Riding the Lincolnshire Bends from Bikers Britain book by Simon Weir
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- Опубликовано: 7 сен 2024
- In this episode we ride the Lincolnshire Bends loop from the book by Simon Weir called Bikers Britain. Its a 53 mile round trip starting and finishing at Market Rasen.
Starting on the B1202 we ride for 14 miles on the Bardney Bends before taking a left turn onto the B1190 where we ride along the Bucknall Bends for 10 miles.
When we reach Horncastle its a left turn again to ride the third stage on the A153 which takes you past the Cadwell Park Race Circuit.
And finally we join the 4th stage by riding the A631 for 13 miles calling in at Willingham Woods.
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I'm an Aussie and I discovered a little while back that my Great great grandfather (x3) was born and came from North Witham Lincolnshire. I had no real idea about North Witham or Licolnshire more generally. So it is so interesting to see you do this ride...really appreciate it....
Pleased you enjoyed it Kim
Aye aye Steve , good to see you out and about again !
Thanks for watching John appreciate it.
Beautiful ride Steve .I must admit it did bring a little tear to my eyes aas you may remember we where due to be in the Uk from last Thursday. Unfortunately I had a health problem that put me back in to hospital and had to cancel our trip . I’m slowly on the mend but it will take a while before I’m back on the bike even here in Australia . We are planning to do the trip in April next year when I’m back on my feet and visiting my cousin in Hagworthingham . Take care ride safe Mal in Australia
Really sorry to hear of your set backs Mal and hope your recovery is a speedy one, always good to hear from you and a big shame you had to cancel this years trip. Fingers crossed for next year my friend stay safe.
Nice again Steve.
Man -bike - bends - sun.
Life is good ✌️
Life is very good when you say it like that my friend.🤣👍
Again, Much appreciated, many thanks. Keep travelling, you are saving me a fortune in petrol !!!! Cheers Neil
Ha ha cheers Neil 👍
Hi, lovely video and weather Steve, I've been enjoying it arround north Wales too, thanks . Gus
North Wales is amazing Gus pleased you enjoyed it.
Nice bike
Cheers appreciate it.
Nice route and roads don’t look in too bad a condition with potholes. Thanks for sharing buddy. 👍
No Alex I was pleasantly surprised at how good the road surfaces were. ride safe my friend.
Back on the bike , happy days.
Oh yes Alan and about time 🤣👍
I remember doing that rout one Sunday with my mates on pushbikes about 65 years ago. Also done them roads on a motorcycle many times over the years and it’s one of my favourite routs. Sometimes also take the road from Bardny to Woodall Spa then back to HORNCASTLE. Thank you for sharing your ride today Steve 👍
Cheers fella and thanks for the heads up on the Woodhall Spa variant, ride safe my friend.
Ye well done Again Steve cracking ride mate looks grate to ride may do that 1 myself, some beautiful scenery in that part of the world ride safe pal cu in next video.
Thanks Peter/Fev well worth a run out my friend.
Great video Steve thank you. Some really good roads up your way and as you say nice scenery. Thanks again and ride safe
Cheers Paul pleased you enjoyed it and thanks for comment, ride safe my friend
Nice video Steve of definitely the best roads round are area
Cheers fella Bardney and Bucknall bends are the best bends around us my friend, ride safe
I have waiting for you, so this was a nice short ride in beautiful weather. Good to see you on the road👍😊
Cheers Johnny and yeah weather couldn't have been any better, here's hoping its here to stay eh.
Compulsive viewing as usual Steve stunning roads your videos are truly awesome !!!!
Cheers Tam pleased you enjoyed it fella. 👍
hi steve i always look forward to seeing your vlogs
Cheers Jon appreciate that my friend.
I only managed half the video yesterday, it inspired me to go for a ride out in the afternoon, I liked this video as I rode to Skegness last week for fish & chips, finishing the video today. I think Lincolnshire may be better than I gave it credit. As I would normally do derbyshire instead, I know the city of Lincoln is nice and would be good for a base, if people aren't from the county.
Your so right Lincolnshire have a great selection of rides to ride.
Nice ride that Steve. I've never turnedright at those lights inRasen. Alwaysstraight through and onto Willy woods. I'll certainly do this route next time. I always like the ends on the a46 betweenmiddle brazen and Lincoln too. We may meet up too, as I live 1 mile out ofScunny to the west!. Sorry about the space bar!.. Andy
Worth a ride Andy without doubt. And yeah prob will bump into each other at some point so come and say hello if we do mate.
Long time no see, good to see you again.
Cheers Joesph its been the weather thats stopped us but lets hope for more sunshine eh.
Great that Steve 👍🏻👍🏻Ride Safe 🤙🤙
Thanks Craig appreciate it mate.
cracking stuff Steve, right on my doorstep too, good to see you out and about fella, take care mate, regards
Cheers Bazza give it a go my friend and ride safe.
Interesting ride that Steve
Cheers fella 👍
Hi Steve. Nice ride out mate. full of info as normal. Thank you. Pleasant 30min watch. Old dave
Cheers Old Dave always nice to hear from you my friend.
@@Steve-Clark no problem mate. I enjoy all your videos. It's like I am on the bike with you
Getting fresh air and scenery. Thank you.
Great video, that’s my cadwell park twice every weekend I start from coningsby to horncastle to Willingham woods, to wragby then loop around back to horncastle same as your trip amazing bends,
Bet there cracking days riding those bends and watching stuff at cadwell. Ride Safe Don
Thanks Steve. Me and Mrs Lakes Biker love your videos always chilled and great vlogs & company on your rides. Ride safe mate 🙏👍🙂🏍
Thanks for taking the time to comment Mr and Mrs Lakes Biker appreciate it.
Another great video.
Cheers Harry 👍
Nice one Steve You got a cracking day for it Thought you had gone solo for a while Cheers
Actually took a third camera to do a back view but forgot to put it on 🙄🤣
Welcome back, Steve. Nice to see you out on the bike again.
Good to be back David 👍
Nice ride out Steve, seeing you with a written route reminds me of my first bike tour in 1988. I had the route written out and stuck onto the petrol tank of my 250 superdream. Route was from Kent to Jedburgh in Scotland😮did it in 1 day, slept well that night for sure. Will look forward to following your adventures, would like to do that ride myself. May take a day trip from Essex, if you are ever Essex way look up Fintchingfield it is a very popular spot with bikers.
Thanks for the positive comment my friend and also for the heads up about Fintchingfield. 👍
Welcome to the new season, nice ride, yes Simon has some great rides to consider, I shall use his books to help with my Scottish tour next year. Thanks Steve, ride safe.
Great books Steve I have used them many times. Have a great Scottish tour my friend.
Agree mate, those books are great, cracking vid will definitely try that route 👍
Those books are my bibles Tim LOL and you won't regret riding this little route my friend.
I've ridden lincolnshire, i enjoyed it.
I live in Somerset and the roads here and in Devon are fantastic.
We have had a tour around Devon and your right some great roads round there my friend.
Ahh - that´s how blue sky looks like!!! Here in southern Germany we´ve had nearly only rain for the last 4 weeks. As a teacher my pupils spent two weeks having a work experience before our Easter Holiday. My job there was to visit them in their different working places and I wanted to use my BMW R 1200RS. Two days were ok, the rest of the two weeks it was raining. Now having 3 weeks Easter holidays this year it´s been raining nearly all holiday so far. Still one week to go but I only have little hope. The weather this year has been dreadful so far.
However my bike is very clean and polished. :-/
Just seen those many villages on your map of that area ending with -thorpe or -by. I guess you know that they were founded by the Vikings. 🙂
Take care, mate!
Yeah the main reason we haven't put out much content this year is exactly that. The weather has either been rain or if not raining to cold to dry out the wet roads. Hope you get out on yours my friend.
And no I did not know that info about the Vikings, always nice to get additional info on things we ride through so cheers for that 👍
@@Steve-Clark I studied English, Geography and History some time ago and I found the English history amazing. The Vikings often left injured warriors back in England and left without them. They found wifes and often founded new villages. Yorvik - today York was the capital of east England some time later. The area used to be called Danelaw because it was under the law of the Vikings/Danes. You might know the Yorvik Viking museum in York. It´s worth visiting on a bike tour to York. I have visited it several times and I´ve always enjoyed it. Take care, mate!
@@DL6UK more good stuff there my friend appreciate it and thanks for the heads up on York museum.
Much snow in the Alps this year, Germany Austria?
@@jeanjacques9980 area Frankfurt / Main
Lincolnshire has some amazing riding/driving roads. best to do them before the lunatics arrive for holiday season. I've got plenty of experience driving and riding these roads visiting my caravan in Chapel St Leonards, after saying that though this one is new to me, one I'll definitely add to my ever growing list of rides.
Cheers Paul enjoy my friend.
@@Steve-Clark I did the route a couple of weeks ago. It's fantastic! I agree with what you said though, you have to be careful with some of those bends as they do jump out at you. Overall though a great ride with lovely scenery. I'll consider taking my new pass (last September) son on this to get him more used to bends. Taking it steady at his pace I think he'll love it!
Great video
Well done 👏
Cheers David pleased you enjoyed it
Crackin ride fab scenery enjoyed.
Cheers Chris pleased you enjoyed it my friend
Nice vid pal..
Cheers Mick
Thank you for posting Steve, amazing the difference a little Sunshine makes
It certainly brings us all out Alistair long may it continue 🤞
Cheers Steve.
It's good to see this route in a video.
I've only ventured down into Lincolnshire once last year with friends on a ride, so not sure where we.went, but some of your video route was familiar.
Definitely the mud on the bends looks the same. 😂😂
As it's only about 1.5hrs away, I'll look to give this route a try.
Thx
G
Thanks for that fella appreciate the input and I have now put a link in description for the gpx file if you ever fancy it my friend.
Appreciate it.
Thx G
Cracking route mate, lovely scenery as you say,keep em coming fella 👍
Ride Safe Mr B 😎🤘
Cheers Baza appreciate that fella
Hi Steve good to see you out and about my friend, every biker should have a copy of his Biker Britain books and his European tour ones as well if they are keen to tour Europe.
A friend of mine contacted Simon and gave him a list of places he wanted to visit in Spain and Portugal last year and Simon planned a route for him ( there was a fee involved ) the lad had a ball
Stay Safe out there my friend .
Hi Norrie the European ones are next on my list to buy my friend,Need to complete the set lol. Ride safe fella
Therapy. Cheers
Ha ha therapy like it fella👍
Cracking weather, great roads and nice vid. Cheers steve👍
Was a great day weather wise, lets hope it continues my friend.
Nice one brother , glad to see your still kicking :))
Stay safe Steve .
Cheers fella that sunshine was a welcome change long may it continue 🤞
Steve the section from Market Rasen to Wragby is definitely not the section of the ride known to us locals as The Bardney bends. Great route have ridden all those roads many times
Thanks Mark so from Wragby to Bardney must be named the bends then, learning all the time my friend.
Great video and route. I hadnt heard of fhe book before, so I'm going see if i can get a copy. Thanks!
All available on Amazon my friend and can't recommend them enough.
Hey Steve. Glad to see you back on the move again. Nice little run out that. You picked a loveley day for it. Thought you were on your own until the GREAT MUZZOLA popped into view. You should get him on camera more often. Look forwad to your forth coming tours with your GANG of mates. Your up there with the most ENTERTAINING YOU TUBERS in my opinion. Plus you tell us where your riding. Not many do that. Keep the SUNNY SIDE up and stay safe. Be nice to bump into you one day. I ride a BMW K1300 GT EE for all my major touring. THANKYOU 👍👍👍 I'm kown as CHARLIE.
Thanks for taking the time to comment Ian and appreciate the input, tried getting Muzzy to get a camera so we can talk while riding and record it but he's to tight lol. If you ever see us out come over and say hey always nice to chat with fella bikers, ride safe my friend.
Another great video Steve. I’ve noticed over time how the 50mph signs have started to pop up on that route recently. Saw you in Ashby a few weeks ago but didn’t have chance to say hello 👍🏍️
Yes the 50mph signs are fast reproducing and in some places needed but a lot of places not. Shame you didn't get chance to say hey as always nice to chat with fella bikers. next time eh.
Nice one Steve. Thank you.
Thanks Vicky pleased you enjoyed it, ride safe lady
Called at the Viking way café at ludford today lovely food
Yeah one of our favs Paul lovely staff and like you say top food. ride safe fella.
I recently spent a short week with Simon Weir, really nice chap. I really ought to buy his books. He has an encyclopaedic knowledge of roads all over UK and Europe, too.
Would love to meet him and yes a very knowledgeable man indeed Ralph 👍
Great to see you out and about again Steve looked a lovely little run that , Simons books are well worth having for some inspiration , thanks for sharing bud
Pleased you enjoyed it Dale the books are spot on mate.
That's a cracking route Steve, some of those roads I've ridden many times and some I've never ridden at all, but maybe I will be doing at some point in the very near future. I've got a few of Simon's books so I'll be plotting this route on the Tomtom and having a ride over from Derbyshire, thanks for sharing 👍
Cheers Steve I've put a link to download the gpx file for the route but dont think tom tom accept those but easy enough to plot my friend.
@@Steve-Clark Good of you to share the gpx file Steve 👍 The TomTom will accept those files, but to be honest I'd created my own route in My Route app and sent that to my sat nav, purely because I wanted a door to door route which incorporated Simon's route along with a couple of extra bits added in. I rode it a couple of days ago and thoroughly enjoyed it 👍
@@stevew3012 happy days Steve know exactly what you mean as the route door to door for us was actually double the length we rode. Have been looking at that Myroute app and it looks quite good but you have to pay 🤣
@@Steve-Clark I did 175 miles in total, can't remember how many of them made up Simon's route but I had a fair few to do to get to my start point at Wragby. I prefer My Route app for planning, I just find it more user friendly than the TomTom software, but yes, it wasn't cheap but for me it was worth it 👍
@@stevew3012 I have a couple of friends use my route app on a yearly gold package which is 35 quid at the minute so may give it a go fella. Ride Safe.
Nice video Steve. My local stomping ground which I did 2 or 3 times on the pan you sold me. Back on an rt now though
Hope you gave the pan a good new home Karl 😀 still miss that bike, ride safe mate.
Great Video as always, thanks Steve. Not done the Lincs Bends for ages. Weather looking good next week so might have a go. There's a few 90s that always catch me out on the Bucknell stretch. Always do it anti-clockwise, must try it other way! Thanks again Steve and ride safe.
Cheers Tucker we have said we will have to have a ride clockwise to as its suprising how different the ride can be. ride safe my friend.
That's my 'back yard' - I didn't realise how lucky I am until you showed me! I ride these all the time to visit friends or to find a bank branch that's still open. By the way the - A631 from Rasen to Louth is soon to be made a 50 limit.
These 50 mph limit's are popping up all over the place nowaday's, some are needed but a lot in my opinion are not Clive.
Lovely route, we usually stop of at Willy woods just outside Market Rasen on the Louth road.
Very popular biker stop Willy woods Tim, thanks for watching my friend.
@@Steve-Clark To extend the route a bit try turning right just after Ludford onto the B1225 towards Caister. Then left onto A46 back to Market Rasen, then left back to Willy woods. Beautiful scenery at this time of year.
@@timholt8141 as we are from the Scunthorpe area we ride the B1225 all the time (great road) and do the A46 occasionally but thanks for that fella.
On Lincolnshire in July. Going to Tattersall lakes with the family.
Tattersall lakes are beautiful my friend ENJOY !!!
Bought one of Simon’s books recently but that was The Tours. Think he’s done a few
Great books my friend.
Nice to see you back out on the bike Steve, always watch your videos great route are you planning any big tours for this year.
Got a few plans this year Dean, ride safe mate.
Another cracking video, steve. if I knew you was passing my front door mate would have put the kettle on and the bacon in the frying pan. then joined you from Horncastle . on my R1200RT. Maybe next time when you over this way. can send you a email address if it can be done privately. so let me know how if you ok with that.
you mention in the video your sat nav is a huge help with those 90 degree bends. you have the bmw own brand sat nav or other. what is your preference. need to GET me a sat nav for my beemer RT WITH GOOD GRAPHICS for my old eyes. what one do you recommend . Happy touring. regards Paul.
Hi Paul got your email mate. My sat nav is the BMW Nav 6 some say they are great others have had problems but touch wood mine has been spot on. I believe the Garmin XT fits staight into our cradle and is a cheaper option and people seem to love this model, hope that helps Paul.
Always a pleasure to watch Steve,
What have you got planned for this year. J.
Pleased you enjoyed it Jason, we have a week booked in a caravan again this year 4 of us 👍
Awesome roads Steve, have a new camera? The quality is amazing
Same old camera Mark think it just looks better when the sun's out mate, which ain't to often 🤣😂
Hi Steve, i will look out for this route in the book. Enjoyed the video. Just out of curiosity, which editing software do you use for your vids? We have just got back from Scotland and want to edit my Go Pro footage for personal use.
Thanks Craig
Hi Craig I use Sony Vegas Pro 14 think it's up to version 18 now but 14 is the one I know and learnt off RUclips. Ride Safe mate.
Great video Steve, thanks for sharing it! 👍👍
Ps. Does the book has links to the gpx files?
Cheers Nelio the GPX files are on his website but he charges a pound each for them. I've put mine for this one in the description my friend.
@@Steve-Clark thank you!! 👍👍
Hi Steve what route planner do you use.
Hi Trevor I use Garmin Basecamp to plan all my trips/tours and taught myself using RUclips tutorials, quite easy I think. Link to download it free is here-
www.garmin.com/en-GB/software/basecamp/
Hope that helps fella.
Thanks Steve
Love your videos mate. What mic do you use as you get low wind noise with an almost open face helmet
Hi Ivan I use the standard Drift Mic but its clipped behind a slightly larger mic thats for the Sena 20S coms device I have so I think the bigger mic protects the smaller one from wind noise a bit. Hope that answers your question. Ride safe my friend.
@@Steve-Clark thanks for the reply. I’ve only just started my chant and have tried all sorts of mic set ups I think I may have finally got the right one now I’m using an old Mic off a scala and adapted it to work with my DJI 3. Love your videos mate I love to explore the roads like yourself hopefully I will get a lot more done this summer
@@ivanrushtonthelonewolfrides will keep an eye out for your stuff mate
Steve! For some reason when I switched phones a few months ago my RUclips account somehow didn’t bring you along. Was wondering what happen to you until I looked at my list I subscribe to and found you weren’t there. Sorry about that! What all did I miss out on? How’s the updated RT treating you?
Good to have you back on board fella. You'll have a few to catch up on but not loads as weather's not been great has it. Plenty more to come tho my friend. Ride Safe.
Is there anyway to put this route straight into google maps?
I have just added a link in the description (I think 🙂) to dropbox and you should be able to download the GPX file to use my friend.
@@Steve-Clark spot on thank you so much, I live in woodhall spa so this route will be dead handy
@@motorcyclewild5873 Happy days its on your doorstep fella.
@@Steve-Clark yep hopefully be a regular run for me
You missed alot of bends from Horncastle to Louth .Road surface is poor after cadwell Park
Yeah wanted to do the exact route from the book for this one Paul 👍
Be nice to know where the cop vans sit ,not being from round there. Not that I go mad.
Not a cop in sight on this one my friend
Sometimes on the straight between Market Rasen and Willingham Woods (60 limit), and depending where you're coming from, the A631 through Middle Rasen (30 limit)
Hey Steve. Hope your well. I did this last year. Nice ride and views. Ride safe man.
Yes a cracking little loop my friend. ride safe.