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23 minutes ago, Clive said:

what more can you ask for!

In Six's case a Van!

Been to the hardware shop to get some metal fencing for the top of the Pagoda......protection for the tortoises against vultures.

Then when of those surreal moments happened when their radio switched from endless wailing Spanish music to Black Sabbath "Paranoid".

Brilliant shot here Scott!

Just now, Pedro said:

Post a proper ride report if you can

That's a bridge too far!

13 minutes ago, Pedro said:

a visit to my mechanic friend.

Problems?

21 minutes ago, boboneleg said:

There are loads of features on those maps you're using 

He needs to check out those two red bits!

28 minutes ago, Buckster said:

Car parks with the van just out of shot.

5 minutes ago, Six30 said:

You idiot .. been out all day every day , stopped at a nice pub couple of miles from where we are staying for grub

But no shots of the bikes in scenic places etc......just pub car parks!

Lot of time at pubs......but not a lot of motorcycling as far as I can see.

A pub crawl via bike isn't exactly how motorcycle touring works.

Neither is going there in a van either!

45 minutes ago, Sir Fallsalot said:

I don't care you gave up your claim to being welsh when you deserted your country just because things were getting a little to hard for you.  

1 minute ago, Buckster said:

My battery just packed up,

More Brits chilling out for @Pedro

3 minutes ago, YamaHead said:

I think Pete's having a Senior moment....or else he didn't get the memo....'cause this is the 2nd weekend in MAY!

Loads of yard work for me....but tonight is date night w/ the Mrs...there will be Tequila involved. Riding will happen at some point as the weather is glorious right now & will be in the 80'sF by tomorrow.

11 minutes ago, Six30 said:

Doesn’t surprise me you don’t know this type of thing , mr six mile radius 

I can confirm that I have no knowledge of that type of thing.

6 minutes ago, Six30 said:

Couple here for @Buckster

Weather's good......

.....so I expect to be out on Sunday!

What you lot doing?

11 hours ago, Otto von Jizzmark said:

Yeah, fair enough - point taken. 

To be honest it’s probably time I pushed off anyway, not least because arrangements were finally made yesterday for the sale of my bike. It’s been almost a year now since my accident and my hand is probably as good as it’s going to get, which isn’t anywhere near good enough to ride safely over any distance. I’ve never been into bimbling around locally, and as even the short journey into work last week was agony I have to face the fact that my riding days – and certainly the big European jaunts that I used to enjoy best - are a thing of the past.  

I think part of the trouble is that for nearly everything else my hand is pretty much fine, so I just assume that the next time I get on the bike it’ll probably be OK – or at any rate better. But it’s not. The only other thing that has the same effect is some power tools – large angle grinders and demolition hammers in particular, it seems; bloody excruciating until you stop, and then pins and needles or burning in the fingertips a day or so later for however long it lasts. And as much as I love riding, I love music far more, and a bass player with fingers that are too numb to play is no good to anyone. The clincher was that the MOT is due this month, and as the place I go to also sold my last two bikes for me it just seems logical to take it there and leave it with them. It will be a wrench, but I daresay the cash will go a long way towards softening the blow.

I’ll also be honest and say that having lurked on here for a while, a big part of the reason I finally joined (other than to annoy Buckster, of course ) was that after a year away from riding I was really feeling pretty out of it, and I think perhaps I was looking for something that reconnected me to it somehow... I dunno… I realise that sounds a bit wanky. Maybe it was just to annoy Buckster after all… 

But at the end of the day this is a motorbike forum, and regardless of any kind words that might be offered to the contrary I really don’t belong here. I have nothing relevant to contribute. The occasional story or daft anecdote might make people smile from time to time, but you’ll tire of that soon enough. Or I will – people always underestimate the effort it takes to be this fascinating. At any rate, the point at which I become boring is the point at which my departure is overdue. 

And so, with my sincerest best wishes to every one of you, I’ll quietly pull the plug. To borrow Hunter S Thompson’s last words: “Relax – this won’t hurt…”

We're always here if you feel differently Mark......cos you don't have to have a bike to be on here.

11 minutes ago, boboneleg said:

I shall retort then , although this is nowhere near as grotty as that ............

 

 

 

 

We need @YamaHead to add something to this!

1 hour ago, Sir Fallsalot said:

Neither is Swansea 

According to every dictionary it is!

the city or town where one was born or grew up

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hometown

59 minutes ago, boboneleg said:

Don't despair , you can always request photos of his groin from our resident flasher 

This groin?

13 minutes ago, Sir Fallsalot said:

That was years ago 
Meanwhile in Spain

 

That's not my home town you twat!

38 minutes ago, Pedro said:

I don’t even understand what’s happening there.

The twat seems have got himself stuck in the hole in the table!

5 hours ago, Saul said:

Anywhere that's not soulless urban sprawl it seems like.   The rural parts of Britain is becoming an enclave for the rich and entitled, anyone that actually lives and works there are eventually driven out by generation.    My kids will never be able to get a house where I live.    Fine for me that my ex local authority house is worth stupid money but what's the point if my family have to leave.  It's just beyond shit and the community is ripped apart.  

How much would your house be worth now Saul?

@Pedro.......here's some Brit culture for you!