running out of excuses...

....not to come to the BOSM

Weather looking OK? Check
Managed to fix side-stand? Check
Queued up in the post office with piss-smelling OAPs to get roadtax?
Check
Found sleeping bag & tent? Check
Found lining for Goretex jacket? Check

****.

And as a chance to fall at the last hurdle - what sort of examples of
civilisation[1] are actually going?

[1] i.e. not fat middle-aged unintelligible (to me) Northerners?

 

We're not.

 

Me neither, so that's one less person who can form a coherent sentence
[1]

Paul.

[1] before the addition of beer, obviously ..

 

Look, it's a BOSM, quit while you're ahead.

 

Well, I'm not fat

 

fewer

 

Speak for yourself

P.

 

Me neither.

You're going to the Fat Duck with Speedgazebo, eh?

 

Best keep your head on

 

I'm going, that's all that really counts.

Wanna convoy it?

 

10-4, rubber duck!

I wasn't thinking about leaving until after lunch, mind. Also, mildly
taken with the idea of mashing the first 50 or so miles up the A1(m).
Drop me an email with your thinking re: routes/times.

Now, just got to figure out how the **** this tank-bra/bag compo that
Bonwick left with me actually fits on the bike without the bag poking
you in the gut.

 

Have you contacted Jackie? If not, you can't go.

See, there's your excuse just there.

 

oops - already emailed her a couple of weeks ago.

 

Sure. I have to visit a couple of 3* in San Sebastian, so I'll better do it
in a single week-end in early may

(Arzak and Mugaritz)

 

Hint: get a smaller gut.

I've been on Atkins for the last 6 weeks, and have knocked off 10lbs.

(A diet where you can eat as much cheese and meat as you like is
definitely my kind of thing ...)

Paul.

 

I've lost 16 pounds since Christmas.

The shape of the tank means the top/back edge of the bag is pointing
towards you - I suspect it might have been OK on Andy's 690, but it
doesn't quite match my 640 with it's larger "touring" tank.

 

I am not, don't know if that swings it either way.

 

Luggage is for poofs anyway!

 

well, sure - if I had a room booked, I wouldn't bother bringing
anything other than a change of contacts.

But, even though I've done much worse in my youth, I don't fancy
sleeping rough in +2C temperatures, so I really need the tent/sleeping
bag minimum.

 

What kind of early-to-rise lunatic do you think I am?

Roughly the same really. Lunchtime-ish departure, hoof it up to Luton
then something like A6 to Market Harborough, A4034 to Lutterworth,
A5/A47 to Hinckley, A447/A511/A514 to Derby and then take any convenient
route to Hulland Ward.

There's a reason I have a tailpack.