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No, much to some people's disappointment, I've not flounced. Just been busy doing other things and trying to integrate into the local population. Still a long way to go with my language skills, but trying to push myself! And also trying to get fit again, whilst exploring the local area. I've not been out on the Triumph recently, but I plan to fix that very soon!

The forum has hit rock bottom, next there will be bloody ramblers posting stuff about the South Downs.

One for Pete.

I’ve just been in Moto Corsa on the way home for breakfast. I asked for you Pete and yes they have one. Unfortunately it’s sold but it wouldn’t have mattered anyway as I was told that they have a sales agreement with Honda that excludes sales to puddle dodgers

Another place

On my way home , taking the scenic route

Anyone know of an unused set of torx drivers for sale? No longer needed?

Your vocabulary knows no bounds

Castle with a bike that lives in a van................ Same castle with a cool bike

This is Bob … bobs going bang another dog and I’m having one of the pups

R2D2 and C3PO ?

A river and that

Sandwich and coffee in Corsham

Those are my grand daughters. Known to me inside my head as GD1 and GD2 because their real names are too embarrassing. When GD1 ran ahead near the edge of the harbour I hesitated before calling out her name aloud.

Picture above is of an F18 that accompanied an Easyjet plane down to land in Mallorca airport, happened on sunday. In a period where it's really hard to get on flights, a young 18 year old brit with 5 of his mates flying from Gatwick going to Menorca on holiday decided to post a bomb threat on a social network. It got taken seriously, the F18 was scrambled in case the plane had to be taken down, it was forced to land in Mallorca to be inspected by bomb disposal experts and everyone interrogated, a few flights headed to that airport had to be diverted, all in all a nice example of a prime twat going to Spain for a laugh. Hope he has to foot the bill for the whole thing.

It’s only narcissism when you are not the best.

too much wind

Or photos of fat blokes in lycra?

This wouldn't be happening if @Six30 had got the Mod gig! Too late now.......he's driving other peoples' dogs round the country so they can get a shag!

It's broke down already? God knows how you can hang round with all those old people!

Sorry to disappoint him!

Castle

That can be arranged.

Pretty sure they haven't got a life sentence or death for terrorism for a while now, since ETA pretty much stopped. But the article said he was going to face charges to pay for at least part of the operation. Don't know how much it costs to take an F18 up for an hour but it must be a pretty penny, and on top of all the airport and diverted planes, I'm sure they're not laughing anymore

Sunshine Bananaboat and Star Gazer? Chardonnay and L'oreal? Beyonce and Rhianna?

Yet another reason for me never to go near Facebook

No chance! The shame is too great.

Found the perfect oil fur ya mystery bike!

Marcel sent me a friend request so he may be poised to go in and clean house!

I went to north Devon to visit my son and his family plus to have a little ride round and look at a bit of scenery. The weather report lied as usual, those wankers at the Met Office should have their soft dangly bits put in a vice. Whilst passing over Exmoor in the pissing rain on the way there was a bright flash off to one side of me and an immediate noise like a bomb had gone off. I though the army were firing shells, but realised quickly it was a close by lighting strike. I shit myself! Visited Clovelly, the private village you pay to walk in (no driving allowed). The shop keepers I met were all really chatty, they had visited and then got jobs and moved in, one had been there 20 years, but still had a broad Birmingham accent. All goods are moved about by sledge and most houses had theirs stored outside the front door, chained up to stop tourists taking them home I reckon. Later went to The Valley of the Rocks and left it at the other end via a £2 toll road. Road as a description was a bit strong, it was about 5 feet wide with a heap of mud along the middle all along its twisting steepness. Trying to keep my left leg away from rocks and tree branches meant my front wheel hit the mud in the centre sometimes and caused a few hairy moments. Couldn't even stop and take pictures it was so narrow with drop offs into the surrounding woods. I stayed in a B&B that used to be the old vicarage in Barnstaple. The two hobby horses pictured were hanging on the coat rack.

Bang on Fred I love Clovelly , it’s like going back in time. Walking back up the hill nearly did me in though

Simple brown mushrooms, sautéed on rosemary and lots of garlic and olive oil, served with parsley. Summery fresh salad of cucumber and cherry tomatoes with mozzarella, love it Leftover white rice turned a lunch with some onions, tomatoes, parsley and Worcestershire (thank you spellcheck!) sauce to the rescue An amazing fusilli pesto, simple and delicious Courguette tagliatelle Lovely cherry tomato salad with nothing else except salt, oregano and olive oil, plus a great mix of canned horse mackerel fillets with raw onions, lemon zest, black pepper and parsley. Summertime lunch Portobello mushroom based vegetarian lasagna, ricotta, mozzarella and parmesan sauce instead of béchamel. Used a proper pasta for this and it turned out great, quite happy and worthy of the effort

I used to ride to Devon every Friday evening for about 2 years for the weekend. Plymouth in fact. Most Saturdays we would ride across town and get on the very quick ferry across the river and into Cornwall and just explore. I like them both equally.

Like a menu in a restaurant for example

It wasn't too bad, the rain helped keep numbers down. To answer Pete's question, everyone that lived there I spoke to loved it. They said if anyone moves the whole village pitches in and uses the sledges when required. The super rich landowner walks through asking if anything needs fixing and sorts it straight away, rents are not too bad and if they work there as well pay is good. If residents get too old to walk the hill they get moved to the bottom of the village so that they can use the single access road in a vehicle if required.

And now Buck is trolling on there as well. He's so desperate for material he's even praising the Chinese built Beemers!

I'll be right back.