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I had the call the morning that no parent wants. It went: "Are you Cody's dad, he has just fallen off his scooter". Luckily it was low speed and apart from some scrapes he is fine, if pretty shaken up. He managed to drop the scooter right outside of our Doctors so by the time we got there the Doc had checked him over and gave him the all clear. My Mrs and I drove to pick him up and I rode the scooter home for him. To be fair to him he did say that he would have picked the bike up and rode it home but witnesses saw everything and took over, shepherding him into the Dr's and calling me. For which I thanked them profusely. He is 18 and pretty inexperienced, even though I have talked to him and tried to advise, but at that age they just don't listen. I bought him a new jacket, helmet and gloves as what he was wearing before offered no protection, the jacket and gloves saved him today. He still argues the toss over wearing boots, even though he has a nice bit of road rash on his foot today. The scooter is okay too, it road fine the 4 miles home from the scene of the fall. A couple more scrapes on the bodywork and a damaged mirror are the extent of the damage. The pics below were taken the day I bought it for him, not quite so nice now.

Went out for a short bimble today before the dramas of the day. Set out to go for a decent ride but ended up just going to the next town up river from where i live. Lovely ancient Town of Lostwithiel. Love that place, it was where I started work for Royal Mail many years ago. Many beautiful old buildings there and still has a real strong community. Not many places I would move to but Lostwithiel is one.

If my dad had bought me a scooter I would have kicked him in the nuts.

Raining heavily since dawn, have been a little busy with work from home, and my dog decided to declare it a winter zero fucks given day: I'm hoping it continues to rain at least another day or two, and that by the weekend we get all rained out. Sunday or Monday I'm riding to my home, staying there a couple of nights and then if the weather forecast remains acceptable spend a few days on the bike.

I didn’t ‘take’ these today but my oldest mate was digging around in his garage and found these from my 40th birthday party. So, I ‘edited’ them as best I could on the iPhone……..my god, where have the last 23 years gone? Me and my old mucker Pete and my old man and mum, bless her she’s no longer with us but it brought back nice memories of when she was well and not altered by dementia. I’ve just realised that my dad was nearly the same age as I am now. How fucking depressing is that!

Twat.

It has been noted

My younger son was very keen till his misses said no. He'd had a couple of offs so maybe she was right.

today I have dealt with a dealer wanting to replace the comm module on a segway SSV because it won't connect to the "blue toof" on his telephone and another who, in response to my request for photos to support his request for a replacement engine ( ie photo's of the damage) sent me a photo of the complete quad chassis... with no engine in it. I can't decide if he's a clown or a moron.

When I was 17 I could never understand why my mum wouldn't go to sleep until she heard me turn up at home at whatever time at night. Once I had kids I began to understand where she was coming from!

You and Cody have done well imo. Most of the kids I see on scoots don't wear gloves because it isn't 'cool'. At least he's taken in what you've said

Started the day replacing the rear wheel bearing on a 4x4 Kuga only to find I've been supplied the wrong bearing now I've got it in bits all over the garden. Can't get another till tomorrow. Roll on the evening so I can open a bottle of Rose

Finished work early today so with the Rally up on the ramp I started some fettling. I decided to replace the front tyre, it has done 4570 miles and I noticed it was starting to 'slide' in the mud rather than grip................

Been pissing down here most of the afternoon. Got to walk daughter round her friends before it all started again. Glad she's home for a few days otherwise I'd go visit Marcel, fit some tyres and pummel him in a snowball fight.

Getting your kid a scooter is only one step away from child abuse. On the plus side at least you didn’t get him an Enfield.

I thought you had people to do that for you now.

Ok that is interesting, I am part of a Jack Russell forum and that what was I thinking of with the comment in terms of appropriate place. He is a Jack Russell cross Border Terrier, but luckily for me he has a border terrier temperament, much calmer and less serial killer than a Jack Russell. I have had 4 JRT's over the years before him and he is the best behaved by quite a margin.

It was fuck all to do with me, there is something ginger in the state of Denmark. That should give you a clue.

and we are back to @XTreme again.

Different era. I'd agree they were some good motors then. Most cars built between 96 and 2006 were pretty bullet proof but along came the electronics.

says Ricky Carmichael

That's why i'm so glad my pair have never been interested in the bikes just one less thing to worry about

That's it, we've reduced him to our 1 word reply level.

I used the words fucking hell a lot on it LOL, i got up ok with a lot of paddling but was left to help everyone else up there, only one other stopped to help, so the pair of us were knackered when we got to the top and was greeted by the words off we go then, while most had had a good rest we were straight on it, i did use the word Bastard then

Puff.

I have ridden both....in some situations gears are very much overrated.

Glad he's all OK @Saul!

Sodding squirrels.....they must have tin snips for teeth.....feeder yet again destroyed.. Want one of these....

Do they discriminate against you because he isn’t pure JR? So they exclude you by doing events for dogs with racial purity and stuff like that and making jokes about halfcast hounds?

How exactly would one get on this list? Asking for a friend…

Me to … power going to their heads

Of course it is, the one thing people won't make fun of you over is loving animals. Except sheep, but some members apparently take that too far with them anyway.

When are they not wet?

it's a 600.000km engine in a 250.000km car, lots of them here on taxi duty with over 600.000km on the little citroen sedan

Some Random photos from last weekends ride just not got time to write any words about it or the energy to photoshop them good LOL Some tough lanes and a tiring but memorable weekend Bob couldn't make it but his leg made an appearance LOL Dewatering the bike (note to self go around unknown puddles) Allt y badi Llangollen glad we were going down this one The wayfarer

Glad he's OK and nothing more than a few bruises and scrapes, my parents too got that phonecall when I was 17 by my then employers to the tune of 'he's had an accident but he's not dead' then the phone was taken by the copper and they told my mum what had happened

As far as calls you never want to get about your kids, that was pretty nice. They could have let him phone you instead, though, and save the "my son´s dead" thought going through your head.

Glad he's OK mate. Maybe now he sees the value in wearing the gear?

I notice you no longer get invited.

I feel cheated, our first bit of action and the f*cking software took over

you got told off by the Buck

Cover up mod dis(asst)er! I can smell it.

If I remember correctly Vauxhall had the distributor shaft running at a 45 deg angle and it was the diameter of a pencil only not as strong.

yup..its the electrics on cars now ... and mechanics cant diagnose shit properly

There was virtually no rust on that Citroën, but the metal fatigue around the drivers door hinges were what killed it. It was the 3 door variant, so the driver and passenger door were bigger and consequently weighed more, which put extra strain on the hinges. Other than that it probably would have gone on for another 20 years.

There's a Picasso like mine in the UK that's done over half a million miles on the same engine!

Nice one Fred, some great lanes there , give you a bloody good test This is the one we call Bastard Hell I absolutely love this lane but those slabs are sooooooooooo slippery when they're wet Last time I did Alt-y-badi there was an electricians van about halfway down . I reckon it must have been stolen , either that or it was an expensive sat-nav mistake