No stopping us

Yes we did see the "Route Barree" sign across the junction 6 km before getting here but we thought our English number plates made us immune to such trivialities.

The sky was getting greyer and we wanted to stay ahead of the approaching rain, so we decided to manhandle each bike through the barriers and across the railway line.

We got our comeuppance 5 minutes later as we rode along the wide open and empty road laughing to ourselves at our ingenuity and rebelliousness - the heavens opened for 10 minutes and we got soaked to the skin