Slowlycatchymonkey

Naturally.

Well I was considering taking a pic while I have the sunshine on my side but now I've seen this month's entries and know I stand no chance - you can do one

So it's nowhere near Swansea?

Ah yes have to confess haven't look at that thread yet.

Oh yeah right "Skewen" thats basically saying outer Swansea... unless you're from Swansea and that clearly leaves you scarred for life to the extent unless you're in the inner circle of hell then decades later you still "aren't from Swansea" Honestly Bonnie Tyler singing here is like Pavarotti raising from the dead to sing in a place no-one knows about

Middle pic 'From the cockpit'

Top pic BOTM

Well well well guess who sang at Salobrena's summer festival? Bonnie fucking Tyler!! Another Swansea ginger ... minus the ginger. Goddam I'm going to have to remember to check out who they get next year. She doesn't even need the dosh she did it cos she wanted to.

When Mr Slowly was first asked to coach some forwards sessions for the girls rugby team he was struck by how incredibly different coaching girls are to boys, they work together as a team without constant reminders to pass the ball it's a team game. Anyway during a match a little girl missed a conversion and was devastated, one of her team mates ran up to her and said "Don't worry Hannah, you'll get it next time, we believe in you" Sickly as that sounds, it worked a treat Hannah pulled herself together and played a cracking game, Mr Slowly said he sometimes wished the boys/men could be just a little bit more like the girls. So with that in mind.. you can do it Pedro, we believe in you!

@Pedro I'm a bit afraid to ask but how's it going?

Seventh pic down looks like its been deliberately shot in black and white and had a red bike picked out for the colour part! Bet that would photoshop nicely

Excellent pics. Particularly like this one, if I'd taken that I'd have framed it!

Why don't you ask your polish bit on the side, I'm sure she'd be happy to contribute

I've not seen that, must be your algorithms

and treat them like the star they think they are

The first 6 mins is him whining he couldn’t get hold of anyone - their man in charge of communications/Facebook etc died motorcycle racing beginning October. Then a few minutes banging on about not liking their advertising blurb cos they use the word iconic. Then he complains about it looking modern but last year at the show they had them side by side (the old and new goldstar) and you had to do a double take to do a spot the difference they were so similar (apart from that honking great radiator) but HELLO inexpensive bike that needs to be competitively priced and euro 5 compliant so….. The comments about the finish are fair enough. Plastic wrap chrome mudguard just yuk The scratched rev counter lens not sure about that, the other ones fine, some idiots used an abrasive cleaner, you can see the swipe marks. Then more whining about the staff not paying him enough attention (fine but that’s no reflection the bike) and then complaining there was no “press bike” for him to ride. He was left feeling very suspicious based on what Norton did when Norton took shitloads of cash and didn’t deliver whereas I paid a deposit on a Goldstar of £250 and for that money I’m happy to take the risk. Plus it’s Mahindra not some dodgy dealer dipping into its employees pension pot. All in all it’s a lot of bagging a bike that’s not even out yet because he thinks he’s somebody special and they should paying him more attention. I agree with him about riding the bike before you buy it and the finish isn’t of the highest order (looked great to me but I wouldn’t expect it to be top notch at those prices). These two valid points took up less than 2 minutes of a 15 minute whinge. He has pub bore written all over him.

Not sure. Waiting for audiology appointment Or the next ‘Oh dear better go home n sort that’ disaster to occur Going to have to sit down and seriously work out my 90 day allowances, make sure I have an evenish spread

Only if you're a moron who doesn't understand higher altitude equals colder conditions and unpredictable weather... oh wait am I talking about myself?... yep

Not on your Nelly, it was feckin cold up there. When I finally started to descend and feel the warmth again I realised I'd had my teeth gritted together for a good half an hour

Two pics from today. One is the lid of my pannier in airport parking (ooh exciting tell us more I hear you cry ) and the other the blue sky from my bedroom window.. aah. Why this one? Cos I’m that pleased with the pannier set up I took a pic Givi make good use of the pannier lid space by putting little hooks in the top and making cargo nets to fit. Means whatever you want to keep easy access to is in the lid. My latest purchase was the backpack you can see inside the pannier lid here. It’s brill when touring and you’re loaded to capacity but want to stop and pick up food just before you reach your destination, it’s always ready to hand. and this one because some folk back home can get a bit sneery about me coming to Spain a lot, I arrive to warm sunshine, see blue sky from my bedroom balcony and think FTH!!

The flights not too bad, about 2 1/2 hours and I have no problem sleeping through that. It differs from going on holiday which can be stressful cos all your gears already in place, there's no checked luggage so you go straight to security and hang about for an hour reading and drinking tea before boarding. You're also so familiar with the procedure, likely gate numbers etc you do most of it with your eyes shut. Where as on your hols you have to turn up stupidly early to queue forever just to check a suitcase in and then you get caught up with everyone else stressing doing the 'me first' march rather than simply slip through in the quiet time. Plus as you're leaving the cold n wet behind and looking forward to a nice ride in the sunshine you generally feel pretty happy about that flight. Mind you it wasn't arf parky up in those mountains today, beautiful views but brrrrrrr. Had to stop n put my waterproof on just for an extra layer and switched my heated grips on and it still wasn't enough I hear Brizzle is trialling the day before your flight bag drop which would be good for folk with suitcases flying early doors. When my bezzie comes out here in March I'm going to try and get her to do that rather than get to the airport over two hours before the flight at stupid o'clock, treat her to the less stressful way to fly.

Took a stroll down to the supermarket, bought beer, pizza and some stuff to roast for Sunday lunch tomoz. Pizza disappointing as didn't have any extra toppings to add, Dr Oetker would be turning in his grave at those tasteless rubber discs pretending to be cheese. Beer is not disappointing. Beer is good.

Arrived. Airport parking has a cafe so having a cup of tea before setting off. It’s a very pleasant 23 degrees at the mo.