Gerald's Farm

Fixer · Tribune

Gerald's Farm

adam · Senior Member

Sunday the 17th (May) is the next open day biggrin

hooray

-- Edited by Fixer on Saturday 9th of May 2009 06:50:27 AM

Chris M · Senior Member

Anyone heading out there this Sunday 17th.

Looks like it's going to be a wet one!

Chris

adam · Senior Member

I'm going Chris, I've been looking forward to ridding there all week biggrin

I'll be there at 10 and plan to stay for most of the day, hope to see you there

froggerbiker · Guru

i might be up for a spin as well see how things go tomorrow chris will let you no bud

adam · Senior Member

An edited down video with music of the footage Fred took of Tom and I at Geralds plus the helmet cam footage, hope you like it biggrin

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-- Edited by adam on Saturday 16th of May 2009 04:44:16 PM

Tibby · Senior Member

Nice one Adam, looks like you had no problem getting your end in the air for the cam!!!!!! biggrin

Vitalmax · Guru

Hey Adam, coudn't hear the 2 stroke for the flaming guitar!!!!! Much better for it.

No seriously, really good exhibit for Gerald's, very difficult to boil down so much footage to get it across, so well done.

see you there tomorrow

-- Edited by Vitalmax on Saturday 16th of May 2009 11:10:15 PM

adam · Senior Member

Thanks for the comments chaps biggrin

Looking forward to tomorrow though it's a shame Tom won't be with us cry

adam · Senior Member

Twas a wet and windy day at Geralds today, incredibly slippery on the mud clad hills, everywhere else was fine, the chicken run now ridden in reverse is as mean and steep as ever, i love it biggrin

I rode for two hours before calling it a day, great to ride with such skill full riders, i didn't get there names but, one young lad on a RM 125/250 2 stroke was absolutely blindingly fast, what a rider. I learnt a few tricks of this lad, i'll let him know if i see him again.

The worst part at Geralds is the Whoops, i can not for the life of me hit em like these other guys were, they were flat out with the front skipping of the top of the whoops and literally flying! where as i am going up and down at snails pace lol still have loads to learn even after decades of ridding, great biggrin

Looking forward to the next session already, hope to see a few more club members there too.

Cheers

Chris M · Senior Member

Well that was just madness.

Kev and I turned up in the pouring rain and to much sucking in of air through the teeth of the quad boys and "It'll be difficult for the bikes down there today boy" we decided to pay our tenners and give it a go. In the dry it is hard enough but after torrential rain this was just crazy. After sliding down the near vertical slopes on the rear trial tyres we got to the bottom and then on the other side of the stream and up the other side only to make made it halfway up on the slippery mud. So back down to the bottom to find a new way up, found a old path with a bit of vegetation on it and made it to the top.

It was kinda this point that I though we had better make an effort to get back to the starting point. The way back up was fortunately a good mix of mud stone and roots but was still quite a challenge. We were nearly at the top when I ran out of momentum and dumped the bike and unfortunately Kev had to stop behind me. It was so steep at this point that we had to go down the hill and start again. Fortunately on the second attempt we both made it.

We met Adam and Rob at the top who then went down for a spin while Kev and I watched. They shortly arrived back at the top via various routes. Adam was grinning from ear to ear and was eager to keep going, The rest of thought that we had had enough. Maybe on dry day but this was no pleasure manhandling a wet slippery muddy bike up this terrain.

Kev, Rob and I went off to find some lanes and put in a few before finishing around Grenofen.

This was a bit too far out of my comfort zone on this wet day.

Well done to Adam I hope you made it round safely today.

Chris

adam · Senior Member

Hi Chris,

Thanks for the comments on the day mate

Rob, Kev and yourself are skill full riders so i was surprised and a bit sad to see you guys go hmm

hope you come back there again and give it a try some other time.

I won't take the p*** and call you all a bunch of fannies biggrin

Everyone who rode there fell off LOL including me, i flew up the steep chicken run, got air and hit the right hand bank, then a guy who was on my ass rode right over my front forks/wheel, cheeky git! was funny though biggrin

I really love riding that circuit, especially in the dry when everyone really starts getting on pace and racing each other, there wasn't much racing today, just surviving.

Chris M · Senior Member

Hi Adam,

To be honest we were a bunch of fannies. I will be back when it's dry.

Chris

Captain Slow · Senior Member

Well that confirms it Chris...after seeing you drink a small red wine when the MEN were drinking pints I thought that you might be a bit of a fanny biggrin

. Did you ask Gerald for a refund if you only rode one lap? Bob.

Vitalmax · Guru

Way too sloshy to get any fun out of it. All that for a tenner. We need our own webcam installed and remote weather station that we can log into to determine whether it will be a fun day or not before setting out.

Must be the first time I have motored the wrong way up a track, but needs must.

tomh · Guru

Sounds like a real challenge.

I was gutted to miss it, im currently sat here with an ice pack on my ankle wishing it would hurry up and heal!

I spent the day servicing the bike and trying to get my headlight to work to no avail!

Fixer · Tribune

So when's the next date? confuse

Tibby · Senior Member

every 2nd sunday, so the next is 31st May I think.

Gerald Venning.
Lower Birch Farm,
Weir Quay.
01822 840755 or 07740 168584.

No he dont give refunds if you only get 1 lap in, as I found out when I first got the 525 and I couldn't bearly sit on it let alone manage more than 1 lap! in the brambles, in the nettles, in the stream, in to the sky, through the gorse bushes but fortunatly I can say NOT in to the trees!!!

Have been back since so it wasn't really that bad, but wasn't in the mood for excessive wear and tear on the body so only got 6 or 7 laps in!

Chris M · Senior Member

Small Red wine!!!

And I thought you were buying me a large one, next time it will be half pints for you Cap'n

froggerbiker · Guru

the track looks good may be i should have put on the new tire as mine has lack of tread lol, anyways i did have a close look at the grass on the way home good job it was wet and soft .saved a good day chris thanks for leading us bud see you all soon