Slowlycatchymonkey

Cheers, it was

Forgot to say Happy Sunday… HAPPY SUNDAY Had one of my favourite lazy Sunday lunches. No peeling potatoes, only one pan to wash and with the peppers, garlic n dusting of paprika makes it a feel a bit Spanishy too Washing it down with a crisp white wine also helps improve things a wee bit Before n after Mr Slowly first made this for me on Mother’s Day about 15 years ago, the brownie points went off the charts

In but not with a chance

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?

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

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.

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.

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.

Travelling back to España. Riding my bike. Lying as still as possible and doing as little as possible. Might wander down to the seafront, maybe maybe not. Weather looks good for doing nothing.

At airport. Boy has friends over, they mix good cocktails. Slightly hungover, wish I was asleep

Ooh Grasshopper’s famous. YouTube income is on it’s way

When the idiot was laid out in the floor gasping for breath and Fenton had eaten enough veal to last a lifetime he maybe wandered over to lick his face, so yer he ‘caught’ Fenton.

Me too

Who doesn’t?

It was my 50th birthday recently too, I was (and still am) pretty chuffed to have made it this far without cocking things up - pat on the back time

The RE Himalayan's main problem came from releasing a bike that wasn't fit for a 1st world market. Initially it was only intended for the Indian market where it's expected things will break. People started importing them (mostly into America) and discovered the quality wasn't up to 1st world standards. RE then had to do a redo to produce something considered good enough for this market (ie fix the stuff that commonly went wrong). It took them quite some time. A lot of the earlier Enfield's came with built in problems. I haven't had any trouble with mine, other than notchy head bearing.. the rest of the issues have all been mechanic induced