LLantony

[Mart]

Had a great time. Ride home was fun. met a car coming down the hill within about one mile of the campsite. Managed to stop but only after the front wheel slid from under on some wet leaves. Car also managed to stop but not until he had parked his front wheel on my front wheel. Trouble was my leg was still under the bike. Daniel who was behind me stopped OK but Boyd third in the c onvoy laughed so hard that he fell off too. I asked the car driver to reverse off the bike as my toe hurt [ it still does]. We picked up the bikes swapped names and addresses and proceeded as normal albeit a little slower. It was all a very low speed affair and no permanent damage was done. A new clutch lever has been ordered on ebay and the mud has been jet washed. Surprising what you can get away with sometimes. Thoroughly enjoyed meeting all the friendly nutters again and look forward to the next bash. Mart.
PS perhaps bash is an unfortunate choice of word.

[guest7]

What a nice weekend that was 

I arrived in my mate's Land Rover to a tirade of abuse at my lack of bike. I'd ridden up to Andy's house enroute and he'd made the very valid point that it seemed pointless us taking two vehicles so I emptied the contents of the seriously overloaded sidecar into the Landie and we were off on an enjoyable bimble along some very narrow roads.

My family tent proved itself to be useful as a large shelter/mess tent for cooking and nattering and I will probably use it for this purpose again. With the internal bedrooms removed it can easily accommodate a large number of TC bods.

It was a real pleasure to meet up with the guys who turned up and the evening in the bar was an interesting affair for all sorts of reasons, not least the arrival of two large groups of young women.

My slumber was ended this morning by the acrid aroma emitted by one TC member. This cloud of flatulence carried 10 yards and into my tent. I won't name names, but he has a beard.

The ride back from Andy's was a bit slow as the old outfit is now very tired indeed. I'm glad I didn't ride it to Llanthony as I'm not convinced it would have made it.

As for Andy M's new outfit, I took a spin on it and I was very impressed, it's a delight to ride.

Cheers
GC

[Steffan]

Bad luck Mart and Boyd. Hope you weren't too knocked about. It must be some sort of record for number of different rider offs at the one event.

Steffan

[Bruce]

Well I got home ok despite my ice dance on saturday, good weekend with good company many thanks to all, as I suggested what about another meet at the same place late spring early summer next year.

[Steffan]

Hey Bruce,

From now on where ever we go, people will stop and say "the icemen cometh"

Here again is that frozen wasteland that failed to break our indefatigable spirits.

http://www.multimap.com/maps/?hloc=GB|Gospel%20pass#t=l&map=52.00787,-3.11184|18|32&loc=GB:52.01667:-3.1:14|Hay%20bluff|Pen%20y%20Beacon%20(Hay%20Bluff)

Steffan

[guest7]

For those who are a bit baffled, Bruce and Steffan came off on ice on Hay Bluff on the Friday. Simon Morgan, as usual, just sailed on through it all with no mishap 

GC

[andy230]

For those who are a bit baffled, Bruce and Steffan came off on ice on Hay Bluff on the Friday. Simon Morgan, as usual, just sailed on through it all with no mishap 

GC

and folk say racing is dangerous...!

Sounds like good fun tho chaps!  Brave laddies- the slightly cold snap has given me the mitigating circumstances to allow preliminary engine building on the table.

with a can of beer! 

soon...

a

[themoudie]

Oi, Jethro, you been on the Jerusalems again?

I hear from good authority, they used to be a staple part of the South Wales smallholder diet!

This small clip maybe a bit close to the truth, but always reduces me to tears.

http://www.flowgo.com/funny/9961_tootin-bathtub-baby-cousins.html

If you require Jerusalems I can supply for the cost of P&P!

My regards, Bill.

[002]

Who said it was me !!!  

I may resmble that remark buuuuut !
Yes the ice was a little entertaining to say the least.
Friday night we did have a bit of a cold snap.

Jolly good weekend.

Jethro

[themoudie]

Good evening Jethro,

Sorry to 'out' you, but the Jerusalems are very good this year and I felt I should enquire.

My regards, Bill.

[Andy M]

And I thought I had a rought trip! Glad everyones OK and not too much damage.

Made it home in fine style without breaking anything else. The list of damage for the weekend was:

Tonneau cover destroyed: The Russian stitching just exploded on the M-6 coming down.
Towel ruined: Used to tidy myself up after curing my missfire (again). Jethro's advice of using lithium grease will be put into practice.
Thermometer bracket snapped and thermometer ruined by torrential rain: That'll teach me to use plastic and electronics, I need to find a mechanical type.

GC's comments about the handling actually got me thinking. The M-5/M-6 were a bit of a pain and had me thinking it needs leading links. However, the A-??? past Hereford and the M-62 shows it to ride very easily without needing the steering input that was making my shoulder ache. A queue on the M-60 found the culprit. The M-5 and M-6 have huge grooves in lane 1 made by trucks and the sweet spot on the "crown" is too small to sit on. The M-62 is recently resurfaced and has a normal camber. It ain't the bike, it's the road! Once I get by sidecar muscles back in trim and get in on some nice well maintained (European) roads it'll be as plusg on the motorway as it was over the pass at the back of Llanthoney 

It was a test run, so no worries really.

As usual, great company, well decent beer and a lot of laughs 

Andy

[mini-thumper]

Glad to hear that you are OK Martyn. I got no sympathy when I got home and was told I should "grow up" - the banana and chocolate cake did sweeten it a little though. The worst element of the 'off' was all my gear getting covered in s**t - need to go out in the rain to clean it off as I'm as keen to clean it as the bike itself.

Excellent weekend, brilliant location, dubious company, lovely beer........................

Boyd

[002]

Good evening Jethro,

Sorry to 'out' you, but the Jerusalems are very good this year and I felt I should enquire.

My regards, Bill.

OK !  Gonna show my ignorance now !   What is a Jerusalem ?
Now could be a regional name for something I know !
As in Gibble,Dapp(Dappers),A Swansea or a Rheen and many more....!

Jethro

[pigafetta]

I don't know what any of those things are

[themoudie]

Good evening Jethro,

Jerusalem artichokes.

Boiled, steamed, roasted, chips, fried, soup, either on their own or with other veg, very tasty, but not friendly!

Flatulence of Biblical proportions guaranteed. 

My regards, Bill.