The Little and Large Show....

[smithy]

Decided to join Sid on his adventure which was to take the train with bikes and camping gear from llandudno junction to Blaenau ffestiniog
Then we rode to Criccieth for lunch then on to Aberdaron where we made camp for the night and then got leathered
Next day we were on the road for 9am and made our way to Nefyn for breccy. Which followed a full on days riding back to Conwy.
All in all 112miles, 1st day 47 with full on head winds,the 2nd day 65 with some f**k off climbs. As you can see Sid was dressed
very STRANGELY i think he had a secret job interview, he was in spar in abersoch for a long time, from what i can gather he didn't
get the job cause when asked if he could speak welsh he replied the only word he knew was cau dy geg

[rallybiker]

You two are STARS!!! Me and Ann just p1ssed ourselves looking at the photos! WELL DONE YOU TWO!

[Tarbo]

Fantastic !!!

Another great write up by The Smithster accompanied by some fantastic pictures.

We knew Gareth was keen to try the Brompton out, but I didn't realise he was going the whole hog and dressing for the occasion. Looks like you both had fun too, which is what it's all about at the end of the day.

Gutted I couldn't have got the day off as it looks like lots of fun.

I said to Sandi that Smithy must have a big set of gonads to spend the weekend alone with Gareth, but I didn't realise they were so big he needed to put protective padding on the cross bar




Looks like the weather was kind too and true to form Smithy took advantage of the abundance of water to wash his hair in the eternal spring of youth, otherwise known as the sea. And here's one of the pictures Gareth took of Smithy showing him doing what he does best

[BenKMV]

Quality photos that really tell the adventures you both had. :)Suit you Sir

[motoxman]

After taking delivery of the Brompton a few weeks back a loose plan was put together for a tour. The original plan was to get a train to Aberystwyth and make our way back along the coast but we didn't realise how difficult it is to get there by train so the plan was amended to a tour of the Lleyn Peninsular. In keeping with the Brompton theme I'd decided to do it dressed in the Brompton racing dress code (1st and last time).

Got to Smithy's house Friday morning and we headed down to Llan Junction to catch the 10:28 to Blaenau. This took an hour and was enough time for Smithy to make a new twain fwiend We got off the train and Smithy wanted a photo with the station sign in it so asked his new photogwapher fwiend to take a picture. We soon realised it was a mistake and as can be seen above he didn't get any of the sign in

From there we set off towards Aberdaron and a couple of miles in I lost 3 out of the 6 gears I had . Thankfully it was an easy fix and we got going again. First descent out of Blaenau was interesting clocking nearly 40 mph with 16" wheels.

We had a couple of stops and after Abersoch we missed a turn so had to go up a 1:20% hill and the photo's don't do it justice.

The weather was pants with headwinds and rain all day until we got to the campsite where it thankfully cleared up. We then did a pub crawl around Aberdaron which entailed crossing the road to the 2nd pub in the village and then crossing back to the 1st pub again. Can't remember walking back to the campsite thankfully as the walk out of the village was a bitch

The following morning we headed back towards Conwy and realised that the northern coast of Lleyn Peninsular is hillier than the south and I missed having the granny gear on the mtb a few times. The weather was significantly better and the sun even made an appearance in the morning but with a 1/4 of a mile to go to the end the heaven's opened and we got soaked

We got a lot of strange looks and couldn't decide if it was because of Smithy's hair or the Brommie although the most memorable one was when a roadie looked up the hill he was climbing and saw me coming down at 42 mph with my 16" wheels.

Cheers wrong un for the company and here's the the Cader Idris weekend

Smithy talking to his new twain fwiend









The shop couldn't be arse connecting the gears up properly when they changed the cables

















This is the 1:20% hill and the photo doesn't do it justice



The view over Aberdaron and the campsite was behing the white house on the hill in the distance







Breakfast on day 2





Smithy's ancestral home



The end is in sight





The end is even closer

[jackotb]

Sounded like a mad idea when I first read it, but looks like you had a good laugh! Loving the jacket and tie Gareth, they definitely match the bike. Must've looked like the odd couple to anyone who saw you! Nice pictures as well Smithy. What's your next adventure?

[oldbird]

What an adventure,
Like Tarbo said its all about the fun factor,
Great pics, especially the anusol tube,

[sally]

Priceless smithy gets his legover at last! Gareth looks amazing

[Rupert]

Good work chaps. Gotta hand it to Mr Grump with that outfit, very funny ;D But all that baggage and you forgot to pack a fresh shirt and an iron for day 2 ;D

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[46neil]

Brilliant, well done. Thought it was an AC/DC reunion at first glance with Gareth in his school uniform :-)

[summittoppler]

Top stuff lads, looks and sounded like great fun. Gutted to be working Friday otherwise I would have joined you I know what you mean about the hills down that way, I remember my first tour 5 years ago and they came as a bit of a shock.
Mucho respect for making it on the Brompton, looks the dogs bollocks

The start of more to come I hope........

[priceyla]

This is pure genius. Full respect for that outfit gar, chware teg!

[bird]

This has made me smile...... A lot!!!! Well done you two. You are both unique and wonderful x

[sally]

yeah Sue they sure are 'special' x

[adlewis90]

Looks like a great adventure lads, nice to see smithy didn't upset his lift home this time.