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L'orange · Devon's Best

Torotrail

TTR · Powermonger!!

Told you so wink

How did you get on with the WR250R then?

Big T · Expert

Been there, done that.

And I too had a great time - a nice bunch of people.

When are you thinking of? I'm already booked for a Spain trip (Touratrail, not Torotrail this time) in Early December, but would not be averse to another little jaunt should the timing fit.

Thanks,

Alex

-- Edited by Big T on Saturday 15th of October 2011 04:53:39 PM

L'orange · Devon's Best

TTR wrote:
Told you so
How did you get on with the WR250R then?

Yeah Yeah yawn

The WR's were excellent, like little mountain goats, if fact i'm thinking of supermoto'ing the 450 and getting one for the lanes, if only to keep up with Magic Muller

L'orange · Devon's Best

Big T wrote:
Been there, done that.
And I too had a great time - a nice bunch of people.
When are you thinking of? I'm already booked for a Spain trip (Touratrail, not Torotrail this time) in Early December, but would not be averse to another little jaunt should the timing fit.
Thanks,
Alex

-- Edited by Big T on Saturday 15th of October 2011 04:53:39 PM

It will be next year after the rains have finnished but before it gets to hot

peckers · Clubman B

I went with them 4 yrs ago and it was excellent! I could be up for this if the dates are right for me. let me know what dates you are thinkong off?
cheers

phil400 · Clubman A

i'm off out there in febuary.........but could be interested in going again!

L'orange · Devon's Best

Few more bits of info;

Thursday flight are quite a bit cheaper than friday flights, and the return can be either Sunday or Monday, but the extra days riding will increase the price;

Waiting for Lydon to get back to me, but i know he's off on a morocco trip.

Thursday 29^th March 2012. (Outbound)

Friday 30^th March 2012

Saturday 31^st March 2012

Sunday 1^st April

Monday 2^nd april 2011. (inbound)

Possible riders

Me

Debbie

Wacky

Paul Studley

Alex Tooze

Steve Peckers Peck

Phil phil400 Cann

Nick schofield

Dan fulford

Possible Flight costs

£152.00 easy jet, from Bristol.

£108.00 flybe from exeter(back on Monday 2^nd april)

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phil400 · Clubman A

just booked the flights for febuary and they were about £150 return for two of us!
thats out on a friday and back on monday, but prices can vary greatly

L'orange · Devon's Best

who with & where from?

phil400 · Clubman A

bristol to malaga, easyjet
its a 6 45 am flight on the friday and we get back around 12 30 on the monday

when we were just looking into the idea about 6 weeks ago the flights were about the same prices as your talking about, guess its a quiet time of year so they made them cheaper the closer to the depature date?

L'orange · Devon's Best

They dont half bugger around with the prices you flight is now showing £145 disbelief .

I kinda like the Flybe idea cos its from zeceter and flybe are much better.

Anyway spooks is on telly so thats me for tonight wink wink

L'orange · Devon's Best

Quick update;

The previous dates are unavailible so we are now looking at;

Thursday 5^th April 2012. (Outbound)

Friday 6^th April 2012

Saturday 7^th April 2012

Sunday 8^th April April

Monday 9th April 2011. (inbound)

This is easter bank holiday which could be better or worse depending on your point of view.

The good news is there are several flights during thursday and friday so you could literaly arrive when you want.

Still waiting for prices.

L'orange · Devon's Best

Ok Guys, so here's the deal.

You can fly out on either Thursday or Friday, there are flights from exeter (flybe), or Bristol (Easyjet). Ryan Air may also fly from Bristol. The sooner you book the cheaper it is, Simples!

It will be your responsibility to book a flight.

The tototrail cost will be;

2 days riding 3 nights accommodation £399
3 days riding 4 nights accommodation £499

This includes

Airport pickup
Accomodation
Breakfast
Lunch
Bikes fuel and all riding gear
Excellent run leader and riding advice (should it be needed)
Return to airport

The guys will jump in the minibus and we all go our for evening meal (around e25 per night).

What i need is £100 deposit for Torotrail asap, (the longer you leave it the less chance of there being availablility for you) The balance is payable in cash on arrival.

Thursday 5^th April 2012. (Outbound)

Friday 6^th April 2012

Saturday 7^th April 2012

Sunday 8^th April April

Monday 9th April 2011. (inbound)

Thats the painfull bit, now for the fun;

Both Lyndon, Baz & Caz are realy cool friendly people, Debbie and me were very well looked after and wanted for nothing.

The riding is amazing and to be honest most people who visit have less ability than the average DTRF trail rider.

At no point did i feel out classed or intimidated by right hand merchants, in fact quite the opposite, I spent two days with a bunch of northern road bikers who we got to know and had a good laugh with, after 8 hours riding and a couple of ice cold beers what more could you want.

It aint cheep but it is a good adventure in capable hands, to go back with a few Devon group boys & girls would be awesome.

Booked so far;

Me

Debbie

Danny boy Fulford

L'orange · Devon's Best

Booked so far;

Me

Debbie

Dan

Chris C

Noel (TBC)

Anyone else interested?

Big T · Expert

Still waiting to see what's happening with our Tauratrail trip - apparently Steve has broken his collar bone, so they are offering other operators instead - may even end up back with Torotrail earlier than planned! If we do, then another trip to the same place so soon after may not be what we want.

danfulford · Clubman B

any more for any more?

Big T · Expert

Big T wrote:
Still waiting to see what's happening with our Tauratrail trip - apparently Steve has broken his collar bone, so they are offering other operators instead - may even end up back with Torotrail earlier than planned! If we do, then another trip to the same place so soon after may not be what we want.

Looks like we're going to Dust Devils instead. I was looking forward to riding the Husky 310, but we'll just have to 'Orange' it instead. there's a choice of engine sizes available which might be interesting.

Get put up in a 5* Hotel on the beach too! Hope it's sunny.

I'll report back in a couple of weeks ...

Big T · Expert

Well we all survived it (almost) uninjured.

As Dust Devils is situated quite close to Torotrail it was inevitable that we would be riding some of the same area that we did last year. Not really an issue, as the scenery is stunning and there is a huge area available.

Riding KTM EXC's, 250/400/450. I have to say that I was very impressed with the bikes, and overall preferred the 250 which was plenty for what we were doing. Apparently the 400 was very good though. Even L-plate Richard riding a 125 smoker found it sufficient for the off-road bits and only struggled to keep up when lying in a ditch!

We rode for a couple of days with a great bunch of lads from Leeds, with a range of experience between them. On the 2nd & 3rd day, we were joined by Steve Scopes, a British Enduro Champion from '92/93 who rode down to Spain on his GS1200 for the weekend. Although he may not have done much offroad for 18 years, and hasn't kept up the strict fitness regime that he used to, he was still doing very well.

One very unfortunate episode saw one of the Glenns from Leeds fly over the bars on a descent and briefly knock himself out, tearing his shoulder muscle in the process. We wish you a rapid recovery Glenn!

I even managed to ride a few miles on one of the rocky, sandy mountain passes with a completely flat front tyre, and really couldn't understand why I was finding it so difficult to get around the corners! I thought I'd lost the technique completely, but was relieved to find it was not me but the bike.

Anyway, here's a short clip of (the other) Glenn finally getting his bike to the top of a climb following a few dramatic 'almost-there' attempts:

We had a very good few days with Dust Devils - the hotel was nice, and Marbella was actually very pleasant out of season, particularly the old town. Not sure I'd want to go there when it's full of partying Brits though. Try to find a bar away from the main streets, and save significant amounts of dosh.

Having ridden the same area twice in a year, we'll probably be looking to go somewhere a little different for our next one, so I won't be joining you at Torotrail. I hope you have a good time, though.

-- Edited by Big T on Friday 9th of December 2011 10:18:31 PM