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I got one hour closer to all of you today........

likes these vids https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMFGHTcYX/

Friends round … keys on a tray on the table , loads of drinks and she woke up with a face like a plasterers radio … and the hangover

Hungoooooverrr

I will be out for a walk with Paolo later, might have to stop by a coffee shop. This evening I will be drinking beer or cider (haven't decided yet) and stuffing a kebab down my gob

Shopping, cleaning out the daughters goldfish, hoovering rabbit poo and ferrying Mandi and some of her work mates to their Xmas do. Then I shall be drinking and smashing some music out.

I figure everyone here is tired of me, but I'm having fun and at least I stick to my own thread so as to not bother anyone who isn't interested....lol Had an amazing drive today through the Rocky Mountains, epic views and breathtaking scenery all the way. Into a new province today, and a new time zone, which means we lost an hour too. Tonight we are in stunningly beautiful Canmore, Alberta.

that's a Folland Gnat, the Red arrows flew them till the late 70's I think. Apart from the GIss ( General Impression, Size and Shape) Pedro's already mentioned thegiveaway clues... the most obvious being wing placement. No I'm not a plane nerd, but spent my school days surrounded by RAF kids who talked planes 24/7 and like most useless information, I seem to have retained much of it

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I'm sure you can Pete, what with Brexit making stirling stronger and worth more than ever... Oh, wait a minute...

WOW, let's not carried away and take two pictures on a ride! I find more simplicity helps with this, I just took my phone. You don't need stuff complicating the getting on and off the bike, gets tiresome. Thank you for the compliment, but I really need to work on my English, it used to be a quite more elaborate. That's interesting and exactly what I was thinking about myself on most of the ride back. I have found out several things about myself. During the moment it sometimes felt surreal and like it wasn't really me experiencing moments, it felt sort of like reading about someone doing what I was living through. Sort of a weird numb feeling sometimes in which I surprised myself at little I was feeling, but at the same time I fell apart and lost control in other situations. What made me break up emotionally were not feelings of sadness but of reliving events that happened. I still feel like I left Maria there and it still broke my heart to come back and leave her again, that's why I rode straight back home. It'll still be very hard to go back again, similarly hard but with less of the unknown factor, and at the same time I will go back for sure and avoid a few places that didn't show me love. I always have had a relationship with places that I like, some reward me for the relationship some don't, some just take and don't give back and they're like a difficult relationship to which I come back again and again. I really missed the adventure feeling of being somewhere completely not European, and that feeling of riding into a small mountain village with smoke in the air and food smells, I miss that now already. I also learned I can ride better than I thought through some sorts of terrains, and it gave me confidence on the bike, and I was never tired or bored or not feeling like riding in the morning. I enjoyed doing this alone, and that hurts me and makes me feel like I'm betraying a lot of things I can't even pronounce.

After a night of drinking by myself, woke up and stayed in bed till a little bit later than normal, then the sun came out and I drove to a friend's parent's for lunch with them. Nice long enough drive each way to get the moisture out of the old car's engine. Those are farming fields next to the road, irrigated by the Tejo but not part of the river. Safe to say this region is no longer in a draught!

scotland on his harley

I think I had a lot of fun, it's a tiny bit hazy

Are you joking your the only one here doing anything interesting at the moment keep it up I googled the train

We are definitely not tired of you, this is an adventure that no one else on here has done as far as I know. @Pedro Morocco trip and your expedition are keeping us entertained while the shitty weather is here

This is like the one I drove

Got some good news today! Cos on Xmas Day my boy and the two grandkids will be coming up for Xmas Dinner......and the fat, obnoxious cunt will be staying in their flat on her own. I'm going to drag the day out as long as I can in order to prolong the time she's on her own on Xmas Day!

I love Mince Pies.....I picked up 36 from Albox! However I've eaten about half of them already! Wife hasn't noticed yet!

I had to let this ride report settle for a minute before posting because it had great depth. I have to say your ability to convey the emotions in a second language is exceptionally good. In parts I felt like I was there. Some amazing pics and good descriptive writing puts this right up there on the pleasure per word scale. It’s even made me think I should dust off my helmet cam and maybe even post some non car park shots

Bet he buys a van when he gets out.

Working non-stop since I got up......now got to get the grandkids!

Animal cruelty or what

Great pics and a big smile, what's not to like. A great adventure for you 2 and thanks for the updates.

Damn...fancy.......just say'n

It is proper cold now. All the layers I own were on today!

I'll be driving this weekend, then perhaps a bit of driving and oh I think I will spend awhile driving.....lol Tomorrow we leave the mountains behind so that means we can drive longer days. That also means more open highways, which means winds and blowing snow. It is going to be really cold too. It's all good, I am truly loving the challenge and look forward to everyday. Have a lovely weekend everyone!

And the shop is a room at home so no for you it never stops...

It's not physically hard obviously......the main drawback is I can't step away from it. It's not like you can close the shop and go home because the Internet never shuts down.

I am not sure what will happen in early 2024 (assuming iam still breathing ) when my extra payment is due to finish......we could be up the proverbial creek then.

No its not bricks and mortar but the website hosting is a business, but it is your venture and you shouldn't give up doing something you enjoy even if you do moan about it

Not even if you sold the business? I'm sure you'd get a tidy number for it?

You really haven't got the gist of 'retirement' yet, have you ?

Apparently he wanted to go to Hong Kong because they don't have a sexual offence register. Honestly I really wouldn't mind if they just chopped their nadgers off.

It’s a bit now n then so here you go. I love these machines. The skill and effort put into making these gorgeous things mean you can buy a machine that’s 100 years old and it still works perfectly. Saville Row tailors still use these old singer sewing machines because there’s no other machine that comes close to the quality of the neat top stitch. I’ve wanted one for a long time and did buy one in 2019 but when I picked it up the needle plate was missing. It was very frustrating at the time because the guy I bought it from just kept saying it must have fallen off in his garage and he’d post it to me…… grrrr. I’ve poured over hundreds of these machines and it’s extremely rare to find one with the gold paint intact. The gold paint (and it really is gold) used is protected by a thin layer of shellac and is easily damaged usually where your hand would rest to push the fabric through. I’m very excited that this machine is going to be mine. I feel pretty lucky to have bought a piece of history, as if I’ve walked into a museum and bought a gorgeous exhibit. Anyway I know it’s unlikely to be anyone on here’s thing but I’m certain there are a few who appreciate the mechanical beauty of it. It was a choice between one from 1928 and this one from 1955. I wanted the 1928 one just because of it’s age and the lovely domed bentwood case but this one was in significantly better nick and is sold by Singer sewing machine centre who serviced it and demonstrated it’s in good working order. Bit of geek out history- 1858 SINGER brand introduces the first lightweight domestic machine “the Grasshopper” @Grasshopper Expanding fast with nearly a million square feet of space and almost 7,000 employees they produced on average 13,000 machines a week in Scotland, In the First World War sewing machine production gave way to munitions. The Singer Clydebank factory received over 5000 government contracts, and made 303 million artillery shells, shell components, fuses, and aeroplane parts, as well as grenades, rifle parts, and 361,000 horseshoes. It’s labour force of 14,000 was about 70% female at war's end. From its opening in 1884 until 1943, the Kilbowie factory produced approximately 36,000,000 sewing machines At the height of its productiveness in the mid 1960s, Singer employed over 16,000 workers but by the end of that decade, compulsory redundancies were taking place and 10 years later the workforce was down to 5,000. Financial problems and lack of orders forced the world's largest sewing machine factory to close in June 1980, bringing to an end over 100 years of sewing machine production in Scotland. The complex of buildings was demolished in 1998

https://images.app.goo.gl/1S5pS3FEEaqFNGS47 Thought it was the guy off of Time Team

Stayed in bed till 9.30am (saves having the heating on ) put scoot battery on charge on the new charger....fed the rodents and birds.....ready for my dinner now.

I have no words, especially for that last one

Okay Marcel.

The spelling! I’m not drunk yet, you’ll know if I do. I’ll call you…

My spelling is all fucked since I went to Morocco. My phone is now confused between Portuguese, French, Castellano and English! I write like a brit now!

Chinese Harleys? What you say @Buckster @Marcel

watch out for the deep ones.

I am starting work on class 2 tippers tomorrow so let's see if this one goes bust eh.....

A different type of cockpit but this was frost on the INSIDE of my car screen this morning

Super fun day today. Drove into our first mountain resort where Heli Skiing is the big thing. A beautiful place and the roads were great. I was excited to see the Canadian Pacific Holiday Train. It had stopped for refuelling. It was all covered with lights and I'm sure would look really cool in the dark. Sure feel the holiday spirit here in the mountains.