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On the way back, the only picture stop of the day

Maria’s 37th birthday on monday, I decided to celebrate with a visit to her favourite nice restaurant in the area, where we had her last four years ago. put my fashionable leather jacket for the ride and all Tournedos with pepper sauce

It’s sunny and I ‘m having my cofee now, then to go for a little ride.

Stopping to call a restaurant and booking a table for lunch. Quite windy, too

have fun.

There used to be a Templar "commanderie" in Auxerre and legend has it that one of their mythical treasures is hidden somewhere in the area, there's often some nutter or other trying to find it.

well i you've got a nail gun as well I think Gymwitch has the names of a couple of people she'd like you to "have a word" with...

Had a shit earlier... reached for the toilet paper , none left.... you know that silly woddle walk you have to to with your pants and trousers round your ankles to go get some .... well im nearly at Tesco's now

Enjoyed a beautiful sunrise this morning. There is something very fulfilling about starting your day with the sun.

Short people, Randy Newman was right....you know lots of things are weird for short people, take 69.... Im giving what and all im getting is my toes sucked? FFS!

Was it @XTreme that asked you

Raining a little now and cold too. Fire up the Dacia and drive to the outlaws.........see what biscuits/ cakes are on offer. As long as its not egg custards.

I seem to be having an existential crisis in my reading habits and in some odd spirit of escapism am re reading the books I read as a child which all seem to be pre war or inter war adventure stories. All a little bit "Jeeves and Wooster" but mostly very well written. I haven't got desperate enough to re read my old copies of " Jennings" or " Biggles" but I just finished John Buchan's "The thirty nine steps" and have now started "The riddle of the sands" by Erskine Childers.

Mate of mine in Norwich sill navigates by cafes and pubs he was banned from in the late 70's cos he was a biker troublemaker

I dint say it actually. Words have meanings. Just dont axe me to spell them right.

I sort of liked being a young outcast from society though. I hate being perceived as an old white haired grandfather!

Only place that bikers could go for food and drink in the 70,s around here was The White Post cafe, and only in the evening, or late at night. One other cafe near by, but that was slightly upmarket, sign on door "No bikes or scooters"

We haven't had as much rain as we need for the crops.....but when it has rained it's always been on the weekends! Like last Wednesday it was 22C and not a cloud in the sky, but I was working. Most of this Winter the problem has been the cold......some days temps didn't get above 4C in the day.

Indeed, on the other hand the country is depleted of water and all the dams are low, if March and April aren't properly wet there's going to be serious draught in the summer.

Some days are burger or cafe days, some days are restaurant days

In our day it was a bag of chips and a can of coke standing outside the chip shop! We didn't book either! That's if they served us at all of course......as some places refused to serve us cos we were bikers! Tell him @Clive!

Light snow on top on ice last night.

Thats what the nails are for, cheap payback. Just need to find a cross now big enough. Got to make it look like it was worth the clients $100. This is the kind of quality you get when you hire a knights templar.

Sun is out, temps are 5deg c + and the bike is filthy from last weeks foray onto the cruddy winter roads. So, To the car wash we go. It only took me about an hour and a half to ride the 10 minute trip to the wash, but In my defence I took the scenic route I reversed this route Ok I didn't reverse the bike round this route, but the map shows the start and finish the wrong way round and gives it a clockwise direction. I rode it anticlockwise. Clear? to te north of Auxerre the countryside is more open than I normally ride, but that way the surfaces were pretty much dried by sun and wind whereas in the woods where I usually hide it would still be cold and damp. When I eventually got to the jetwash thingy it was bloody heaving, the continually sub zero temperatures we've had for the last few weeks have prevented any car washing activities so I guess I had just had the same idea as everybody else. There was an 8 carr queue for the 4 pressure washer bays and another 6 waiting for the 2 roller wash porticos. after about 2 minutes sat in line I realised that the 4th and farthest was bay had no one in it but that none of the cars could get past the first in line who was so close to bay n03 that he could no longer manouvre for bay 4...whilst I was deciding whether I could jump the queue or not, 2 police bikes came in, rode up alongside the line and straight into bay 4. Beat me to it the bastards was the phrase forming in my mind when I saw one of them walk out of the bay, point at me and wave me on around the queue of cars. As I pulled up behind them ( both their bikes in the bay side by side, the gendarme said to me, " if they're all fucking stupid enough to not work that out then they deserve to wait" A pair of blue liveried TDM's of the Gendarmerie, and a happy Tigrou. 100 od km's and 2 hours by the time I'd mucked about fuelling, taking photo's and hobnobbing with the poilce.

williams hates him , he messed his mate up few years back

i agree... looks like buckster bottled it

wish someone would punch the cunt singing Delilah

No and the look on her face when she climbed down and my mate lifted my trouser leg to show her my leg was priceless, she then gave me a huge smacker on the lips. Btw , who the feck is Sid ?

And of course you replied, "Madame, we have not been formally introduced!"

Best act I ever saw at the BMF show was a Hendrix tribute, mind you I was pissed, and a woman asked if she could get on my shoulders to flash her tits so that might have swayed my recolection of how good he was

you wouldn't say no you dirty old bastard

i reckon @Buckster is going to storm the ring in round 4 in his lycra leggings ,pull Eubanks shorts down give the other a fella a wedgy , then dive over the ropes into the crowd and make his escape.

Well, first thing looted is treasure, how many ships got to sink before the gold was off. Funny when this chit happens however,... https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/california-couple-finds-10m-gold-coins-buried-yard-n38471

Sun's just come out here and it's almost 4 degc.

Rode home today, for a couple of days alone before going back north to see how my parents are doing. Tomorrow might go for a little ride to some contemplation, first few days of February are tough, so fuck February! Weather is fine but cloudy and ugly, I'm feeling cold though, maybe a post covid thing. On a plus side, adjusted the bike's tire pressures today, figured the front was a little low and I was right: 0,2 bar too low!

The boy seen whats left of the original band with Diamond head supporting

My boy and the wife went to see them last week 2 years after she bought the tickets due to covid cancelations, it was supposed to be one of the boys 16th birthday presents