Reservoir Hogs!

Four bikers came together in 2010 on US Route 66. In the summer of 2012, they take to the road again Follow the exploits of the four, Neill (a.k.a. Woody), David (a.k.a. Biggsey), Bill (a.k.a. Dudley) and Pat (a.k.a. Grizzly), as they wend their way down highway and byway through 5 countries to complete their tour of the UK and Ireland. Why Reservoir Hogs? Along the tour they'll be visiting the Reservoirs of Wales, the Lakes of England, the Lochs of Scotland and the Loughs of Ireland.

Friday, 20 July 2012

Day 1

Bit late this, due to the fact that my mobi ran out of juice and the room in the hostel had no power socket! What do you expect for £17pppn?

Anyway, day 1 was, in parts wet but mainly dry. We seemed to have been quite lucky. However, very grey and quite chilly. More like autumn than summer!

Main attracttions were Elan Valley reservoirs, which were quite stunning and the feeding of the Red Kites. What sight to behold, fantastic creatures. Thanks to Biggsey for this part of the trip.

Hostel very basic but adequate. We met up with Simon and Viv, our Route 66 buddies in Betws and had a great evening remeniscing. Dudley took a shine to our rude but nevertheless friendly and entertaining waitress and somehow managed to blag a loo roll off her!!! The toilet at the hostel was paper free!

A nice meal and some local ale went down a treat. Day 2 sees us head back into England.