Out for a bit of a stroll

I decided to take a walk in the Brecon Beacons just the other side of Christmas as time allowed and I needed to get work well and truly out of my head if I was to stand a chance of enjoying my holiday. Anywho, here's a few piccies. Sadly they do not capture the cold or the strength of the wind, which, on occasion, threatened to blow me off the peaks! Enjoy.

Work continues on the calliper mount

Having made the MDF template, I transferred the shape to a piece of 6mm steel and rough cut it out. The overall length needed to be stretched 20mm to accommodate the kink needed to clear the swing arm. You can see the parallel still on the picture below.

Once the basic shape was cut out and drilled to fit the calliper, I put the piece of steel on a diet and trimmed it down as far as I could. Anywho, this is how it looks now.

I've gone off the idea of bending it now. the minimum kink required is 5mm so I'm thinking of cutting in half and notching 1mm out of one piece before welding the two bits back together. I'll experiment with the MDF template first to see how it looks.

I have to say this is the slowest bit of fabrication known to man... But at least it's progress. More to follow...

A little spot of winter camping

Me and a couple of mates like to meet up mid November for one last camping trip. This year the weather was mild, but boy did it blow up a storm on the Saturday night. Anywho, here's a couple of pictures to paint a story.

The view from my quarters...

... The ever present camp fire...

... Quite excellent roads to explore...

... Home sweet home...

... And finally a picture of Tintern Abbey where I stopped off on my way home for toasted teacakes and a pot for one. Happy days.