Thumper Club Forum
Club House => Chatter => Topic started by: Steffan on May 23, 2009, 02:53:33 PM
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well I hope all you other beggars are out and revving. As for me I am in the Uni Library working on my dissertation. Yes that's right, the self same one of Dragon fame, as the song goes, "somethings don't come easy..." - especially in my line of country; or would "I can't get no satisfaction" be more apt. In the end it's likely to be a case of "Dirty deads done dirt cheap" but hey I content myself that come time to head off to the Isle I will be finished. So here's hoping you're all having a great time and it's back to the millstone for me. And no it ain't around my neck - although it feels that way sometimes.
Steffan
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Geeeze Steff, how often do you sit in doors? Well maybe a revolving door, but otherwise it would be a door way.... ooops, OH you mean indoors. aha ...sorry.
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well I hope all you other beggars are out and revving.
Not yet. Still thinking about where I'm going to go, given I've got Monday and Tuesday off.
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well I hope all you other beggars are out and revving.
Steffan
Yes Steffen was out today,bloody super it was to thanks for asking
(http://i287.photobucket.com/albums/ll130/chairhead64/DSCF1679.jpg)
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That looks nice
Where is it
Ken
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More importantly, Where's the rig?????
Steff
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And why have I been in work during the best weather for ages. Stuck working 16 hour shifts when I could be putting the Beemer together ready for the TT.
Not fair (sulk, sulk).
Photo looks very like Wales.
Richard
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More importantly, Where's the rig?????
Steff
Fear not my good man,for it is to follow very soon :D
@ Ken wrote,That looks nice
Where is it.
Llyn Brianne Reservoir,just around the corner from Llandovery ;)
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Hey Steff, looks like your riding season over there could be improving... in Perth we had 4 degrees C this am and some wild storms over the weekend, could be slowing down our riding a bit. Bonus, it may remove some of the 50 cc buzzbombs off the main roads.
SE QLD /Nth Coast NSW is under water during the worst drought for a long time, wierd weather.
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And you didn't pop in for a cuppa - right...right..off to the rant page!!
;D
Steff
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Not yet. Still thinking about where I'm going to go, given I've got Monday and Tuesday off.
Decided where to go on my days off (Skye, Harris, Lewis and the far north-west of Scotland) however my bikes had other ideas. Set off on my Deauville only to notice blue smoke coming from the exhaust when on the over-run, so returned home. Took my CBR out for a borders spin this afternoon, which went well until the chain let go on the way home. Two days, two broken bikes - not ideal...
Only remaining road bike is the XBR (although the Deauville is still actually riding fine despite the smoke) however SWMBO has banned me from going out to play on it tomorrow...
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I managed some proper two-wheeled riding this weekend. We set off for a weekend family camp at the site we use near Crickhowell, Sue with the kids and gear in the car, me on the trusty CB500.
The ride up was a laugh given that I've barely ridden a solo for years now. I didn't use the bike all weekend because I spent the time with the kids. It was Monday afternoon before I got back in the saddle and I had a belting ride back via some tortuous Welsh backroads. Finally managed to get rid of the previous owner's massive 'chicken strips'.
GC
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I got down to a campsite in Newgale by the City of St Davids for a couple of nights, me and the wife on our bikes enjoying the scenery and back roads up to Cardigan and back.
On Monday went to the Medeival Village near Penarth to watch my brother in law fooling around as a Greek Hoplite in his reinactment set.
A good weekend.
May get up to Llanthony this weekend before I go over to Normandy on Monday for a week taking in the 65th D-Day Anniversary.
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May get up to Llanthony this weekend before I go over to Normandy on Monday for a week taking in the 65th D-Day Anniversary.
Sounds like a good trip, how are you managing for accommodation? I imagine it's going to be chokka.
My favourite Normandy hotel was a place above a raunchy bar and it appeared that most of the rooms had permanent residents, judging by the names alongside the individual bell buttons in the foyer. The strange thing was that all of these residents seemed to have exotic female names ::)
Have you visited the 360° D-Day cinema (http://www.arromanches360.com/eng/index.php) in Arromanches? Boyd, Simon Morgan and I went there to kill time before catching our ferry on the TC French trip in 2003. I found it very moving.
GC
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May get up to Llanthony this weekend before I go over to Normandy on Monday for a week taking in the 65th D-Day Anniversary.
Sounds like a good trip, how are you managing for accommodation? I imagine it's going to be chokka.
My favourite Normandy hotel was a place above a raunchy bar and it appeared that most of the rooms had permanent residents, judging by the names alongside the individual bell buttons in the foyer. The strange thing was that all of these residents seemed to have exotic female names ::)
Have you visited the 360° D-Day cinema (http://www.arromanches360.com/eng/index.php) in Arromanches? Boyd, Simon Morgan and I went there to kill time before catching our ferry on the TC French trip in 2003. I found it very moving.
GC
7 of us going, first night will be in a Formule1 then onto a campsite between Ouistram and Arromanches (fingers crossed that I booked it but there could well have been a breakdown in communication 'cos I couldn't proper translate the reply email ???, but not going to tell my mates that) Stopped in Arromanches last year but they are full.
I won't mention to the rest of the gang where you stopped or there may be a few takers.
Yeah got in to see 360 cinema last year, quite impressive.
Mark
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Can highly recommend the municipal campsite in Arromanches,great facilities,clean, friendly and only a stone throw from the beach.There was a double page feature about Arromanches and the surrounding beaches in the Saturday mail,its a fantastic coast line and hard to belive what went on there,the cemetery's there are also moving places.
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And, only about 10 or 15 miles away (I seem to recall cycling it in a short afternoon), is Bayeux and another fantastic municipial campsite.
Those French municipial sites are bloody marvellous aren't they? Most large villages and towns in tourist areas have one and they are clean, well-run and very cheap.
Aaaaaahhhh, Brittany and Normandy, quiet country roads, good coffee in bar tabacs, moules frites and beer in cheap roadside restaurants, calvados in friendly little bars. Where's my bloody passport!
What I used to do was chuck my bicycle on the direct train to Portsmouth, get on a ferry to St Malo, Roscoff or Caen and then spend a week cycling on backroads. Why don't I do that anymore? ???
GC
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Aaaaaahhhh, Brittany and Normandy, quiet country roads, good coffee in bar tabacs, moules frites and beer in cheap roadside restaurants, calvados in friendly little bars. Where's my bloody passport!
anymore? ???
GC
Yep yep yep +1
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What I used to do was chuck my bicycle on the direct train to Portsmouth, get on a ferry to St Malo, Roscoff or Caen and then spend a week cycling on backroads. Why don't I do that anymore? ???
GC
'Cause your a responsible adult who's got caught by the system, at the moment! ;) Could all change tomorrow! ;)
Chill, don't fret, enjoy it! 8)
Keep boppin', Bill.
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Arromanches was where me and the wife had our first ever visit to France. Lovely place, and like you say the cinema is something else.
Some people from my other club go over there every Easter - bit cold for camping at that time of year though.
Trevor
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Some people from my other club go over there every Easter - bit cold for camping at that time of year though
Trevor
:D :D :D :D :D cold :D Easter :D camping :D :D :D,Ah Hem,sorry :-X :D i'll stop now :D
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Some people from my other club go over there every Easter - bit cold for camping at that time of year though
Trevor
:D :D :D :D :D cold :D Easter :D camping :D :D :D,Ah Hem,sorry :-X :D i'll stop now :D
I think Trevor is talking about the beer. You can never get a nice warm pint in France.
Andy
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Thinking of "cold" camping... was looking at bell tents the other day and discovered you can get a mini wood burning stove to go in them, how cool... erm... warm is that!! 8)
That sounds like the tent of choice to me ;D
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Thinking of "cold" camping... was looking at bell tents the other day and discovered you can get a mini wood burning stove to go in them, how cool... erm... warm is that!! 8)
That sounds like the tent of choice to me ;D
Do you know how much those things weigh :o,double that when it gets wet :o :o,
and besides it would be like walking into a big top circus tent for you :D,you'd soon get lost :D
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Thinking of "cold" camping... was looking at bell tents the other day and discovered you can get a mini wood burning stove to go in them, how cool... erm... warm is that!! 8)
That sounds like the tent of choice to me ;D
Do you know how much those things weigh :o,double that when it gets wet :o :o,
and besides it would be like walking into a big top circus tent for you :D,you'd soon get lost :D
about 25kg for a 5 person one iirc, and if it's proofed properly not that much more wet ;) I thought you had a bike with a bit of guts? what's a couple of exta kilos... :P ;)
Oh and I'll be fine as long as I remember a compass ;D