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Henrik said :-
Nice Rod ,.. the houses looks like growing out of the cliff ??
Very charming
07/10/2025 10:33:53 UTC
Ian Soady¹ said :-
Just past the pic are some stone age caves in the cliff face which are interesting but not as much as Lascaux - to my eyes anyway.
07/10/2025 12:29:21 UTC
Upt'North ¹ said :-
The Pan in the Dordogne Ed. It looks a bit like Derbyshire?
07/10/2025 12:58:16 UTC
Ren - The Ed¹ said :-
A bit like Derbyshire Upt? Does that mean when you go into a shop they always say "Bonjour mon Canard"(ie Hello my duck)?
08/10/2025 13:19:56 UTC
Upt'North ¹ said :-
Or in Derbyshire proper, "ay up me duck".
08/10/2025 15:10:56 UTC
Ren - The Ed¹ said :-
I couldn't work out how a French person would use the colloquial "Ay up". I'm sure the French will have their own peculiar phrases, I don't know enough French folk to ask.
08/10/2025 16:55:36 UTC
Upt'North ¹ said :-
No need to worry ya'self Ed, the Dordoggnee is all posh and expensive.....you wouldn't like it.
I'm sorry for using the word "expensive". I seem to remember other than lunch we just rode though it, maybe to the Lot region (?), dunno it was a long while ago.
08/10/2025 17:09:38 UTC
Ren - The Ed¹ said :-
Expensive you say? Well that'll explain why ROD is there, he's posh with his big Beemer.
08/10/2025 19:10:20 UTC
Ian Soady¹ said :-
Ça va would be near enough methinks.
09/10/2025 10:04:12 UTC
Ren - The Ed¹ said :-
"Ça va mon canard"? I wonder if someone from the Dordogne region is reading this with a quizzical look on their face?
09/10/2025 12:29:55 UTC
Upt'North ¹ said :-
If anyone is after a cheap winter bike check out the for sales on Vstrom.co.uk, check out the Greybeard offering.
But be quick.
10/10/2025 11:06:53 UTC
Ren - The Ed¹ said :-
If it's the one for £600 - as non members we can see the conversation but I can't see any of the photos.
10/10/2025 12:24:19 UTC
Upt'North ¹ said :-
Your wish is my command.
10/10/2025 12:43:36 UTC
Ren - The Ed¹ said :-
It certainly looks like a lot of bike for £600! You should buy it as a spare Upt'.
11/10/2025 08:58:04 UTC
Ian Soady¹ said :-
I liked the earlier generation 650 V-strom I had a lot. I think they're undervalued.
11/10/2025 10:03:54 UTC
kiwiJeff said :-
Not the Dordogne in the below picture but still quite pretty for a sheep farming area. The gravel roads have finally dried out enough for me so got the Inazuma out for a slide around. I need the practice after parking the Bandit in a wet roadside ditch leaving one of favorite country cafes last week! In mitigation, the carpark gravel was deep marbles, the gravel access road had a highish camber, I approached the exit road at a 45 degree angle from the carpark so had to turn to straighten up, but lack of attention was probably the main problem because I complaining to my mate on the intercom that the steak and mushroom pie had gone up in price by a pound since my last visit 3 months ago! Apparently all our beef is going to the USA to make burgers! Lying down under the Bandit laughing my head off as it was all so stupid I did remember to turn the bike off. Lifting the bike up was a drama as the grassy ditch was full of water. No damage just mud here and there on the bike and very muddy boots. The rest of the fairly quickly ridden 280 km ride was without drama so a good day. My last bike lie down was stopped outside a cafe 5 years ago when I forgot to put my foot down to hold the bike up, but I had had covid,it was a cold winters day and I'd been riding for 2 hours so maybe Covid is a legitimate excuse! Cafes they are a hazard!!
17/10/2025 00:12:55 UTC
kiwiJeff said :-
And just to prove I didn't get the picture off the interwebby thing here is a picture looking the other way with me rocking my wife's colorful helmet. I need to wear her's a bit as it's tight on her head and she is making noises about getting back on the back of the Bandit after the next op has healed up.
17/10/2025 00:22:19 UTC
Ren - The Ed¹ said :-
Good heavens KiwiJeff! Have you considered stabilisers. It's one thing to mess up on gravel on the Bandit, we all make mistakes, but forgetting to put your feet down "due to covid"? Anyhoo, hope the Mrs recovers well from whatever the quacks are doing to her.
17/10/2025 08:03:10 UTC
said :-
You need sidecar outfit Jeff! My Steib should be arriving next week - can't wait.....
17/10/2025 09:40:05 UTC
Upt'North ¹ said :-
Jeff. It was probably the weight of the pie and gravy brain fog. It happens.
I'm no stranger to gravel and riding off road but I wouldn't dream of doing it on a road bike.
You're a brave/foolish pie filled upside down fella.
I've got an urge to make a pie!
Upt.
17/10/2025 11:23:52 UTC
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