2012
Family of Man Sculpture
Family of Man sculpture in Snape Maltings. Websites: Grim Riders Web Site Sculpture Trail Ride Google Map
2012
First Fleet Sculpture
First Fleet Sculpture in Portsmouth. Websites: Grim Riders Web Site Sculpture Trail Ride Google Map
2012
Crucifixion Sculpture
Crucifixion Sculpture in Winchester Websites: Grim Riders Web Site Sculpture Trail Ride Google Map
2012
South West England Sculpture Trail
Bob, Bonzo and Andy decided to head down to London and then around the South West England to pick up all the Grim Riders sculptures in the area. Websites: Grim Riders Web Site Sculpture Trail Ride Google Map
2012
Orbit Sculpture
Orbit Sculpture in Stratford, London Websites: Grim Riders Web Site Sculpture Trail Ride Google Map
2012
Aberystwyth
March 2012 and it’s one of the first nice days of the year so we decided a nice trip to the seaside was in order, the ride to Aberystwyth was just what the doctor ordered to help blow away the winter blues (and a the full English breakfast helped too!)
2012
Heavens Gate Sculpture
The sculptures for this Millennium project were made by sculptor Paul Norris who worked on them for two years. The granite comes from Mabe in Cornwall. This is the central sculpture of the installation. Websites: Grim Riders Web Site Sculpture Trail Ride Google Map
2012
Alliance Sculpture
Alliance is a 25 metres (82 ft) high sculpture in the centre of Cardiff, Wales. It was created by French artist Jean-Bernard Metais. The sculpture consists of a large stainless steel and enamelled metal arrow column and a hoop, which glows in the dark, and falls and rises with the Read more…
2012
Spring Sculpture
Spring in Leamington Spa had been commissioned to reinstate the site of the original Spa. The town centre is in the process of substantial urban regeneration and the public art commission is the most demonstrative expression of the regeneration program. The work’s title is a clue as to its intention. Read more…
2012
Quantum Leap Sculpture
The Quantum Leap sculpture is situated next to the River Severn in Shrewsbury. It was created to celebrate the bicentenary of evolutionist Charles Darwin who was born in Shrewsbury in 1809. The Sculpture was unveiled by Randal Keynes, the great-great-Grandson of Charles Darwin. The sculpture is 12 metres (40 feet) Read more…
2011
Motorcycle Live NEC 2011
Just a couple of photos from our annual winter pilgrimage to the NEC in Birmingham to attend this year’s Motorcycle Live show. As usual there were loads of bikes, loads of stands selling bike stuff and loads of ladies attempting to tempt us.
2011
Stonehenge
On one of the warmest days of the year, instead of staying indoors and cool we decided to head south and have a wander around Wiltshire. Go figure! We started the day by meeting up with Ray and Bonzo at George White Motorcycles (now known as Blade Honda) in Swindon, Read more…
2011
Eley’s Pork Pies, Ironbridge
Another surprisingly warm Saturday in September and while we were seated around Bob’s kitchen table drinking tea and putting the world to rights and Bob happened to mention that he fancied a pasty from Eley’s Pork Pies in Ironbridge, this was like a red rag to a bull, the mention Read more…
2011
Restormel Castle, Cornwall
Bob, Bonzo and Andy headed to Cornwall at bag Restormel Castle as part of this years Grim Riders Castles Ride. The ride down to Cornwall wasn’t anything special to read or in fact write about except to say that when you have over 500 miles to cover in a day, Read more…
2011
Elan Valley
After a breakfast stop at Bringsty Cafe on the A44 near Worcester we headed along the A44 and into Elan Valley for a ride around the dams and reservoirs. Website: www.elanvalley.org.uk @Elan_Valley on twitter Elan Valley on Facebook
2011
France and Spain – 2011
Bob, Bonzo, Chinny and Ray headed south across France and Spain in search of some great roads and even greater beer.
2011
Dolbadarn Castle, Llanberis
Dolbadarn Castle is a fortification built by the Welsh prince Llywelyn the Great during the early 13th century, at the base of the Llanberis Pass, in North Wales. The castle was important both militarily and as a symbol of Llywelyn’s power and authority. The castle features a large stone keep, Read more…
2011
Carisbrooke Castle, Isle of Wight
Bob, Bonzo and Andy headed south to the Isle of Wight and bagged Carisbrooke Castle as part of this years Grim Riders Castles Ride. Websites: Grim Riders Web Site Grim Riders Castles Ride 2011 Google Map English Heritage
2011
Aberystwyth
It was a fantastic sunny day so we decided to head to the seaside after a breakfast stop at Bringsty Cafe on the A44 near Worcester and we headed West along the fantastic A44 all the way to Aberystwyth for ice cream and a nice cold diet coke.
2011
Kenilworth Castle
Kenilworth Castle is located in the town of the same name in Warwickshire, England. Constructed from Norman through to Tudor times, the castle has been described by architectural historian Anthony Emery … Wikipedia Websites: Grim Riders Web Site Grim Riders Castles Ride 2011 Google Map English Heritage Visitor Information
2011
Beeston & Conisbrough Castles
On a very cold March morning, the collection assembled in preparation for the start of this years Grim Riders challenge ride, this year we be looking for castles! After a ride up to Whitchurch for a splendid breakfast at the Midway Truck Stop our next destination was Beeston Castle 16 Read more…
2011
Skenfrith Castle, Wales
We started the day (and also the year) by meeting up at Jo’s Cafe Nr Ross-on-Wye (one of a favorite cafes) for a good old fashioned Full English breakfast before setting our Sat Nav’s to stun (or more accurately Skenfrith) to bag our first location in this years Grim Riders MCC Read more…
2010
Barry Island
Another day and another trip to the seaside but, truth be told Bonzo is such a fan of Gavin and Stacey (a UK sitcom that’s based in Barry Island) we decided that we would take a ride down to Barry Island and see ‘What’s Occurin‘
2010
Aberystwyth
“I Do Like To Be Beside The Seaside” is all we could hear down the phone when I was talking to Bonzo this morning, so we took this as a hint that the big lad from Wales wanted an ice cream and a paddle in the sea. Never one to Read more…
2010
Scottish Battlefields, part 2
In June Bob and Bonzo spent a long weekend in Scotland exploring the area and taking their evidence photos for this years Grim Riders Battlefields Ride, unfortunately Rig and Chinny were unable to tag along at the time but they still needed to visit the 6 battlefields that Bob and Read more…
2010
Fowlers Motorcycles
This Saturday we decided to take a break from the usual routine of heading somewhere for breakfast and then maybe moving onto some other place interesting that was until we all met up at Bobs and decided to screw that idea as we were hungry. We arranged to meet Bonzo Read more…
2010
Aberystwyth
It’s June so it must be time to go and play in the sand at the seaside, if you’re a long suffering reader of this website you may have noticed that Aberystwyth in Wales is probably the most common place that we visit, I might be something to do with the roads Read more…
2010
Scottish Battlefields
Bob and Bonzo both had a free weekend so they decided to explore Scotland and bag the 6 Grim Riders Battlefields Ride locations at the same time. After a very early start on a Friday morning they headed up the M6 a bagging the Battle of Solway Moss near Longtown in Cumbria they Read more…
2010
South East Battlefields
This year’s Grim Riders charity motorcycle ride theme is based around 15 British battlefields, 3 of which were located near London and the south east, so we decided to make a weekend of it visiting these battlefields and enjoying the ride, starting first in the traditional RigsVille way with a Read more…
2010
Battle of the Boyne, Ireland
Well where shall I start? Bonzo came up from Cardiff on Friday afternoon and we parked the bikes on the drive ready for an early start, after a nice meal and a few beers of to bed around 12ish! We were going to leave about 6am but as we were Read more…