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work. working on boats everything is done kneeling down and ofen at arms length, my knees are fucked cos of that. my shouldaers are fucked cos of getting in and out of confined spaces and / or lifting weights (bateries) or wrenching at arms length. Back is fucked to to the endless working in confined spaces or leaning over an engine. Rheumatoid polyarthritis is not helping...

ill be 66 and about to retire, If i make it that far.

Boring mode *ON* ( cos I hear a lot of people saying she should have abdicated in favour of charles years ago) Queen Elizabeth could not have handed over to Charles any sooner than she has done. She could have delegated more of the public appearances, as she did with the last state opening of parliament and a couple of other more minor occasions over the last couple of years, but no more. There is no provision in the United Kingdom's constitution for the abdication of a reigning monarch, there is no legal or constitutional framework for it. The option doesn't exist. When Edward refused the crown in december 1936 he had not yet been crowned and therefore was not technically a reigning monarch, though given the title King for the 11 months following his fathers death due to the rules of automatic succession of the eldest son, ( now changed by Elizabeth to the automatic succession of the eldest child) in the same way Charles is referred to as King Charles 3rd from the moment of his mother's death on thursday. Edward had to make his choice before the coronation. Charles will only become legally and constitutionally King at his coronation. Until that time he could technically refuse the crown as did his uncle in '36. Boring mode*OFF*

Funnily enough, though the french eat a lot of wierd shit still ( snails, frogs, calfs head, foie gras, etc) Horse meat is very very rare these days. I have never been offered it or even seen it on a restaurant menu and only ever once seen a "Boucherie Chevaline" ( butchers specialising in horse meat). But I do like a bit of game, Hare, pheasant, venison, or boar... nomnomnomnom......

or any weekend music festival...

you suffering again then Bob? sorry to hear that, I hoped the last surgery had at least diminished the phenomenon.

That's what I thought, thanks bob, I couldn't be arsed to find a pic

Haven't Husqvarna or someone already got a bike called the Nuda?

like so many Harly riders....

ate in Lyon’s “Food Traboule” sunday lunchtime. Corn Dogs

I'm working tomorrow, then I'm on holiday till the 19th. Once I get back I then have 6 days to work before I leave definitively.

This is why Mrs Moon is NOT accompanying me on the trip delivering N01 daughter to Liverpool. she can say her adieu's at home and have a bit of a cry with the remaining 2 once we've left.

do you have the lady's permission?

good point

i hereby categorically and emphatically deny any and all knowledge of what the fuck is going on there!

I saw one of my old bikes parked outside a bar a few years ago, it had a lot less miles on the clock than it did when I sold it...

if I don't vote straight away I'll forget until it's too late. besides why be bothered about how anybody else votes? I just vote for either the best photo or the bike that has done more than the others one way or another during the month.

From this afternoon

Welcome Gently Bently. Whereabouts in Norfolk, my old stamping ground a bit , my folks lived in and around swaffham till about 10 years ago,

Decided it was time for a ride this afternoon. Short of ideas as towhere to go so fired up the pootah, opened Kurviger, programmed "twisty route", then "Circuit" andturned the heading arrow just eastof North and hit "Go". it came up with this 170 something km's, so I transferred that to the phone and off I went. it was a pretty varied ride landscape wise, from the vinyards above, through woods and forest How french is this?! and across arable lowlands. All pretty dry at the moment but the trees are still green. Unstable weather here today, about 27 c and high humidity. fairly dominant cloud cover but no rain. Good to be out on the bike again.

well for years I thought yourname was Bobo Neleg... welcome Fridall, if person ye be.

Bonjour

I just had possible the best curry I've ever had in France HAD, being the operative word

I was going to ask how you got on with the pirelli's on the dirt in the rain. I have them on the tiger and love them on tarmac and reckon their pretty good ( insofar as road biased tyres go) for gentle (dry) lanes and unsurfaced roads, DRY being the key. great report Pedro, love those pics.

always complicated in a group with unknown riders. When we get new riders in the group ( rarely) we usually explain how the group works before leaving. A tip I actually picked up from Glitch Oz when I met up with the Aussie touring.com group back in 2013(?) an explanation which allowed me to fit almost seamlessly into the group . You will always have those whose riding style just doesn't correspond and they will quickly dissappear. Great shots @Sir Fallsalot and good write up, Thanks.