Yep skiing and motorcycling have very similar attributes. You get dressed in warm clothing, get hot and sweaty, cold and freezing, be exhilarated by speed and at the end of the day have a few celebratory drinks to celebrate you weren’t injured in any way
If you had gone left out of New Quay and carried on to Aberystwyth..... now that is a stunning bit of coastal road. Thanks for all the time and effort I know you put into your excellent channel Andy.
If the lite lock goes over the seat would it go through your helmet facebar? Jacket in top box? Perhaps that's the reason so many bm's have huge panniers.... Good watch Andy but I'm still hankering after the ferry... Happy travels
Tremendous countryside, and boy o boy you lucked out on the weather. Getting your parking receipt nicked surprised me, knew straight away the GS was locked, so that wasn’t a worry. Happy Trails and Safe Travels 👍🏼 😎 🇺🇸 🌎
Thanks, love the Wales videos. By coincidence we met a Welsh nurse from Swansea (sp?) while we three were living in Kigali, and she’s helping us plan our England/Scotland/Wales trip for next year. Your videos and Bikers' Britain are helping immeasurably. Thanks again.
The video ended just as you were entering my home town (well, the town where I grew up)...bring on Episode 3 :) PS: yes, Aberaeron is a better choice. There's a little shack at the far side of the harbour that sells delicious honey ice-cream.
Snowboarding beats skiing for thrills for me. Boarding in a foot of powder is just wonderful, best feeling ever! Obviously biking is great too and a nice video on the eve of my trip to Wales 👍
Wales has to be one of the few places in the world that expect a parking ticket to be put on a motorcycle. It’s the same in Builth Wells, the wind just blows it off and the rain makes the ink run. Local councils couldn’t bear bikers somehow having some advantage!
with all due respect to your guidebook, riding a GS you could have done a lot better route in the same area, that route perhaps more for a Goldwing, your nav method makes me chuckle a little too. If you wanna come again happy to show you around on your GS.
Andy I use a small flexible cycle lock to secure my helmet to my bike seat threaded through the visor aperture and the pillion grab handles it saves carrying it around.
Over here in Sydney Australia.... stuck in a strict "stay at home" lock down... dreaming of heading out on the R1200GS for a ride. But it'll be a while yet before that can happen.... sadly. Soooo..... nothing lifts the spirits like a motorcycle tour on the open road through beautiful countryside.... on one of the worlds best bikes. Thanks Andy.... its a tonic !
Hope you get out of lockdown soon - we’ve had more than our fair share of them here too…interesting to see how our countries different approaches will shake out….
Another great episode sir. Good weather and great views are a real bonus, maybe not quite enough as you knew you were going back to your hotel though. Looking forward to the next leg of the trip.
So many great roads in Wales. We've found keeping away from some of the busy coastal tourist spots and doing central Wales gives us emptier roads. If you are considering doing a Euro bike tour with Mrs Flyer, I can recommend basing yourselves in Bourg St Maurice France; every road out of there is amazing. The highest paved road in Europe the Col du Liseran is close by. You can ride up to Tignes, catch the funicular railway up to the glacier and have some summer skiing. Easily ride around mont Blanc in a day. Do the col du petite St Bernard while singing the theme to the Italian Job. We have extensive GPX routes 😉 Hope you do more tour vids. Cheers.
I live in the heart of the Colorado Rockies near 4 major ski areas. I ski every day in winter and think about riding my motorcycle. I ride almost every day in summer and think about skiing. If you think about it, turning on skis and turning on a motorcycle are very similar. Put the skis or tires on edge, lean to the inside and enjoy the G forces. Lots of UK skiers come to Colorado. We speak a version of English that they understand. A long trip so most stay 2 weeks and visit several areas.
I’ve written off going overseas (something I did fairly often) from Australia for many years to come. Just seems like such a hassle now. I was supposed to hire a Tiger 800 and do Wales last year. Anyway all the spare money has enabled me to buy two new bikes and discover my own country which I think everyone should do. You are selling me on the GS idea for my next bike. They are popular for a reason.
We took my daughter down to look at Lampeter Uni……she shook her head and we made a hasty retreat ! Known as ‘Lampyland’ 😉 Newquay…….quite a trek up to the car park with all the gear….phew. Well done !
Fancy having to pay to park your bike! If they’re charging they should at least provide something solid to lock your bike to. South Wales looks lovely.
If bikers just accept parking fees ,this will become the accepted norm all over the slippery slope .I don’t ride motorcycles to pay parking fees .If they want us to pay they should be prepared to guard our bikes from theft & vandalism at the very least .
Looks like you had excellent weather for the ride Andy and some excellent roads to boot. With regard to the parking ticket, some have the user input a registration number.It still doesnt prevent theft but a half way house.
Hi Andy - another nice one in the can. Last week I poked a bit of fun about u not having coinage. But I have got say u taught me something related to that. When I get back to my bike I’m always sure it will be there - but not so confident about the Parking ticket - so take a photo as proof - simple but effective - thanks for the tip. Down side of Wales - u get ur ticket nicked - up side - they have machines that take cards. Wow futuristic or what - do t think we have many of them in the highlands - “🥃”...
Hi Andy great video again there's just so many great rides around the coast of Wales you'll never get board of riding here one run I've never done is the one you did recently to the ponderosa cafe I'm gonna do that shortly with my brothers one of which is a fellow vloger Trucker jenko Looking forward to part 3 keep them coming👍
Nice one Andy, enjoying this. Yesterday, I did Gospel Pass, mountain rd to Hay on Wye and past Llanthony priory. You must try someday. As always a cracking vid, roll on part 3.
Right with you there TMF, there’ a definite affinity between skiing and motorcycling. I feel the same way. I missed the whole season this year, hoping to get back to my winter ski instructor job this season 🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻🌨⛷🗻
@@TheMissendenFlyer Borovets in Bulgaria, not your usual posh resorts TMF but I’ve holiday’ed there for many years and love the place and the people😊👍🏼
Thanks for posting. Well, the foundations of my being have been shaken to the point of questioning my own existence. There are the laws of physics, the law of gravity, and, I thought, the law of "if tmf is on the road, the white vans will be coordinating a full attack to block his ride". I don't remember seeing one single white van. The universe as I knew it, is no longer the same. Where is Doctor Who when you need him/her?
Why all the faff with battery changing? Just run a cable from the GoPro to a power bank I keep on the inside pocket of my jacket. I can get 6 hours of recording on my GoPro and fill the memory card with the battery still at 100%.
You can combine bike touring and skiing. Have been to many ski resorts on a bike and quite a few have a glacier for out of season skiing. Your riding gear can double up as ski gear (if it’s textile, most people don’t even notice) and you just rent the rest. You have to check your insurance though as you can find you’re not covered!
I used to ride up to Cardigan for the Ice Cream ,There was an Italian family who made the most wonderful creamy ice cream there made from Devon cream , The first trip up from Haverfordwest I was wondering what the pipes across the road were . A few miles later I came upon 20 sheep in the middle of the road just looking at me ..Drum brakes back on a 67 Bonnie ... I remember you mentioning skiing on the Scottish 500., I agree ! The best of skiing and motor biking hits the same spot ,,Finding a line and hitting it ...
I did this exact coastal route a few weekends back to camp in mwnt. Stunning place 👌. Llangrannog is a nice little bay to stop off at instead of New quay or Aberearon, literally the next bay down from New quay. Intrigued to see what you think when you reach fishguard. Seemed to me like it was very run down and struggling a bit compared to everywhere else nothing of it. Stunning place never the less
Wales has become very popular! Had a bit of an issue with a pay and display parking ticket myself. The system doesn’t appear to legislate for motorcycles. Great video. 👍
Beautiful 🤩 views mate the UK has VERY green pretty country side . I plan to ride around Australia next year, first Cairns North Queensland ( my oldest Daughter lives their ) around 3500kms from my place. Can be rusted in 3 days but I’ll probably take a week or so . Continue to love ALL aspects of your channel from bike reviews , tours and I also like 👍 the MCN bike news , as we don’t get that paper 📝 in Australia I look forward to it .
Had to rewind to confirm the well sorted Mk2 Escort passing at 6.39 mins. Interesting mini tour Andy. Loved the bits I did a couple of months ago and looking forward to doing some more. May well check out this area, as so easy to get to for us.
@@TheMissendenFlyer forgot to reply Andy. Yes, a few of us went. Never seen it so busy, car park overflowing with bikes onto the lane! Was a good night.
haaaa dear mister Fly... Each of your videos in wales is always a pleasure, I have only been there twice... so I never had so much sun :D I really believe that wales have the best roads for motorcycles and the locals are really friendly, at least they were to me as a frenchy :-) Cant wait for next week
I did a ride through Belgium last Friday. More than seven hours riding. I met all types of roads from very good to very bad. Never thought I’d ride those bad roads on a sport touring bike. It’s on TH-cam. I never have battery problems anymore since I switched to external battery pack. More than fifteen hours of power. Great roads you’re riding on and beautiful surroundings. Don’t you have problems pulling on moist gloves on sweaty hands on a warm day? I do.
Another great watch!! You've done the north and now the south, next time try the middle, stay at The Metropole in LLandrindodd Wells and do the Elan Valley!! I've done almost all the roads in Wales over the years but that remains the best in my view!!
Beautiful day lovely spots. Just bought my first Ski helmet on line. My son pointed out I was going just as fast on my skis with touk (Cunuck wooly hat) as i do on my MC with a helmet. Would love to visit the Alps one day Ski or bike. 😁
Oh dear did you miss some potential content at New Quay! You were in Mr Hub Nut's area! What a meeting that would have been, The Missenden Hub Nut! LOL.... Great video Andy, I really enjoyed this and having stayed in the area on hols I knew some of the roads you were on. Thanks for your work.
Food for thought, planning a mini tour for late August, was thinking North Yorkshire, Northumberland, but may now add Pembrokeshire to the list of possibles. Cheers TMF
Nice video TMF loving wales. Excellent use of phonics when using the satnav reminded me of learning to read when at school, I still haven’t mastered it yet and do exactly the same thing when typing into a satnav
I used to love that type of touring. Age has forced me to give motorcycling away 🥴😖. When I did do rides like these it was on a Honda CB900F Hornet, then a Honda Silverwing 600 maxi scooter and lastly a Kawasaki VN900 Custom. The scooter was the best equipped for touring but a backpack was generally fine on the two motorcycles. My touring was all over New South Wales and Victoria (Australia). I find your references to time for a given distance strange. In Oz you can cover much greater distances much quicker. But I have holidayed in the UK and have been caught out under estimating the time it would take to get somewhere. Thanks for the great videos. Stay safe, Peter
That hotel is not good at all, I would have hoped for more for £173 per night. But as for the route, it looks fantastic, I must head that way one day. But with the Yorkshire Moors and Lake District on my door step, I still have more to see up here
The South and West of Wales is good, very good, especially the west coast road, but it's the North that gives you the dramatic views as it is far more mountainous, not so many roads with hedges either side. I grew up there so am biased possibly. Good video as always TMF, top work fella.
Another great vid. You really must (when things allow) get down to the Alps. Make sure you do the Stelvio Pass going UP the steeper side! I did it on my GS when I had it, some years ago along with many other Alpine and Dolomite passes. Just beware hordes of camper vans around the Italian Lakes! They are bigger than white vans so are not easy to overtake on the narrow, twisty, and crowded roads and go a lot slower! Morocco is a great place to ride, too. Take the ferry to Santander, ride down through Spain (3 days), across to N Africa, and down through Fez to the Sahara, back up to the Med via the Atlas Mountains and Marrakesh. I cheated on that tour letting BMW Tours take the strain! All I had to do was ride!
Hi Andy, good to see you doing what I watched you doing when I found your channel, and Wales, yes we love it also, you should maybe go over to power bank for the GoPro, I purchased the latest remote for my 8, great piece of kit, the battery lasts all day and much easier to use than previous remotes, good work, ride safe.
Lime crab New quay is great - but Harbour Master Aberaeron hard to beat. Hotels - try the Gwesty Richmond on Aberystwyth sea front - if you get a sea view you can watch the bikes coming and going on the prom ( more TMF than Wildbad 😁)
Agree with you, apart from I’m a snowboarder, but still get the same feeling of carving down the slopes, also don’t discount Scotland for skiing..👍also I use the cloth bag that you get with the helmet to use a over shoulder bag.
A note on the skiing, why don't you try Scotland, there are a few good ski centres up there and if you take your plane I'm sure the Queen will let you park it on the lawn at Balmoral!! then its only a couple of miles to Glenshee or The Lecth ski centres. cheers.
hi there, when you park up, take a picture of the parking ticket next to your number plate, then you have proof of payment if things get litigious later on 👍😎
@@TheMissendenFlyer Top man. Keep up the good work as I'm always looking forward to your video's. Also, how do you keep the wind noise down on the action cams? 🙏👍
Nice to see you having a good time riding in Wales, some great roads and awesome scenery, when the weather is reasonable it's a fabulous place to be. Fair play to you using a car park in New Quay, I'd have found a secluded FOC bike sized spot down in the harbour. Surely you could leave your helmet in the top box or take your empty panniers with you for the day out allowing you to loose the jacket, helmet and gloves as a minimum. That's what I tend to do with my GS and the vario luggage is great for swallowing boots and leathers when parked which means you can slip into those fashionable shorts and flip flops that you must have packed when heading to the west Wales coast🤔🌞😉👍👍
The thieves can be inside any top case or panniers in a few seconds ,you would be just leaving them the gear to ride away our bike with .You can bet the car park attendant won’t have seen them doing it .
I guess in the same way that thieves can take your bike in seconds but we leave our bikes unattended. The comment suggests that you would need to remove all luggage when parking your bike as theives (if present) assume that there's something in your hard luggage and open it to see what they can steal? I fail to see the point of having lockable luggage if we feel we can't leave anything in panniers/top boxes for fear of them being broken into when unattended. For reference I have the standard BMW vario luggage and always use them to store my gear in when parking the bike in public and haven't had any issue to date. I'm not suggesting leaving all the luggage on overnight outside a hotel etc but I don't think I've ever removed my top box in the ten years I've had the bike regardless of where I've parked it. 🤔🤔
@@edxr250r I would only ever leave swag that I wouldn’t miss that much if it went missing I certainly wouldn’t leave £700 helmet & a few grands worth of motorcycle clothing & cameras .I would only leave it in if I could see my bike from a cafe window or such like .The vagabonds see you putting gear in your top cases & panniers ,they have it in seconds .I also chain my bike to something solid & also use a second lock on disc to slow them down ,They will usually move on to an easier target ,unless you happen to have a high end bike that are stolen to order ,loaded into a container & in a foreign country in a day or two .Hence why I only purchase sensible everyday bikes that are not on the professional criminals radar ..
You need to get yourself down here to New Zealand once the borders open again. Then you will see some scenery and a half. It changes constantly. And I would be happy to show you around.
Great video Andy. Literally just back from Simon's 3 day high mile Wales tour. I also travelled from the Thames valley....early start on day 1 to pick the day 1 route up south of Monmouth then followed the route as per book....definitely think north Wales had the quieter roads. Loved the ponderosa cafe stop....ride safe 👍🇬🇧....ps, give myrouteapp a try, base camp is awful
Luckily my helmet fits inside the left hand pannier on my multistrada, so that's at least one less thing I have to carry (assuming I have a hotel room to unload the contents into)
Great vlog as per I couldn’t take anymore of the faff of the go-pro so use the very good DJI action camera and the insta X2 as the dashcam. I did the alps it’s amazing on 2 wheels would love to see you vlog that one. Ride safe bud 👍
Hi Mr Flyer. You love your GS I know, but it’s now a few models out of date and I suspect you’ll be possibly looking to trade her for a newer model. May I suggest since you haven’t taken her off-road, and never take the adventure bikes you ride off road, you try an off road session, possibly the BMW one, or the Simon Pavey one. You never know, you may like it. Most of the rest of us do. Cheers man. Kev.NZ
I've done lots of off road on the GS (and other bikes) - not my thing. I have no plans to trade-in my GS, there's nothing wrong with it!!! I'm not one for needing the "latest and greatest" just for the sake of it......thanks for watching and for stopping by Kevin - ATB - A
Great couple of videos Andy, ironically I’m going to Aberaeron tomorrow, it’s a long return trip in one day from Northants! Hopefully I’ll be getting back onto 2 wheels next year after a 15 year layoff…. The good news is the bike shortlist might just be back into single figures 🤣🤣
i'm fairly spoilt for roads and views living in scotland.. but would love to come see what all the hype around wales is all about, the place looks lovely 👍🏻
Useful info about the GoPro and changing batteries. Unfortunately west Wales is very busy, mid and North Wales are, imo, a better place to ride. Enjoying the vids, keep em coming 👍
Yep skiing and motorcycling have very similar attributes. You get dressed in warm clothing, get hot and sweaty, cold and freezing, be exhilarated by speed and at the end of the day have a few celebratory drinks to celebrate you weren’t injured in any way
You got it!
Not normally a fan of music in tour vids but I like the summer vibes. Cracking work as always. Take care
I never realised Wales slopes to the left so much
Yes, but when you come out of wales it all slopes to the right so it evens out. 👍
@@headrace4863 🤣
I'm so lucky to live in Wales!! Awesome view and roads 😍 great video Andy 👍
Very nice TMF. The Welsh tourist board should be subsidising you lol. Sterling work. Riding trip to Wales on the list!
If you had gone left out of New Quay and carried on to Aberystwyth..... now that is a stunning bit of coastal road.
Thanks for all the time and effort I know you put into your excellent channel Andy.
Next time! ...thanks for watching and for stopping by!
Videos can really be a pain. Kudos to those that do it regardless.
If the lite lock goes over the seat would it go through your helmet facebar? Jacket in top box? Perhaps that's the reason so many bm's have huge panniers....
Good watch Andy but I'm still hankering after the ferry...
Happy travels
What beautiful country side and quaint little towns. And I love the steady purr of that boxer engine. Well done!
Thank you very much!
Been travelling wales for fifteen years never get bored still discovering stunning places wonderful place stunning 😍
Tremendous countryside, and boy o boy you lucked out on the weather. Getting your parking receipt nicked surprised me, knew straight away the GS was locked, so that wasn’t a worry. Happy Trails and Safe Travels 👍🏼 😎 🇺🇸 🌎
Thanks, love the Wales videos. By coincidence we met a Welsh nurse from Swansea (sp?) while we three were living in Kigali, and she’s helping us plan our England/Scotland/Wales trip for next year. Your videos and Bikers' Britain are helping immeasurably. Thanks again.
My pleasure!
I took my headphones off for a moment because I thought surely the chipmunk music wasn’t coming from the video.....yet it was...... ☺️
Glad to see you touring again! It's some of my favourite content you make, alas certain worldwide events make it quite difficult lately :(
Indeed…
When this is all over a Moto tour of the UK is in order! Enjoying this one Andy!
Nice one Bob!
The video ended just as you were entering my home town (well, the town where I grew up)...bring on Episode 3 :) PS: yes, Aberaeron is a better choice. There's a little shack at the far side of the harbour that sells delicious honey ice-cream.
Ooh sounds good - ep 3 coming on Monday.....
Snowboarding beats skiing for thrills for me. Boarding in a foot of powder is just wonderful, best feeling ever! Obviously biking is great too and a nice video on the eve of my trip to Wales 👍
Cool! Can’t be doing with all that jumping about personally, but I do envy the comfy looking boots….
Wales has to be one of the few places in the world that expect a parking ticket to be put on a motorcycle. It’s the same in Builth Wells, the wind just blows it off and the rain makes the ink run. Local councils couldn’t bear bikers somehow having some advantage!
Big GS in it's element. Video is so clear and loving the scenery of Wales.👍
Yes hard to be the GS for touring
with all due respect to your guidebook, riding a GS you could have done a lot better route in the same area, that route perhaps more for a Goldwing, your nav method makes me chuckle a little too. If you wanna come again happy to show you around on your GS.
Thanks for the offer!
Andy I use a small flexible cycle lock to secure my helmet to my bike seat threaded through the visor aperture and the pillion grab handles it saves carrying it around.
Great idea! ...at least when I don't have my camera and mics etc all attached.....
Over here in Sydney Australia.... stuck in a strict "stay at home" lock down... dreaming of heading out on the R1200GS for a ride. But it'll be a while yet before that can happen.... sadly. Soooo..... nothing lifts the spirits like a motorcycle tour on the open road through beautiful countryside.... on one of the worlds best bikes. Thanks Andy.... its a tonic !
Hope you get out of lockdown soon - we’ve had more than our fair share of them here too…interesting to see how our countries different approaches will shake out….
Wales, reminds me a lot of south eastern NSW and north eastern Victoria here in Australia, watching this makes me want to go on a road trip.
Another great episode sir. Good weather and great views are a real bonus, maybe not quite enough as you knew you were going back to your hotel though. Looking forward to the next leg of the trip.
So many great roads in Wales. We've found keeping away from some of the busy coastal tourist spots and doing central Wales gives us emptier roads.
If you are considering doing a Euro bike tour with Mrs Flyer, I can recommend basing yourselves in Bourg St Maurice France; every road out of there is amazing. The highest paved road in Europe the Col du Liseran is close by. You can ride up to Tignes, catch the funicular railway up to the glacier and have some summer skiing. Easily ride around mont Blanc in a day. Do the col du petite St Bernard while singing the theme to the Italian Job. We have extensive GPX routes 😉
Hope you do more tour vids. Cheers.
Yes I know that area well by car - have holidayed there in summer and ski’d it…
I live in the heart of the Colorado Rockies near 4 major ski areas. I ski every day in winter and think about riding my motorcycle. I ride almost every day in summer and think about skiing. If you think about it, turning on skis and turning on a motorcycle are very similar. Put the skis or tires on edge, lean to the inside and enjoy the G forces. Lots of UK skiers come to Colorado. We speak a version of English that they understand. A long trip so most stay 2 weeks and visit several areas.
Yes that's exactly my point Jeff.....must ski in Colarado sometimg, it's on the list!
I’ve written off going overseas (something I did fairly often) from Australia for many years to come. Just seems like such a hassle now. I was supposed to hire a Tiger 800 and do Wales last year. Anyway all the spare money has enabled me to buy two new bikes and discover my own country which I think everyone should do.
You are selling me on the GS idea for my next bike. They are popular for a reason.
and in Oz there's a LOT to discover, huge country.
@@kwak1k problem is everything is so far apart but you get used to it.
We took my daughter down to look at Lampeter Uni……she shook her head and we made a hasty retreat !
Known as ‘Lampyland’ 😉
Newquay…….quite a trek up to the car park with all the gear….phew. Well done !
Fancy having to pay to park your bike! If they’re charging they should at least provide something solid to lock your bike to. South Wales looks lovely.
If bikers just accept parking fees ,this will become the accepted norm all over the slippery slope .I don’t ride motorcycles to pay parking fees .If they want us to pay they should be prepared to guard our bikes from theft & vandalism at the very least .
UK tours you do definitely my favourite!😁👍🏴🏴
Another great series Andy!
I love these multipart trips plus your Welsh pronunciation is improving!
Good to hear!
Looks like you had excellent weather for the ride Andy and some excellent roads to boot. With regard to the parking ticket, some have the user input a registration number.It still doesnt prevent theft but a half way house.
I was born in Carmarthen, went to high school in Tenby, and played rugby for Narberth. Now in Austin TX, nice to see the old stomping ground.
Brilliant!
Hi Andy - another nice one in the can. Last week I poked a bit of fun about u not having coinage. But I have got say u taught me something related to that. When I get back to my bike I’m always sure it will be there - but not so confident about the Parking ticket - so take a photo as proof - simple but effective - thanks for the tip. Down side of Wales - u get ur ticket nicked - up side - they have machines that take cards. Wow futuristic or what - do t think we have many of them in the highlands - “🥃”...
skier and a biker here and would concur fine sir! love 'em both and could never choose between the two!
Great scenery and weather, and glad to see you saw the obligatory " oh hello blonde " ; )
Hi Andy great video again there's just so many great rides around the coast of Wales you'll never get board of riding here one run I've never done is the one you did recently to the ponderosa cafe
I'm gonna do that shortly with my brothers one of which is a fellow vloger
Trucker jenko
Looking forward to part 3 keep them coming👍
Coming soon Allen!
Nice one Andy, enjoying this. Yesterday, I did Gospel Pass, mountain rd to Hay on Wye and past Llanthony priory. You must try someday. As always a cracking vid, roll on part 3.
Time to give camping a go…….. but secret is no cooking …main meal at lunch and wine, cheese, olives, and salami for supper 👍
Right with you there TMF, there’ a definite affinity between skiing and motorcycling. I feel the same way. I missed the whole season this year, hoping to get back to my winter ski instructor job this season 🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻🌨⛷🗻
Nice one ploppy! Where do you instruct?
@@TheMissendenFlyer Borovets in Bulgaria, not your usual posh resorts TMF but I’ve holiday’ed there for many years and love the place and the people😊👍🏼
Pleasant ride but why not more on ‘B’ roads? Use B&B’s!?
All booked up!
Thanks for reminding us about Bikers’ Britain. My copy was resting forgotten and unused in the bottom of my panniers
There's a "Bikers Europe" now too!
Thanks for posting. Well, the foundations of my being have been shaken to the point of questioning my own existence. There are the laws of physics, the law of gravity, and, I thought, the law of "if tmf is on the road, the white vans will be coordinating a full attack to block his ride". I don't remember seeing one single white van. The universe as I knew it, is no longer the same. Where is Doctor Who when you need him/her?
I know - weird eh?
Only to be slightly replaced by a building on a truck( sorry lorry excuse Aussie term).😁
Why all the faff with battery changing? Just run a cable from the GoPro to a power bank I keep on the inside pocket of my jacket. I can get 6 hours of recording on my GoPro and fill the memory card with the battery still at 100%.
I think it’s because the audio mic goes through the same USB-c port that is used for charging
Not with the media mod it doesn’t - I can’t be bothered with the power pack faff….
You can combine bike touring and skiing. Have been to many ski resorts on a bike and quite a few have a glacier for out of season skiing. Your riding gear can double up as ski gear (if it’s textile, most people don’t even notice) and you just rent the rest. You have to check your insurance though as you can find you’re not covered!
Yes I have thought of that!
I used to ride up to Cardigan for the Ice Cream ,There was an Italian family who made the most wonderful creamy ice cream there made from Devon cream , The first trip up from Haverfordwest I was wondering what the pipes across the road were . A few miles later I came upon 20 sheep in the middle of the road just looking at me ..Drum brakes back on a 67 Bonnie ... I remember you mentioning skiing on the Scottish 500., I agree ! The best of skiing and motor biking hits the same spot ,,Finding a line and hitting it ...
Glad we agree Guy!
Great roads and great weather. I never have a white van ahead of me 😉
And we're back with Pinky and Perky's greatest hits 🙄
Another great and interesting vid, thank you.
Glad you enjoyed!
I did this exact coastal route a few weekends back to camp in mwnt. Stunning place 👌. Llangrannog is a nice little bay to stop off at instead of New quay or Aberearon, literally the next bay down from New quay. Intrigued to see what you think when you reach fishguard. Seemed to me like it was very run down and struggling a bit compared to everywhere else nothing of it. Stunning place never the less
Great video as always :) I travelled to Chester and north wales in September of 2020 and it was the greatest ride I've done yet :D
The Shell station you filled up at is my local . As you said New Quay is very busy but so is Aberaeron.
Cool!
Wales has become very popular! Had a bit of an issue with a pay and display parking ticket myself. The system doesn’t appear to legislate for motorcycles. Great video. 👍
I don’t have any issues I have never paid to park a motorcycle in 50 years of riding them .nor do I ever intend to .
Beautiful 🤩 views mate the UK has VERY green pretty country side . I plan to ride around Australia next year, first Cairns North Queensland ( my oldest Daughter lives their ) around 3500kms from my place. Can be rusted in 3 days but I’ll probably take a week or so . Continue to love ALL aspects of your channel from bike reviews , tours and I also like 👍 the MCN bike news , as we don’t get that paper 📝 in Australia I look forward to it .
Nice one! Thanks for watching and for the kind words!
@@TheMissendenFlyer A pleasure mate 👍
Had to rewind to confirm the well sorted Mk2 Escort passing at 6.39 mins. Interesting mini tour Andy. Loved the bits I did a couple of months ago and looking forward to doing some more. May well check out this area, as so easy to get to for us.
Indeed - although it’s further (and takes longer) than you think! Did you get to The Plough last week??
@@TheMissendenFlyer forgot to reply Andy. Yes, a few of us went. Never seen it so busy, car park overflowing with bikes onto the lane! Was a good night.
@@mrbojangles4394 Shame I missed it! Give me a shout again next time!
Please remember that Lampeter was the birthplace of Jack Daniels of Kentucky Bourbon fame and has a vibrant dogging scene. I love it!
Well well, every day is a school day - both very useful to know!
Yay - my family come from Carmarthen! Many a happy day spent on Pendine Sands
haaaa dear mister Fly... Each of your videos in wales is always a pleasure, I have only been there twice... so I never had so much sun :D I really believe that wales have the best roads for motorcycles and the locals are really friendly, at least they were to me as a frenchy :-) Cant wait for next week
I did a ride through Belgium last Friday. More than seven hours riding. I met all types of roads from very good to very bad. Never thought I’d ride those bad roads on a sport touring bike. It’s on TH-cam.
I never have battery problems anymore since I switched to external battery pack. More than fifteen hours of power.
Great roads you’re riding on and beautiful surroundings.
Don’t you have problems pulling on moist gloves on sweaty hands on a warm day? I do.
Yes can do!
Nice trip mate,stunning country and decent roads .
Cheers Dan!
Another great watch!! You've done the north and now the south, next time try the middle, stay at The Metropole in LLandrindodd Wells and do the Elan Valley!! I've done almost all the roads in Wales over the years but that remains the best in my view!!
I have of course done the middle too and agree about the Elan Valley and general area - you can't go wrong in Wales!
Beautiful day lovely spots. Just bought my first Ski helmet on line.
My son pointed out I was going just as fast on my skis with touk (Cunuck wooly hat) as i do on my MC with a helmet. Would love to visit the Alps one day Ski or bike.
😁
Yes good point....
Oh dear did you miss some potential content at New Quay! You were in Mr Hub Nut's area! What a meeting that would have been, The Missenden Hub Nut! LOL.... Great video Andy, I really enjoyed this and having stayed in the area on hols I knew some of the roads you were on. Thanks for your work.
My pleasure (and apologies for not knowing who Mr Hub Nut is!)
Beautiful green country! Very much reminds me of parts of coastal Northern California and Southern Oregon a bit. Cheers!
...yes the weather isn't as reliable in Wales though!
Food for thought, planning a mini tour for late August, was thinking North Yorkshire, Northumberland, but may now add Pembrokeshire to the list of possibles. Cheers TMF
Head for North Wales and Anglesey ,you will not be disappointed👍
Nice video TMF loving wales. Excellent use of phonics when using the satnav reminded me of learning to read when at school, I still haven’t mastered it yet and do exactly the same thing when typing into a satnav
Hotels. I’ve noticed that most of them have recently hiked their prices considerably.
Supply and demand I guess!
I used to love that type of touring. Age has forced me to give motorcycling away 🥴😖. When I did do rides like these it was on a Honda CB900F Hornet, then a Honda Silverwing 600 maxi scooter and lastly a Kawasaki VN900 Custom. The scooter was the best equipped for touring but a backpack was generally fine on the two motorcycles. My touring was all over New South Wales and Victoria (Australia). I find your references to time for a given distance strange. In Oz you can cover much greater distances much quicker. But I have holidayed in the UK and have been caught out under estimating the time it would take to get somewhere. Thanks for the great videos.
Stay safe,
Peter
I suspect our roads are a bit narrowere and windy (sp?) than those in Aus??
That hotel is not good at all, I would have hoped for more for £173 per night. But as for the route, it looks fantastic, I must head that way one day. But with the Yorkshire Moors and Lake District on my door step, I still have more to see up here
Agreed all round Nigel!
Again- a shiver- as you fill your bike with the GREEN handle! In the USA(the Colonies) GREEN means diesel!
Sorry about that! You'd think there'd be an international standard for that one wouldn't you....
The South and West of Wales is good, very good, especially the west coast road, but it's the North that gives you the dramatic views as it is far more mountainous, not so many roads with hedges either side. I grew up there so am biased possibly. Good video as always TMF, top work fella.
I agree - Snowdonia is where it’s at!
Glad I'm not the only one who thinks skiing and riding are similar in feel.
Glad we concur!
Another great vid. You really must (when things allow) get down to the Alps. Make sure you do the Stelvio Pass going UP the steeper side! I did it on my GS when I had it, some years ago along with many other Alpine and Dolomite passes. Just beware hordes of camper vans around the Italian Lakes! They are bigger than white vans so are not easy to overtake on the narrow, twisty, and crowded roads and go a lot slower!
Morocco is a great place to ride, too. Take the ferry to Santander, ride down through Spain (3 days), across to N Africa, and down through Fez to the Sahara, back up to the Med via the Atlas Mountains and Marrakesh. I cheated on that tour letting BMW Tours take the strain! All I had to do was ride!
Yes I had a Morocco tour all arranged when Covid hit!
Hi Andy, good to see you doing what I watched you doing when I found your channel, and Wales, yes we love it also, you should maybe go over to power bank for the GoPro, I purchased the latest remote for my 8, great piece of kit, the battery lasts all day and much easier to use than previous remotes, good work, ride safe.
Cheers Derek!
Lime crab New quay is great - but Harbour Master Aberaeron hard to beat. Hotels - try the Gwesty Richmond on Aberystwyth sea front - if you get a sea view you can watch the bikes coming and going on the prom ( more TMF than Wildbad 😁)
Agree with you, apart from I’m a snowboarder, but still get the same feeling of carving down the slopes, also don’t discount Scotland for skiing..👍also I use the cloth bag that you get with the helmet to use a over shoulder bag.
I have ski'd Glenshee so know what the Scottish slopes are like!
Happiness is a full tank and a beef burger and chips😉
A note on the skiing, why don't you try Scotland, there are a few good ski centres up there and if you take your plane I'm sure the Queen will let you park it on the lawn at Balmoral!! then its only a couple of miles to Glenshee or The Lecth ski centres. cheers.
What makes you think I haven’t ski’d in Scotland I wonder?? (Which I have)….
hi there, when you park up, take a picture of the parking ticket next to your number plate, then you have proof of payment if things get litigious later on 👍😎
Great tip - hadn't thought of that!
@@TheMissendenFlyer Here to help. Love the channel and love my GS Adventure👍
Totally get the skiing and biking connection! 👍👏❤️
Glad we concur....
@@TheMissendenFlyer Top man. Keep up the good work as I'm always looking forward to your video's. Also, how do you keep the wind noise down on the action cams? 🙏👍
Nice to see you having a good time riding in Wales, some great roads and awesome scenery, when the weather is reasonable it's a fabulous place to be. Fair play to you using a car park in New Quay, I'd have found a secluded FOC bike sized spot down in the harbour. Surely you could leave your helmet in the top box or take your empty panniers with you for the day out allowing you to loose the jacket, helmet and gloves as a minimum. That's what I tend to do with my GS and the vario luggage is great for swallowing boots and leathers when parked which means you can slip into those fashionable shorts and flip flops that you must have packed when heading to the west Wales coast🤔🌞😉👍👍
The thieves can be inside any top case or panniers in a few seconds ,you would be just leaving them the gear to ride away our bike with .You can bet the car park attendant won’t have seen them doing it .
I guess in the same way that thieves can take your bike in seconds but we leave our bikes unattended. The comment suggests that you would need to remove all luggage when parking your bike as theives (if present) assume that there's something in your hard luggage and open it to see what they can steal? I fail to see the point of having lockable luggage if we feel we can't leave anything in panniers/top boxes for fear of them being broken into when unattended. For reference I have the standard BMW vario luggage and always use them to store my gear in when parking the bike in public and haven't had any issue to date. I'm not suggesting leaving all the luggage on overnight outside a hotel etc but I don't think I've ever removed my top box in the ten years I've had the bike regardless of where I've parked it. 🤔🤔
@@edxr250r I would only ever leave swag that I wouldn’t miss that much if it went missing I certainly wouldn’t leave £700 helmet & a few grands worth of motorcycle clothing & cameras .I would only leave it in if I could see my bike from a cafe window or such like .The vagabonds see you putting gear in your top cases & panniers ,they have it in seconds .I also chain my bike to something solid & also use a second lock on disc to slow them down ,They will usually move on to an easier target ,unless you happen to have a high end bike that are stolen to order ,loaded into a container & in a foreign country in a day or two .Hence why I only purchase sensible everyday bikes that are not on the professional criminals radar ..
I’m off to verbier in feb. All being well. Love skiing.
You need to get yourself down here to New Zealand once the borders open again. Then you will see some scenery and a half. It changes constantly. And I would be happy to show you around.
It’s on the list!
And not a "there's lovely" in sight!
How do you know when your battery has run out on your helmet cam? Does it beep?
Cracking video as usual Mr F
Yes it does….
Great video Andy. Literally just back from Simon's 3 day high mile Wales tour. I also travelled from the Thames valley....early start on day 1 to pick the day 1 route up south of Monmouth then followed the route as per book....definitely think north Wales had the quieter roads. Loved the ponderosa cafe stop....ride safe 👍🇬🇧....ps, give myrouteapp a try, base camp is awful
Luckily my helmet fits inside the left hand pannier on my multistrada, so that's at least one less thing I have to carry (assuming I have a hotel room to unload the contents into)
Great vlog as per I couldn’t take anymore of the faff of the go-pro so use the very good DJI action camera and the insta X2 as the dashcam.
I did the alps it’s amazing on 2 wheels would love to see you vlog that one. Ride safe bud 👍
Nice to get a little glimpse behind the curtain as you change out the battery.
Cheers Nathan!
@@TheMissendenFlyer it's possible to power gopros from the bike.
Enjoyed that Andy, thank you!
Very welcome Doc!
Hi Mr Flyer. You love your GS I know, but it’s now a few models out of date and I suspect you’ll be possibly looking to trade her for a newer model. May I suggest since you haven’t taken her off-road, and never take the adventure bikes you ride off road, you try an off road session, possibly the BMW one, or the Simon Pavey one. You never know, you may like it. Most of the rest of us do. Cheers man. Kev.NZ
I've done lots of off road on the GS (and other bikes) - not my thing. I have no plans to trade-in my GS, there's nothing wrong with it!!! I'm not one for needing the "latest and greatest" just for the sake of it......thanks for watching and for stopping by Kevin - ATB - A
Thanks Andy, I'm really enjoying our south Wales trip. How did you manage to wangle the great weather? :>)
Kept an eye on the forecast and chose my moment!!
A bit tight charging to park a motorcycle, the Welsh tourist board should have paid YOU - anyway lovely scenery very enjoyable.
Around every turn is another picture post card view.
What is the name of the song you ran in the background? What a lovely day for a ride.
I don't recall I'm afraid - sorry about that (it is one I paid for to use though!)
Great couple of videos Andy, ironically I’m going to Aberaeron tomorrow, it’s a long return trip in one day from Northants!
Hopefully I’ll be getting back onto 2 wheels next year after a 15 year layoff…. The good news is the bike shortlist might just be back into single figures 🤣🤣
Cool! Enjoy….
summer time = road construction time. :) Cheers.
i'm fairly spoilt for roads and views living in scotland.. but would love to come see what all the hype around wales is all about, the place looks lovely 👍🏻
Give it a go but head North for your first visit I'd say.....
If I wanted to do that trip, I’d get the bike out and put on the gear, ride up the drive and turn left direct onto the Tenby loop 😉🏴
Cool!
Useful info about the GoPro and changing batteries.
Unfortunately west Wales is very busy, mid and North Wales are, imo, a better place to ride.
Enjoying the vids, keep em coming 👍
One more to come!
Great scenery
Great video. Nice to see some off the bike footage as constant road streaming can get boring, particularly with the wide angle lense of the go pro.