Slowlycatchymonkey

1 was a mistake the other 8 were Xtremes bots.

What are these jumbo leaves? Get your nature app out @boboneleg

Wow thats outstanding. I was staring at your pic thinking I don't understand what country is that from, its from some far flung clime but I can't pin it down at all. Thanks for the link that explains a lot. I might have to go to the Isle of Wight to see it for myself. What a monk!

Im not playing. If we are to be deprived of the sport of disparaging someones choice before they even have it in their possession (which should be an enshrined forum right) just because said person its too sensible to let a pack of dogs rip apart their new toy then no fair Im not playing. Yes Im looking at you too @Tango.. although at least you werent a tease. ps I reserve the right to do exactly the same thing come my turn

Horrifying.

No they didnt. The public were and still largely are clueless about what's going on, they don't know what they're voting for and how can any of us when we're constantly lied to. People don't like politics, they don't want to hear about it and can't talk about it without it being reduced down to a tub thumping team sport rather than any sort of productive discourse. But then that wouldn't be conducive to power mad egomaniacs holding onto their power bases so instead we all just agree not to talk about it even though it effects everyones lives everyday more dramatically than any other influence. Politics is even a banned topic on here. This madness stems from the idea conversation is something to be won rather than an exchange of ideas or information. Folk get personally invested in an idea often latching onto the first thing they hear from whatever news outlet or bloke in the pub they favour without much further thought or research and suddenly we have a team sport that lets people who should be held accountable for the things they do off the hook just because their teams behind them... yer but it would have been worse under such n such So no no-one deliberately voted to sell off the NHS, its being done slowly and quietly largely behind the publics back.

We certainly are. I like your fantasy world, I dally there sometimes too, it involves organisations acting from the right motives, doing things for the greater good while also retaining individual humanity. Unfortunately if theres money involved it attracts scum. I had the same sugar experience in Nepal. Every item in the ‘super’markets its possible to load with it they have and the sugary snack isles dominate over half the store It’s hard to go out there, see the world, gain a wider view without also seeing the damage pursuing profit does. I see some hope in the much younger generations in the UK who are en masse sick of sucking it up and very pissed off with the old order. We’ll see. I just finished a book you might enjoy about a solo female RTW traveller who occasionally tries to politely touch on the damage capitalism causes- Got2Go Lea Rieck.

I hear VOX are doing very well in Spain... Morons everywhere

Theres also an enormous amount of dental decay in toddlers in the UK. Poor nutrition during pregnancy (babies teeth are already under the gums when they are born) coupled with the poor education that led to that state then continuing to work its magic causes a lot of problems. Its hard to believe but fizzy or sweet drinks in babies bottles in some areas is common. Then there are the well meaning partially educated who are trying to do the right thing by switching to raisins, apple juice and other perceived healthy alternatives that equally cause rot. Dried fruit is worse offender because is sticks in the teeth and keeps the acid production going until its brushed out. Health promotion in the UK is patchily done and poor. Its always consisted of finger wagging, guilt tripping messages and a like of punitive measures after the fact rather than education before the damage is done, this causes the majority of people to completely switch off to any official channels because no-one likes being told their lifestyle choices are wrong and whatever has happened is probably their fault. So there you go, theres a lot of prevalent preventable disease in the UK. Heyho.

One on cafe lattes how apposite! Malnutrition is an interesting topic, suffered in every country for differing reasons. In the UK it's generally due to lack of education resulting in rickets. The remedy for the nations malnutrition (after discovering the terrible state of the working classes meant they weren't fit to fight a war) was to introduce free school milk in 1946 and that to a large degree worked. Then Thatcher thatcher milk snatcher decided to stop this in 1971 and so we see the necessary return of rickets in the UK. What I find most surprising is knowing the impact poor diet has on peoples lives that nutritional education wasn't introduced to the UKs education curriculum til 2014 so we'll continue to see a disproportionate number of childrens lives effected until the better educated 2014 generation are the breeders!

Or the amount of dried fruit they eat..

According to Ed Marsh vloggers need to make their Moto vids "toilet length" so short n frequent could be good You know you posted 2. 12 already.. need more sleep or less caffeine?

A much loved, sadly abused and highly undervalued animal. Lets be honest most of us like our dogs much more than our relatives Viva canis lupus familiaris! https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-53949310

Rather them than me, have you seen the forecast for tomorrow ️ that place and its inhabitants will stink

I'm gonna go leftfield on this one. A Rieju and in an ode to your love of the forum a Rieju Tango scrambler. You're ready for bit of off road Pete, its taken you a while to come around but you're ready and we're all proud of you.

Boxer engine not enough of a giveaway?

So you're all kitted out and ready to go apart from a few last things. Nice What you picking up?

Lets have a nice pic of you then six, see what we make of you..

Whoop whoop. Good luck Think your journey should have its own thread even if you can't update it often it would be nice to keep all the pics in one place. Wot u say @XTreme?

Hey @Grasshopper's Ride wotcha been up to?

It was time to take the loved but neglected 9T out for a spin. I so wish I could stop getting on a bike stuck in a riding mode of whatever I rode last. If I hadn’t of switched the pillion seat for a seat hump I would have dumped my arse on the tarmac and waved goodbye to it sailing on without me at the very first junction, who wudda fort wringing the throttle on the Himalayan for all its worth would get you into trouble on a 110bhp bike My god I’ve missed the power, what a thrill, like a fairground ride but I decide when the go faster button is pressed, I’d almost forgotten the joys of more power than you can handle My poor little kermit arms are no match for it and I love it. Nothing like scaring the shit out of yourself for giggles! Mr Slowly’s smile turning into a grimace because I’m taking too long trying to find the sun to blot out my mosquito bite Rudolph nose I tried to take Mr Slowly for breakfast but they said they’d stopped serving breakfast half an hour early due to having so many bookings. Mr Slowly settled for coffee and cake with the good grace of someone looking forward to becoming an irascible old man, he'll be fit for this forum soon Nice time though, sun shining happy people wobbling about, got asked constantly if we were down for “that thing” eventually after the millionth throng of Harleys passed we remembered its the Harley Cider Rally in Bridgwater this weekend, wonder if Bucks currently floating in a vat of cider?! So yeh the sun shone, people smiled and I had a great ride in the beautiful verdant Somerset countryside. What’s not to like?! Rich’s cider must be doing alright for themselves, you don’t see many west country barns with doors that posh!

Theres some comedian with long black hair who loves bikes and he's a good off road rider. Umm... umm.. I'll probably remember at 2 in the morning edit: Ross Noble https://www.adventurebikerider.com/article/interview-ross-noble-motorcycling/