South Devon | A Hidden Oasis and a Beach Picnic | Motorcycle Road Trip
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- čas přidán 29. 06. 2024
- For day two of our Devon adventure, we packed up the Triumph Bonneville, panniers and a picnic basket and rode to the south coast. We had plans to visit Dartmouth and Salcombe, but everywhere was so stunning, we didn’t make it because we kept getting distracted!
We initially stopped off by a beautiful secluded spot on the River Avon- completely secluded and the clearest water possible. It was a completely unspoilt area and a great place to stop. I’ve included an exact location below.
After that, we headed for Slapton Sands and Torcross Beach (essentially the same place) and parked up in a car park on the beach (the A379). It’s a huge stretch of white shingle beach that stretches off into the distance with clear water.
It’s a brilliant day trip for motorcyclists and with the tiny country lanes, there’s no better mode of transport than on a motorbike!
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Hepco and Becker Setup:
- C-Bow Rugged Panniers
- Rear Rack
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Partner:
- sizzapp.com
(Motorcycle tracker and rider's mate)
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Timeline:
- 0:00 - 0:38: Intro
- 0:39 - 4:51: Secluded river spot (River Avon)
- 6:01 - 8:14: Hepco and Becker Pannier and luggage setup
- 8:31 - 10:22: Slapton
- 10:24 - 20:22: Slapton Sands and picnic
- 16:35 - 18:09: Stokeley Farm Shop
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Accomodation:
- Gallery Guest House, Plymouth, 66 N Rd E, Plymouth PL4 6AL. Very good value, clean and polite staff.
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Locations:
- Beginning river spot: River Avon (right next to Plymouth road, where the river comes very close to the road and they run side by side for a short distance.
- Village: Slapton
- Long beach picnic spot: Slapton Sands and Torcross Beach
- Cider: Stokeley Farm Shop, Stokeley Barton Farms, Stokenham, Devon TQ7 2SE
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www.buymeacoffee.com/fdobbs
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Find me on:
- / dob.bs
- www.freddiedobbs.com
- Freedom Machines With Freddie Dobbs Podcast (on Apple Podcasts and Spotify)
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Filming and editing: @monikameraki (Instagram)
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Music:
Ocean Jams: Lakeside View
Lindsey Abraham: Morning Hike
Revel Day: Still Fly
Molife: Doodle
Tape Machines: Borrowed Matches
Velvet Moon: Wicked One
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I love your enthusiasm for life Freddie! This is what riding bikes was like when I first started biking in the mid 70’s. You didn’t need full leathers and superbikes to enjoy biking. I think people have been conditioned through advertising to believe they need the latest and best so it’s a breath of fresh air watching your adventures with Monika.😊
Really appreciate it Chris! I’d have loved to experienced it in the 60s and 70s- pure biking!🙂🤘🏼🏍
Yes indeed Chris, I remember that well with my mates, all on Brit Bikes. Back then though the bikers would usually ride in small groups, unlike F + M.
Single bikers were mostly only ever seen doing the to and from work ride.
@@FreddieDobbs Yes it was in the USA...Much less traffic and much lower prices....Moab , Utah motel basic rooms 10 bucks a night...roll the bike in on newspapers adjust and lube the chain and keep her from freezing...dry and warm and safe bike in the morning...
If you don't get to half a million subscribers, then no You Tuber deserves to in my opinion. What a lovely peaceful account of your time in Devon.
Oh that view on the stream, so beautiful. It's magical, where the fairies live!!
I could draw a map of the “most stunningly beautiful British beaches” according to Freddie and it would just be the perimeter of the entire island highlighted in yellow
Haha, underrated comment 👏🏻
🤣🤣🤣
Thank you Freddie for showcasing my beloved South West. As a biker I shall now subscribe.
Why OH why go abroad untill you have seen all these spots ????????????? Your enhtusiasm is contageouse !!
Great Video! The U.K. is so beautiful not only rain, cold wheather, fish and chips or fog😎 Wish you all the best, greetings from a TRIUMPH FAN AND DRIVER from Germany 👍🇬🇧🇩🇪
Thank you so much! And hello over in Germany to a fellow Triumph rider!🙂
Awesome video and awesome content can’t wait for the next video Thanks Freddie and Monica
I very rarely comment on CZcams videos, but how nice to see someone showing the UK and restoring a bit of faith that we live in a beautiful country (oh for those salad days)
From a 50 year old biker
Cheers Freddie
Thank you for the comment Justin! I'm delighted you enjoyed it!🙂
Those… salad days?? Please inform this American what that means 😂
Salad days are like , how can I put it , . . . The good old days , nostalgia etc etc
You had me at 'hello'. Literally, that rich 'hello' with your pleasant mellow voice from that stream made me stay and subscribe.
Somebody give these guys a TV show already, I honestly think it would be hit :)
I’ve lived here all my life. Went to London once, never again I couldn’t wait to get back home.
Triumph should hire you as their exclusive model for the brand
Nothing better than cruis’n little villages on a motorbike - luv the scenery!
Cheers mate
USA
I got great pleasure watching your video. Sorry that I am french especially in these troubled moments between our countries. I am very found of your landscapes , wishing to discover them with my own eyes. In ths waiting time, I appreciate so much discovering your land through your eyes, better to me than just tourists guides. Hold on and still give us this luck to enjoy your comment and enthousiam!
Michael Palin travelled around the world with passion ....freddie and Monica are doing britain for the now generation and also us crusties...well done guys a bleeding good watch...👌👌👌
I'm a huge Palin fan so that means a lot, thanks very much Carol and Dave!
Love that stretch of river - in complete contrast to the sewage outlet upstream 😅
Freddie enjoy what you are living now. Soon something incredible will come to your lives. Only can give you a few clues :🛳️👫🚗🏍️🌄🌅🐦 🏄♂️🏊♂️🏊♀️🏄♀️⛰️🌋🏖️🏝️🌹🌺🌲🌵🌴🍽️🥞🥗🥝🍅🥑🍌☕🍵🏨 Welcome to one of the most beautiful places both will be on earth. 🇮🇨.
"The most beautiful spot I have ever seen" 😂😂 I believe Monica mentioned that you have to stop that 😂 But it's part of your charm. Great video 👍🏼 Also the music is very good. I really liked the Velvet Moon song, reminds me of Stevie Nicks.
Thanks very much! I'm making a conscious effort to stop these statements, but they keep just coming out!😆
Funny how nice the world is when you ride into the corners away from the city.
Yes it was such a beautiful place to live
Another amazing video. I'm in love with southern Devon!
Just past my full motorbike licence because of Freddie. Just want to say thank you for showing my this lifestyle 🙏
MASSIVE CONGRATS!!!!🙂 And thank you Matthew!
Gorgeous used to live in Barnstable some lovely beaches was nice to see some old haunts again... Thanks 😘
10,000 subscribers in September, 21.3 at the start of November! That's amazing! Love your videos. And I love seeing fresh eyes on my home county!
I live in the South Hams, you have made the area look incredible......👍
Another brilliant video Freddie I love the style of them and what great music, looking forward to the next one.😊👍👍
Great videos...... Your videos are the perfect balance. Superb.
I have to be honest Freddie and Monica, when you move abroad (and good for you) I’ll be gutted we’ll no longer see you doing these UK vids, as there is so much more to see and do. Never mind, eh. This was a fantastic vid, the perfect mix of scenery, good music and commentary.
I nearly shed a tear when you were chilling by that stunning river.
I’ll look forward to the next’n.
I'll miss the UK- you realise how special places are when you leave them behind, and I'm already feeling that with the UK. We'll be back for Spring though I think!
The river was, without wanting to sound to soft, quite a moving place🙂
@@FreddieDobbs it’s alright to be a bit soft sometimes mate. I won’t tell anybody 👍🏻
good stuff I wanna go there Freddie! absolutely stunning areas, wow. :) thanks, nice video!
Loved your videos, definitely worth subscribing to. Keep finding those chilled places.
Love what you're doing here. The combination of biking gear, beautiful scenery and riding is lovely. Nice to watch and entertaining. Thank you two. 😊
Thanks Heike!
Another great video great weather. You will miss views like that in Tenerife. Good luck to you both.
It's true- I've already started to miss the UK and I haven't even left yet! Thanks🙂
I could tell it was Slapton Sands from the intro. Used to go there often with the children. As I recall it has some military history to it as the Allies planned on using Slapton Sands as a practice for the D-day landings. I hope you also managed to check out Bigbury and the fabulous Art Deco hotel in the island. It’s another great spot. Looking forward to your next video as I plan on doing some Dartmoor trips later this year.
I've been reading up on the WW2 history of Slapton this week- so interesting!
Love your posts , I’ve been there years ago ………I live in Cornwall but up there nice
Great Video Freddie - We are Lucky enough to live in devon so get to ride these areas everyday and know all the spots tourists dont find out about! We have some videos you might like to see. Feel free to get in touch if you'd like us to show you some more nice routes in Devon. Ride Safe - On the Road Adventure
You're welcome... here's another well-deserved LIKE.
Thanks Juan!
It seems to me your next bike is not going to be a Bonneville but a Tiger 900..! I know you like retro modern bikes but so did I...An adventure bike really gets you everywhere! Great video as always! 👍 Oh! Love the picnic basket too!
Ahhhhh I know- so many people have said that once you try and Adventure bike, there's no going back!
Nice one Freddie. 👍
Fab video, thanks to you both 😁😁😁😁
Really beautiful!!
Great video! Absolutely love it
absolutely stunning
10k subscribers! Well deserved 👏
Thanks Simon!
Always a pleasure
The great thing about your videos is that while they are, of course about motor cycles, they are also about the lifestyle that owning and riding a bike can bring, and this is what makes you both so watchable, together with your enthusiasm for everything you do, and, of course, Monica laughing at you occasionally from behind the camera.. Incidentally, a nerdy historical note about Slapton Sands: it looked beautiful in your film but it was the location of a major amphibious exercise in WW2 in preparation for D-Day. Sadly, there was a series of major cock-ups resulting in a heavy death toll of mainly American soldiers. The full story will certainly be on the web somewhere if you Google it. Where ever you go, there's history!
Exactly, it’s a lifestyle channel. Bloody brilliant.
That means a lot, thanks so much! I've just been reading up on Slapton Sands- so interesting! There's an old German tank on the side of the road that we rode past that was recovered from the sea- incredible!
Nice video Freddie! Beautiful place. Thanks!
Great video Freddie, fabulous scenery and a rockin soundtrack
loved it
My grandad used to take me fishing on slapton when i was little, if you go again be sure to check out east portlemouth its absolutely gorgeous
Going to miss these UK vlogs. You’ve given me a list of places to visit on my scrambler!
Should have gone for a swim Freddie,superb
Nice one. Well done on your 10k subs!
Stunning! The drone was a good investment.
Key takeaway: Adventure can be found anywhere
Nice one......
well done again , from someone who lives in the west country ;;; you have really nailed it with a great mix , and your usual food venue;;
Your videos make me happy. Thanks Freddie!
Thanks Michael!
Hi Freddie, Glad you have been able to get to our area. It is so beautiful. We watched your video this morning early then hopped on the bike and we were having coffee on the beach at Torcross 20 mins later! So lucky. You must have ridden past our door on the way back. Glad you enjoyed it all. Keep safe.
Nice vid Fred, found your channel the other week when you MOT'ed the Bonny at that garage which is also close to me. Been doing leather and rubber in Devon (sorry I mean Motorcycling & scuba diving) for nearly 40 years and it is Gods own country and I'm off to Plymouth this weekend by chance. I am enjoying your content mate
Thanks for the support, really glad you're enjoying the content! I hope you get the good weather for Plymouth this weekend🤞
Congrats on the 10K, well deserved!
All your adventures are an absolute pleasure to watch!
Thank you abs Monica for creating such entertaining videos
Thanks very much!!
That beach was practically deserted! Lovely stuff. Looks like you're having a fantastic time. The picnic basket is a great idea.
I was really surprised at how quiet it was- I expected it to be packed with people. It was stunning!
Congratulations on the 10k, well deserved, here's to 10k more, beautiful video as always!
Thanks Bernard!
You two are so...well sweet! Lovely to see two young people enjoying life to the full. Keep it up and thanks.
Really appreciate it, thanks Mark!🙂
19:20 the day you hit 10.000 subs! now it's 110.000 more or less two years later 🙂
Whilst I'm looking forward to your adventures in Tenerife, I shall really miss these quintessentially English days out....I love the retro vibe of the gentleman of the road. You have a very old head on young shoulders....love your love of the countryside 😊👍🏻
Thanks very much Steven🙂. The Tenerife vlogs will be very different, but I hope to do it justice as it's absolute riding heaven🙂
I feel like I am a part of your trips guys, thank you for awesome work you do!
Thanks very much David!
Thanks for posting. 🙂
Thanks Jeison🙌🏻
Your videos just get better each upload!
Such fantastic story telling of a trip!
And constantly fueling the next trip i take with the mrs 🎉
Thanks so much, delighted you're enjoying the content!
Great soundtrack as well as scenery, of course your ad-Lib is always fun to hear…..top Notch 👍
Thanks Brian!
What a lovely place , everytime i watch one of your videos makes me want to get my bike out , well done Freddie and Monica
Thanks Garry!
My wife and I do enjoy your vlogs, the places you visit do show us that England is a wonderful place to tour in. We were recently in Well Next To sea and thought, this would be a place for you to visit on the Triumph. Unfortunately, you will be soon on your way to Tenerife but that has some stunning places to go. love the show.
Love the Hepco and Becker setup and would love to get it for my Meteor. Spending €1000 on the setup is scary. If they do a promo or a Black Friday deal in November I can see myself getting them, maybe. By far the best stealth setup when not riding with panniers that I've seen.
Lovely part of the country, stayed a few years ago at Stoke Fleming just outside Dartmouth. Cheers Guys.
Great video Freddie, love the picnic basket and the luggage looks like it was made for your bike. Just goes to show you can tour on any bike Glad you had good weather!
Thanks Peter, I was delighted with how well the setup worked. And we were incredibly lucky with the weather☀️
Sublime ! I lived down there as a kid just outside Ashburton on the edge of Dartmoor and I well remember the clear streams that came down from the moor through the woodland , cold and clear water with little stickle back fish I use to catch with jars and then put them back .Fantastic vlog guys as per look forward to the next one .Cheers : )
A fantastic insight, thank you so much Malcolm!🙂
Love the awesome presentation and absolutely fantastic Devon clear water you filmed who needs to go abroad. All the best from Jim 60s child who loves the sound of Triumphs👌😎
Thanks so much Jim! Ahhhh that water, the setting- everything- I will never forget that spot!
Looking forward to the Dartmoor blog, love that part of the uk! Go to the Warren house inn if you get time 👍
I've just saved Warren House for the next time we visit Dartmoor👌
Sweet into 🤗 cute tune ~class always finds its level ``its clear because it’s radioactive lol
Hi , yes a wonderful trip along that route ,, Freddie, s full of life style and Monika always captures the atmosphere of the areas , with the camera , R. I .P to all the American soldiers put perished off that beach in WW11 , Who gave their lives for our freedom . Thanks for the video , and ride and stay safe .
Beautifully said!🙂
Another great vid Freddie and I remember a school trip where we stayed in Slapton.
With 8000 miles of road in Devon your just scratching the surface and i’m sure you’ll be back!
Thanks Nick, we'll definitely be back!
Love these videos even though this one has made me massively homesick. Slapton sands is one of the places I always visit when I'm back in Devon. Next time I'll also be on a bonneville, be it a scrambler tho. Keep those good vibes coming.
I thought the north of Devon would be the real beauty spot, so I was very pleasantly surprised by how beautiful the south was!🙂. Thanks Ian!
Whoever had the idea to this channel is a genius! Motorcycle + British countryside, what's not to like?
Thank you so much!
Stunningly beautiful and breath taking imagery. Great video. You should be a travel agent . You have me seriusly wanting to visit England .Keep up the excellent work, Freddie!
Thanks!🙂
Freddie, you are in my territory here, you must get up on the moor. Park the bike and just walk until you cant see anyone or anything but moorland, pitch up and have another picnic. Oh and never sell that bike nor swap it for something fancy, you’ve used that bike with Monica in your travels for some time and its part of the the team, so look after her to. Stay safe good people.
I love this- both points! And I agree- I can't sell the Bonneville and really don't think I ever will- it's a bike for life🙂
Subbed, great channel!
Really enjoy your channel Freddie. You, your bike and your presentation style and topics stand out from the crowd. Cannot wait to see how this grows when you move abroad.
That means a lot, thank you Mark!
@@FreddieDobbs Try and link in with Thornton Hundred and review one of their bikes before you go!
@@markb8518 Good shout- I'd have loved to, although I'm trying to squeeze in a Harley before I go🤞🤞
Super vid as usual.
Slapton Sands .... thanks to the biggest cock up of WW2 there is a very strong sense of poignancy there. The history of it all is readily available online and knowing it brings an acute feeling of sadness for many who visit Slapton.
Still a great place to enjoy though.
Looking forward to Dartmoor!
Yes, Exercise Tiger 1944, was a tragic event, a hard lesson learned in D-Day preparation.
Thanks for sharing this Stu- I've been reading about it this past week. Eye opening
I lived in the UK (Essex) for 6+ years. I believe the furthest I travelled was Bournemouth. I have never imagined the UK can be this nice.
Question, how Monica endure the backseat so far?
Keep up the videos, love them!
Me too. Rural Essex has a lot to offer.
There are some real beauty spots. Monika LOVES the seat- it's the only seat she'll agree to do all day rides on- it's as comfy as a sofa🙂
You're very keen drinking directly from a stream that likely has farm runoff. Taking risks is deep in the biker's soul.
Slapton sands was the scene of the ww2 tragedy Operation Tiger. Almost 1000 US servicemen died due to an attack by German E Boats. Yet you’d never know now by looking at it.
Lovely spot then😃
I dunno, not so sure 😂
Let us not forgot the brave men that lost their lives during Exercise Tiger in April 44 on Slapton Sands.
Another great video, I too love your enthusiasm and you two do make great videos - lots of inspiration. I'm often interested in finding locations that I see in videos - maybe start tagging the what3words location codes in the description :) Looking forward to the Dartmoor video, I've enjoyed some great wild camping there.
Ahh that's a great shout re what three words, thanks Craig!
I cycled along Slapton Sands only a few weeks back Freddie on a 62 mile circular ride from Buckfastleigh taking in Kingsbridge, Dartmouth, Torbay and Newton Abbot. As you say amazing views...
Great content and camera work 👍
What a stunning cycling spot! Thanks:)
@@FreddieDobbs The climb from Slapton Sands to Strete and again from Blackpool Sands to Stoke Fleming (both categorie 3 climbs) somewhat focuses the mind... 😀
I am impressed with the C-Bow set-up. My next bike will have them. With probably the 22-litre Orbit cases. Have a look at them. I'll pass on the basket. I think Devon is just as attractive as Cornwall.
Fabulous video.
I really love the C-Bow setup. The Orbit cases look really rugged. And I agree re Devon- as beautiful as anywhere😍
there is a door in the rock wall behind you did you notice it.. god i love England. Although i will probably not return to it. Great remedy for an ex pat UK lover
Brilliant a lovely video Freddie, I have shared a link to you on Royal Enfielder's Ireland Facebook page.
Thank you so much Janner!!
You should try the Beeline Freddie.It would be cool to hear what you think of it.
What an awesome video Freddie, and also found another bike equipment supplier too, thanks for sharing!! 👍👍
Ps. which app do you use for navigation and which camera do you use, the image is really good. Thanks again!
Wonderful photography guys. You found some beautiful places. ❤️🙏🏻❤️
Why leave these wonderful shores 😜
Ahhh I'm already missing the UK just knowing that I'm heading off!!