Sir Fallsalot

Its just dawned on me i have to go back to work tomorrow

It didn't happen to me so yes

Yesterday morning the temperature was 2c when i got to the meeting point and it was 2c when i left for home but due to the riding we were doing i sweated all day perfect temperature for trail riding of this kind, All the tarmac roads we used had a lot of frost and ice on them which didn't clear until mid afternoon so we were slipping about on and off road. Two cancelled so there 11 of us and We decided to go as one group which worked really well with everyone following the second man rule religiously. We had one retire about half way with a damaged shoulder and knee after he binned it going a bit fast down a steep rocky hill and another lost his bike in the a river, when he was crossing the current took his front wheel from under him as he turned down stream luckily we got it started quickly and no damage to the bike, other than that the day was incident free. All the bad weather we've had lately made it an excellent route and everyone went home happy. Just finished washing the bike i needed a shovel to clear the pavement with the amount of crap the came off it LOL.

Legs are aching like hell today probably from paddling through the ruts

I'm going to put these in as photos i didn't take from today too knackered to add words LOL

Just got back from a cracking days riding i didn't think i could have had a wetter or muddier day than last weekend but todays ride supersedes last weekends ride Only fucking washed it Thursday ffs, hoping a few photos will turn up so i can grab them later.

Pete's been trying to keep it a secret but this is his new bike for 2024

It was a great place everyone spoke good English and were very friendly and helpful

We didn't take much cash with us as we were expecting to use our credit card like we do everywhere else had to visit a bank to get some out. The locals said they had some big bust up with the government during covid where they were asked to go cashless and they all got stitched up so stopped using plastic to stick it to the man sort of thing apparently. And we were in Split not some one horse town.

the wife and i had a short holiday in Croatia last year and was almost caught out by them only taking cash couldn't use a card anywhere.

He's usually the one cuming up the rear

TRF trail ride around Clyro tomorrow i stated max of 8 riders and now we are 13 everyone has seen the forecast i think, going to split into two groups to make it easier to manage

Might be worth a bit of cash its over 55 years old, some fucker will like it out there

My old man has one of those in bits in one of his sheds Puch Alpine 150.

Managed to wash the Beta today as well first dry day since last Saturday's ride Just checking things over ready for this Saturdays ride after which it will be filthy again

I have to laugh at some of the comments you usually get on the Facebook group after the rally, things I've read people complaining about are, the campsite was muddy, the campsite was too wet, it rained all weekend and there was nowhere to get out of the rain, the rally should have been cancelled for safety reasons, there was no hot water the food was shit there were no showers, there was no food. The whole event is advertised as as an extreme rally and the conditions you can experience when there are well documented over the 60 years its been going, yet these people still turned up and rather than accepting the rally is not for them and moving on they go on line and blame Conway MCC because it's not their fault they turned up to a rally in February unprepared and got wet and muddy thick fuckers

I think i said before when i first got the Africa Twin i joined the Facebook group for them and noticed there was a guy on there that lived over the hill from me, after checking out his profile which was full of vegan shit like meat is murder i said to myself Fred, you and him will never be friends LOL

With personal identity if we ended up with they/them's on here and they started pushing their agenda i would just leave the forum as i just wouldn't be able to hold myself back

I think If a subject turns up and is not what the forum is based on which becomes the dominant subject or where things get ugly then yes, with politics and religion you can see it's been a topic that causes problems since the internet began so its an easy one to ban. Some of the things as you mention are relatively new so we are still able to have a decent discussion with some piss taking without someone threating to turn up at your door and kill your family.

i wouldn't say they are taboo subjects here in the UK but if allowed to be discussed on the forum the subjects would soon dominate the place and it being the internet would turn ugly pretty quick, my thing is its a bike forum there's plenty of places that politics and religion can be discussed away from here and is one of the few rules that are on here. I've never had a problem discussing the subject person to person unless the Irish are involved. i remember an Irish woman going absolutely bonkers in the local pub to me many years ago she ended up punching fuck out of some guy as he tried to get away from her and when he got in his car she smashed his windscreen with a rock as he drove off. and the question that sent her into this rage was are you protestant or catholic she replied with what the fuck has it got to do with you and then went batshit crazy. LOL

Politics and religion there was something about these subjects that i cant quite remember perhaps one of the admin can help me out here

I had this thing in the late 90's where i lost all interest in bikes and bike related stuff and it lasted for about 10 bloody years, i've sort of got that feeling again but only with the road bike stuff at the moment

Not sure it's that with me just seem to have lost interest in it all and i'm fed up with drinking and making myself ill (as i crack open a can ) LOL

Aye i'm miserable in Ponty now LOL