Pity you're way over there Cookie, we are doing similar pace and aiming at similar targets, be perfect training buddies! I'm aiming to finish the City2Surf (14km) in under an hour this year (did 65.27 last year) so thats a 6.50/mile ...

... as an Aircraft Tech in the RNZAF I got a couple of rides in the A4 Skyhawks and got to fly it for about 30 mins both times. I learnt pilots are way more skilled than I gave them credit for, but it's one hell of a great way to earn a living! I also got to fly a Harvard with the canopy open and ...

... was to be told that I spoke French with the local Dauphinois accent!! I was put on a language course, which was fab, but was in at the deep end anyway, as the lass who had to teach me my job only spoke very basic English. Tbh it was probably the best way to learn, that and buying a TV to listen ...

Rossgo, that's fine mate. It is a long way.

why/who decided it was to be this way?

... in red and goes like the clappers :) You lucky lucky man, they're an awesome bit of kit!!! :|) It is indeed. I was sold the moment I drove it tbh. Way better than the competition for driving experience. I get it April 12th.... Can't wait! (But I have to :()

Kwacky wrote:I'm easing myself back into full time commuting on a bike. I was glad I used the car yesterday - the rain on the way home was very heavy.

Yeah, i was running in that. Then got back to the office got changed and rode home in it too.

Off to London tomorrow for the weekend and see a show, brilliant apart from I'm on the train on the way back from London after meetings.
Bus mans holiday springs to mind.

Thought we could get over to Wales and around the borders for a rideout after my holiday.

Usual sort of route - Bridgenorth, Craven Arms, Shrewsbury, Welshpool, Newtown, A483, then loop round to Leominster. We can hook up with people on the way round if anyone wants to join in.

... as an Aircraft Tech in the RNZAF I got a couple of rides in the A4 Skyhawks and got to fly it for about 30 mins both times. I learnt pilots are way more skilled than I gave them credit for, but it's one hell of a great way to earn a living! I also got to fly a Harvard with the canopy open and ...

I'm easing myself back into full time commuting on a bike. I was glad I used the car yesterday - the rain on the way home was very heavy.

Back, shoulders and abs last night.

It shows how important it is to get your form right. My instructor dropped the weights for some of the back exercises but showed me the right way to do it. Despite having much lower weights to deal with I couldn't finish all my sets.

Tonight - Chilling Tomorrow - Suit shopping with my bro and my dad for my wedding suit Sunday - Not alot, watch the GP if I can find a way but if not probably sulking that my internet and BT sport get installed the day after! If the rain holds off I will get out on the bike, even if it rains ...

But why ??? god that is awful. I'e yet to understand which way Honda are going. The anticipated wait for the Blackbird revamp that was then wasn't and nothing much else. They seem to keep the same bike and change fairings etc and called it 3 different ...

... as an Aircraft Tech in the RNZAF I got a couple of rides in the A4 Skyhawks and got to fly it for about 30 mins both times. I learnt pilots are way more skilled than I gave them credit for, but it's one hell of a great way to earn a living! I also got to fly a Harvard with the canopy open and ...

You are right, D6. Perhaps my wording didn't make that very clear.

But its still a scandal when many of the wealthiest don't pay anywhere near 40% on their earnings. I would still like to see a flat basic rate of tax on all sources of income so there is no way of avoiding/evading it.

Of course we remember you...just :-)

Hope all is well with you buddy and let is know when you're down this way for a catch ride or drink.

... Also took the missus with me. I've had the bike for about 18 months now and this is the 1st time Sue's been on it. One thing or another has always gotten in the way, but now with new tyres, time off work and the kids at school. Took it nice and steady, found some good roads, the missus really ...

Can you imagine their reaction if it was the other way round?

How about a mid morning breakfast at that place you suggested? We can all meet up somewhere easy to find then you can take us off for brekkie. Afterwards we can have a couple of hours out on the bikes, tea and cake then make our way home.

How does that sound?