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General Chat => General Bike Chat => Topic started by: NorthumBryan on May 31, 2022, 05:07:57 PM
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As the topic says - what are you up to this weekend ? Are you having a trip out, street party, weekend away ? spill the beans !
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We have been invited to our neighbours so has most of the street on Friday afternoon so my wife will push me round there in the wheelchair, but originally we were having a jubilee party down our holiday caravan in Kent but we haven’t be able to go down there at all this year due to my injury :bang:
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Hoping to put some miles on the VFR on Thursday if the weather is ok, completely Victoria Sponge the BT023s before I get the Angel GTs fitted.
Other than that, building work. Got an extension to build, driveway to dig, workshop to build.
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Erm.. working. Strange, the government and media seem to think the whole country has been gifted a four day holiday. They've given us one day,and moved another. What about the countless retail staff, emergency workers, maintainance crews, sewage workers, posties, etc. etc. who are all working Saturday as normal? I shall be taking great delight in knocking as loud as I can, as early as I can to rouse the hung-over online shoppers who started their binge on Wednesday afternoon.
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I've done enough Christmas & New Year's working over the years to not feel guilty having a Bank holiday or two off. I'm off to Glossop on Thursday night and then Prestatyn for Friday & Saturday before a solo run home as my mate is heading over to Norfolk. Looking forward to getting on the bike again for a few days in a row. Pictures will no doubt surely follow...
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Nothing really planned. Usual drinks with the lads on Friday afternoon, then the village has a bit of a celebration going on, on Sunday, might have a walk up to see if I can get into one of the pubs!! :whistle:
Not sure what the roads will be like for the weekend, might be quiet if everyone stays local to celebrate but might not as well, so not sure we'll be out on the bike.
I do feel for you Rusty as I've been there and done all that over the years but now, in retirement, all the days of the year are holidays. I don't feel any guilt whatsoever either, having worked for 46 years (started at 16, finished at 62) I think I did my duty. :thumb:
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Quite right too, I'm about to start my 40th year at work in August and it's quite enough. I'm going to plod on for a few more years as I've got some very lucrative bonuses coming my way very soon....
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I'm fine with working Saturday, my day off for this week was Monday. Not having a pop at anyone for not working either, especially you chaps who've done your time. You've definitely earned it. It was more a comment on the way the office-centric sector of the media seem to think nobody's doing a thing for four whole days straight.
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Good point well made :thumb:
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Fair enough Rusty and I wasn't having a go at you. You make a fair comment, not everyone can stop working for one day, let alone four.
I shall have a beer in your & other workers honour on Friday! :thumb: :beer:
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This will be the first bank holiday I've not worked for the past 3 years (not to mention working flat out all through COVID with hardly any days off). The joys of working for a company that supplies generators to utility companies. That said, I'm on call from 6pm Sunday.
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The Campsite has quite a few in.
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That is good to hear Mr Rat :)))
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I shall have a beer in your & other workers honour on Friday! :thumb: :beer:
The Queen, Rusty Nuts and all our dedicated workers who keep the country running while the rest of us piss it up the wall. Thank you. :thumb:
Rusty, this was Timothy Taylor's Knowle Spring. Very nice if you like your beers a little citrusy & hoppy.
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Yes, tried it. Lighter than Landlord, good on sunny warm days.
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Our Jubilee celebration went very well with hardly a bit of TV watched. We spent Thursday night in Glossop after a cracking run down the country via Middleton-in-Teasdale, Devils Bridge and the through the Trough of Bowland. Friday saw us start the day with Snake Pass, Hope Valley and the beautiful Winnats Pass, the Cat & Fiddle pass and then on to Prestatyn. Saturday saw a loop around Snowdonia (two busses met blocking the road for cars meaning a clear run for bikes - whoo hoo) and back to Prestatyn on some fabulous back roads and then today saw a bit of a slog up the M6 and then over Hartside & home. We had a belting weekend, rode some great roads and had some great crack ! Oh, and the odd drink or two...
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Perfect weekend then :thumb:
Great pictures :thumb:
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That sounds like a great weekend of riding.
What was The Snake Pass like? It was closed a couple of months ago due to the road collapsing, I know it's open now but have they sorted the road or is it single file/traffic light controlled?
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There were a couple of sections of traffic lights on the way down (from Glossop) towards the Ladybower reservoir. We turned off the pass at this point and headed for the Hope Valley & Winnats Pass. It wasn't too much bother and at one set we sneaked past about a dozen cars :thumb:
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I think they've closed it again this week (don't know how long for) for resurfacing.
Edit.....sorry that was done in the last week of May, it was closed over the weekend due to a serious accident!
"Biker suffered 'significant injuries'
A Derbyshire Road Policing Unit spokesman said: "Single vehicle Collision involving motorcycle. Significant injuries sustained. Investigation ongoing."
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Bugger. It does look like the sort of road you'll get yourself in quite a bit of bother with a 'moments lapse of concentration'. Or too much throttle...
The Mrs took a pic of me setting off on Thursday which I forgot about. Neither myself or the bike were that clean when I got back home on Sunday ! My new Dainese mesh jacket is incredibly ventilated and was a bit chilly at times. Bodes well for the summer (whatever day that will be) when/if it arrives.
Worryingly, the Tigger doesn't actually look that big with me on it...
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Yeah, I don't think a week goes by without an accident on it and, too often, that will include a motorcycle, often as in the case here, with no other vehicle involved.
The Cat & Fiddle road is the same.
Sad to say, too many riders who don't know their limitations. :crazy:
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Agreed, sad but sadly predictable. We have the Hartside Pass relatively near which is often the scene of many a 'single vehicle accident'. Almost always sports bikes or modified cars or the odd 4x4 in bad weather. When the Ducati Panigale' first came out I nearly hit one who was running very wide out of a corner and dead centre in the middle of my lane ! Only
blind luck my ninja like reflexes and demon skills saved the day and I had to take to the gravel at the very edge of the road. Not nice and the closest I've been to a head on crash, probably ever...
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Glad those Ninja like reflexes came into use & saved the day. :thumb:
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Blimey I bet your arse took a big bite of the seat 😱
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The Mrs refused to wash my underwear that day, straight in the bin...
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lol lol lol lol
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lol