18 July 2009
John & I met up at Meechok Plaza for what was obviously going to be a little bit of a wet ride, from looking at the sky in front of us but we didn’t know it was going to be so muddy.
We made our way up the 1001, the 121 and then across to the [...]
11 July 2009
Saturday is a great day to ride, if you had breakfast already. But for John, as usual, it was a nightmare as he was starving well before lunch time and there were no places open to eat.
We met up on the 1317 near the junction with the 1006 and road up the 1317 and took [...]
4 July 2009
Another nice ride with John today. Starting out near Ban Thi, we meandered up towards San Kampaeng stopping at many reservoirs along the way.
First stop was Mae Tip Reservoir which we rode to on un-numbered irrigation canal roads. This one I had not been to before but John told me this was where he often [...]
29 June 2009
A gloomy Sunday afternoon ride to Mae Wang, searching for the little known Wooden Temple.
After a week of sad and emotional grieving and loss of Dad, today I rode for the first time in a week, for therapy.
I headed south from Hang Dong to San Patong and then took the 1013 right towards Mae Wang.
This [...]
20 June 2009
Today I came to the realisation that other bikers could have made my life easier by telling me about something I had not understood before despite it being so blatantly obvious
Roads you ride, I thought go from A to B, B to C & so on. And for all my life I have used this [...]
17 June 2009
The plate is finally on the bike. And yes I like the number 17!
I’m a tourist rider, so I just keep stopping where & when I want to take a happy snap.
I took the 108 down to Chom Thong and after a coffee at the pump, I u-turned and took the 1009 road to Doi [...]
14 June 2009
A simple ride on the Wave, from the 121 where it crosses the Ping River down to Saraphi and then back up the other side.
We stopped for coffee’s, food and photo’s and put the world to rights on along the way. If your ears were burning, maybe you know why.
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12 June 2009
Making the most of the fine weather and some freedom, I rode up the 1269 again and my first stop was to take a photo of a familiar place to a dear friend in England. Then, just after passing American Pacific International School before the shops on the right, I turned right up a concrete [...]
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11 June 2009
Just another shortie this morning up 1269 towards Samoeng and then a left at the top of the climb before the descent into the hairpins.
Kevin had told me about the Takatan Caves but I had never been and today on this trip I thought I might pay them a visit.
Wrong ! Saw the sign near [...]
10 June 2009
The morning was sunny but I was well aware of the amount of rain we have had overnight, so there were no surprises when I saw a bit of mud today.
I took the curves on the Samoeng Road (1269) up to just before the SCB Training facility and at the sharp left, I took the [...]
