Ride diary

Every trip, processed into a chronological story — maps, photos, short films, and the write-up.

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  2026-08-16

  Looping North Wales from Plealey on the Honda CB1000GT

  There I am, red gloves, dark jacket, keys jingling by the Honda CB1000GT on Plealey's Shrewsbury Road.

  Plealey · Shrewsbury Road · A488 · A5 · Holyhead Road · A4086

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  2026-07-11

  A loop out of Plealey (take 4)

  Newtown and Llanllwchaiarn on the Pool Road, and I’m passing that white car with ease.

  Plealey · Shrewsbury Road · Main Road · A488 · B4386 · Chirbury Road

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  2026-07-11

  Stiperstones to St David's Road — Summer Loop (take 3)

  Brockton on the B4499, keeping up the 44. Stiperstones junction, B4386, holding the line. Pontesbury village, Minsterley Road, steady hands. Minsterley on Leigh Road, 37 mph in a 50 stretch, leaning 25 degrees.

  Plealey · Shrewsbury Road · Main Road · A488 · B4499 · B4386

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  2026-07-11

  Stiperstones to St David's Road — Summer Loop (take 2)

  Brockton on the B4499, keeping up the 44. Stiperstones junction, B4386, holding the line. Pontesbury village, Minsterley Road, steady hands. Minsterley on Leigh Road, 37 mph in a 50 stretch, leaning 25 degrees.

  Plealey · Shrewsbury Road · Main Road · A488 · B4499 · B4386

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  2026-07-11

  A loop out of Plealey (take 1)

  A mate on a bike meets me on the Leigh Road at Minsterley, keeping it a gentle 37. I pull a clean overtake past Chirbury on the B4386. The Honda Hornet CB1000SP leans 22 degrees into the Chirbury scenery on the B4386. The landscape rolls by as I switch to the Montgomery Road. ...another day in the life of the Scripting Paddy. Mind how you go.

  Plealey · Shrewsbury Road · Main Road · Station Road · B4386 · Pool Road

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  2026-06-28

  Lake Vyrnwy & Dinas Mawddwy — the Fable Cut

  The same Sunday loop, rebuilt on the v3 agentic pipeline — the cut that set the quality bar every take since has been measured against.

  Pontesbury · Lake Vyrnwy · Dinas Mawddwy · Mallwyd · Welshpool · Montgomery

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  2026-06-28

  Lake Vyrnwy & Dinas Mawddwy — the Director's Cut

  The Director's Cut: the same Sunday loop, re-narrated with every quip timed to what is actually on screen.

  Pontesbury · Lake Vyrnwy · Dinas Mawddwy · Mallwyd · Welshpool · Montgomery

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  2026-06-28

  Lake Vyrnwy & Dinas Mawddwy — a Sunday loop into Wales

  One Honda Hornet, a clear Sunday, and the hills of mid-Wales — out to Lake Vyrnwy, lunch at Dinas Mawddwy under the Bwlch y Groes, the long southern road home, and a reel of every biker who nodded back.

  Pontesbury · Lake Vyrnwy · Dinas Mawddwy · Mallwyd · Welshpool · Montgomery

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  2026-04-12

  The Ireland Hornet Trip, 2026

  One Honda Hornet, two cameras, and the Irish Sea in the middle — up Ireland's west from Tipperary to Mayo, then the long road home through Dublin, the ferry, and Holyhead.

  Tipperary · Limerick · Clare · Galway · Mayo · Dublin · Holyhead

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  2024-01-27

  A Winter Run to Aberdovey

  A winter Saturday loop of mid-Wales — out from Pontesbury over the Berwyns to Bala, down to the Cambrian coast for lunch in Aberdovey, and the long way home through Welshpool. About 157 miles.

  Pontesbury · Bala · Aberdovey · Tywyn · Welshpool

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  2024-01-05

  A New Year Ride to the Coast

  A crisp New Year ride on the Africa Twin — the full loop — Pontesbury out to Aberdovey and the coast, then home via Bala and Shrewsbury. About 162 miles (films are the 360 outward leg).

  Pontesbury · Welshpool · Aberdovey · Tywyn · Dolgellau

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  2023-06-21

  The Longest-Day Loop

  Near enough the longest day of the year, wall-to-wall sun, and a full day's mid-Wales loop on the Honda CRF300L. All about the flow — a stack of overtakes, the summer swarm of oncoming bikes, and village after sunlit village. About 85 miles. No GPS — route reconstructed from the footage.

  Shropshire · mid-Wales

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  2023-06-19

  A Summer Morning on the Welsh Roads

  A warm summer morning on the Honda CRF300L — a quick mid-Wales loop, blue skies and dry roads, plenty of oncoming bikes, a run of overtakes and sunlit villages (and an emergency vehicle to make room for). About 65 miles. No GPS — route reconstructed from the footage.

  Shropshire · mid-Wales

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  2023-04-15

  The Elan Valley dams — The Editor's Cut

  The same Elan Valley day, recut with the tools tuned since — undistorted forward framing, the rider bubble upright and top-centre, every view stabilised — and the moments the first pass missed now shown in full: a river crossing, an ambulance, and a stop with the police.

  Pontesbury · Rhayader · Elan Valley · Cambrian Mountains

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  2023-04-15

  A run to the Elan Valley dams

  A proper day out on the little Honda CRF300L — from Pontesbury down through mid-Wales to Rhayader and the Elan Valley, a loop around the Victorian dams and reservoirs in the Cambrian Mountains, and the long road home. No GPS; about 200 km over 4h18m.

  Pontesbury · Rhayader · Elan Valley · Cambrian Mountains

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  2023-04-07

  A Proper Spring Day Out

  The first really good spring day of 2023 on the Honda CRF300L — a full day's mid-Wales loop, blue skies and dry roads, well over a hundred oncoming bikes, villages, a market town and miles of open road. About 85 miles. No GPS — route reconstructed from the footage.

  Shropshire · mid-Wales

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  2023-03-25

  A Spring Saturday and a Hundred Bikes

  A bright spring Saturday on the Honda CRF300L and seemingly every biker in Wales out too — the camera clocked nearly a hundred oncoming bikes. A mixed mid-Wales loop: fast tarmac, a green-lane byway, riverside lanes and stone villages, about 77 miles. No GPS — route reconstructed from the footage.

  Shropshire · mid-Wales · green lanes

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  2023-02-17

  Blue Skies and a Reservoir Run

  A rare blue-sky February afternoon on the Honda CRF300L — a loop into the mid-Wales hills to a reservoir, a stone causeway right across the water, a few overtakes and quiet villages. About 78 miles. No GPS — route reconstructed from the footage.

  Shropshire · mid-Wales · a reservoir

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  2023-02-04

  Green Lanes and Welsh Hills — a Wet Winter Loop

  An early, wet February Saturday on the little Honda CRF300L — a mixed loop of mid-Wales tarmac lanes and a green-lane byway, about 108 miles out one way and home another. Rain on the lens, empty hills, a string of Welsh villages. No GPS — route reconstructed from the footage.

  Shropshire · mid-Wales · green lanes

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  2023-01-28

  A Winter Blast to the Welsh Coast

  A cold, dry Saturday in January on the little Honda CRF300L — west out of Shropshire to the Cardigan Bay coast and home a different way, about 146 miles of empty mid-Wales lanes. Half the biking world had the same idea (ninety-odd oncoming bikes), plus a fire engine and a string of stone villages. No GPS — the route is reconstructed from the footage.

  Shropshire · mid-Wales · Cardigan Bay