big off down a hill which left the bike with bent handles bars, my helmet peak smashed off and very sore hands and wrists. Instructer managed to sort my bike enough for me to be able to make it back.
In total we'd done 54 miles and can honestly say it was the most fun days biking ive ever had inc mad sunday at the tt.
The next morning brought lots of aches and me unable to move my right hand. Geoff had to ride my bmw home while i drove the van the 140 miles home 1 handed. A not so quick trip to A and E revealed a broken hand. So ive got a nice souvenier along with alot of great memories and stories. Cant recommend it enough and will defo be going back but wont be tailgating next time haha
