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Obviously, it's the motors. - PA144858.JPG
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You can even wander round this one - PA144846.JPG
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That's the transformer - PA144850
That's the chock that stops this thing rolling around - PA144875
The circuit breakers at the substation, this one's for Roni - PA144864
I've long wondered what's in these bits. Why do you need an office on a mining machine? - PA144835.JPG
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I expected more buttons in the control room - PA144839.JPG
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Turns out rural central European level crossings don't have lights. Less signposted than road crossings! - PA144840
It's excellent. I'm going back. - PA154967.JPG
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This one's from my unecessary detour into Czechia, just because it was so nearby - PA144869
I'm sure there's people that absolutely _love_ these things poking up out of a nature reserve! - PA144876.JPG
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Jelenia Gora; I was told by a few people to come here; it's the portal for all the skiing and other stuff that goes on in the Polish bit of the Sudete mountains. - IMG 20191014 124944
My favouritely-named shop - PA144831
This is a collection of Soviet-era mining machines - PA144805
Another of Germany's forests of turbines! - PA144833.JPG
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Monday morning was glorious sunshine - IMG 20191014 130304
I heard you liked boats so ... - PA144827
Ferropolis! The one waypoint I'd planned before I left - PA154921
This was the last day, though, and those are always a bit more rushed, with an actual looming deadline. This is on the way out of Gorlitz in Poland! - PA144828.JPG
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I'd meant to stay in Dresden, but didn't find anywhere so I stayed just outside it, then quickly paused here for a token photo on my way. Save it for the return leg! - PA092591
20 minutes down the road, the DRZ picked another wonderful spot to conk out! - PA102630.JPG
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Roni's got comfortable for some diagnosis. This is why he has the hi-viz booties. - PA102627
... and it's all fixed! - PA154982
And, being in the mountains, it has some lovely roads - PA112735
Finally, Roni got some of the wet and sticky mud he was pleased to have avoided for the past week. - PA102624.JPG
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Naturally, when Roni fixes his bike the test-ride is to a steam railway - PA102618
After *hours* of carb fettling that, in hindsight, couldn't possibly have been the actual required-fix, Roni finds a clear and definite problem - two out of those five wires are broken! One is one of the phases from the alternator (hence no battery charging) and the other is the low-tension for the coil (hence barely-running) - PA112733.JPG
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Sensibly, I rode round this... - PA102653.JPG
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Couple of crimps (well, three crimps and a chocolate-block in the end)... - PA092590
Soft panniers slowly becoming hard panniers.... - PA102635.JPG
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Halfords couldn't get a battery for the DRZ, but this man could get one delivered within 3 hours! - PA102655.JPG
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Found a shop and got it fixed, took no photos - PA122751
Post-Salisbury it got all leafy again as we zipped through Bucks up to Basingstoke - PA082500.JPG
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Like something out of kids TV, this is a small red Royal Mail van waiting at a level crossing for a steam engine... - PA112681.JPG
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Proof, post-taffy, that I can cross puddles without drowning the bike - PA102608
Ah, yes, a hostel! - PA102643.JPG
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Where Wales has dramatic scenery, the forest of dean and the cotswolds is just really *nice* - IMG 20181012 094943 5
It'd felt funny for a while, but now was making that sort of metal-on-metal noise that means a wheel bearing needs to be replaced - PA112680.JPG
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On the last day, finally the Mighty XT needed a break - PA102602
This, apparently, is a hostel. Despite obviously being an English Heritage castle. - PA122748
A week ago we'd have been in the left rut. We've both already had wet boots all week... - PA112688
From Swindon to Salisbury, the lanes are long, clear, and a bit flat-out. Need to frequently stop to calm down... - PA112732.JPG
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With the wheel off to get the tyre sorted, it turned out the strap had interfered with the chainguard - PA122745
So it was straight back to the ranges! Sending Roni out first, just in case. - PA082499.JPG
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The cotswolds does have the od abrupt descent, though - PA082507.JPG
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This climb was a complete arse, only made better by the realisation that it's meant to be a descent - PA102642.JPG
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Also, sheep - PA112689
The ridgway was closed because of a seasonal TRO, but it's hard to imagine that it's better than the alternative here. - PA112739.JPG
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New battery in, Roni starts wondering why the bike's *still* not running right... - PA122753.JPG
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