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Not equipped to make a diagnosis?

No accident Clive.......that's always been the Government's agenda.

So you couldn't pull a tidy bird then?

John Cooper beat Ago in the Race of the Year 1971 at Mallory! Very famous victory because Ago was considered unbeatable at the time.

Paul Smart, John Cooper, and Phil Read!

Nice XS1100 there! Looks pretty original!

This town is full of older people walking round and round cos the Doctors have told them to do it. Seems to be whatever affliction you've got then the course of treatment is walking!

Missing the CB clutch and gearbox then Bob?

Nice one Bob! How you finding the new bike?

You should get the full month Clive!

My Pension arrived today, which included two weeks at the increased rate.....total €960! Unfortunately, most of that got swallowed up by the Quarterly tax bill which went out today.

Me on Swansea Beach around 1959......see St Helens grandstand behind me @Cupid Stunt?

Yes!

Look who's talking! I think this is the first time you've been out this year! And by the way......where did you hide the van?

How did I know you were going to say that? Bet you wish you were out with Laurie and the TRF boys today? Looks like that they had a good day out from the pics on FB. Still......I've heard Rwanda is nice this time of year!

Lifts the wheel off the throttle in first?

Why is there so many Harleys Saul?

They're deporting you to Rwanda?

Marcel you mean?

That isn't a high bar Marcel!

Nobody has anything worthwhile to add Chris!

Not sure......about 100kms I'd say!

I did look for some......but couldn't find any Bob!

Well I did something......other than bullshitting on the Internet like the rest of you do!

No.....not the bike! Obviously I have no idea how to do shit like that. I'm talking about the reservoirs, because we've had years of very little rain. And there's now a serious drought situation. Now I'm not one who normally looks for more rain, but every year the price of straw for the horses has been going up. We used to pay around €400 for a year's worth......but last it was €1200 and we had to have it brought in from Albacete. Which is about 150 miles away. So an increase in rainfall and the filling of the reservoirs is critical.....not just here, but throughout Spain. So off I went to check the current situation. Luckily, the weather was great......around 20c! So it was perfect conditions! The approached into Castril.......and the wall of the Dam. This is The Style! I was amazed when I saw the levels in Castril because when I came here last Summer it was very low indeed. This is probably the highest I've seen it in 5 years! It's nowhere near it's highest, but the water line has gone up a lot. Two car loads of a Spanish family then turned up......three generations of them. So I ended up having to take a load of group photos of them. They weren't from Andalucia because they were speaking Spanish in a grammatically correct way rather than slurring words and leaving out letters in words. Lovely people......couple of hot girls in their 20's with them. I wanted to get a photo with those two, but I couldn't very well tell the rest of the family to get out of the way! Then it was on to San Clemente.......the levels there had risen a bit but nothing like the scale it had in Castril. Most of the land you see here was underwater when I came here in 2005...... Had to get the obligatory shot on the bridge.....obviously destined to be BOTM for April. Bike ran great as usual.......these rural roads are the perfect place for it. And it actually made me think......"Why am I considering selling it?" Well there we are! I got out and did something......and in doing so, I made a positive contribution to the forum! Some of you lot should try it sometime!