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Falcorob · #1 Post by **Falcorob** » Sun Jun 12, 2011 6:01 pm

Had a nice ride planned for today as I had an all day pass.

The plan was to ride down to a mates in Wales, watch the Moto GP, and then go for a spin on some of the finest roads this side of anywhere.

Rang him up this morning to let him know I was ready for the off even though there was a bit of drizzle hereabouts. He said, 'Bring a Canoe. It's the only way we're going anywhere round here today.'

So I've sat and watched the races, eaten crisps and biscuits all day, and been very bored.

And it's just stopped raining.

Samray · #2 Post by **Samray** » Sun Jun 12, 2011 6:05 pm

You wanna know where the rain went?

I should be celebrating really I spose.

BikerGran · #3 Post by **BikerGran** » Sun Jun 12, 2011 6:21 pm

Even the racing was boring cos of the rain. Not as bad as the F! though.

Falcorob · #4 Post by **Falcorob** » Sun Jun 12, 2011 6:41 pm

My one pass out in weeks and I end up sat in front of the telly and the bike sits all alone and sulking in the garage.

And no doubt it'll be sunny and dry tomorrow because I'm working.

As I thought. http://news.bbc.co.uk/weather/forecast/3071

MartDude · #5 Post by **MartDude** » Sun Jun 12, 2011 6:41 pm

11.00 a.m. - 9 degrees C and drizzle here. Mid-day, 11 degrees and steady rain. Now, 14 degrees and drizzle.

It's all, as my then 3-year-old daughter once said, a big fat pig poo

Falcorob · #6 Post by **Falcorob** » Sun Jun 12, 2011 6:44 pm

Oh well. Grandaughters birthday tomorrow so plenty of jelly and cake for me when I get home.

D-Rider · #7 Post by **D-Rider** » Sun Jun 12, 2011 10:38 pm

Wimps the lot of you!

Stuck the outboard on the Falco and set sail for Silverstone.

May be some decades before my oilskins and souwester dry out .....

It's still a crap track to spectate but the racing was pretty good - Bradley and Scott in the Moto2, The MotoGP was good (would have been better if Simoncelli and Lorenzo had stayed on) - major shame "Coventry's Cal Crutchlow" couldn't race - but even so, it was a pretty good race.

Falcorob · #8 Post by **Falcorob** » Mon Jun 13, 2011 6:57 pm

Well it's been glorious in Morecambe, Fleetwood, Poulton, Blackpool, and Lytham today. All the places I had deliveries to.

And the jelly and cake was nice too.

Nooj · #9 Post by **Nooj** » Mon Jun 13, 2011 9:44 pm

I was valeting bikes in Swindon from 10:00-20:00 yesterday in the pissing down rain and 11* temp. As soon as I'd dried a bike off, the wind would chuck a load of rain all over it again even under the gazebo and van's awning. Froze my arse off as I was wearing shorts 'because it's June' and got soaked to the skin. Got fed pizza for dinner, endless cups of tea and a received good tip at the end of it though, so could be worse.

MartDude · #10 Post by **MartDude** » Tue Jun 14, 2011 8:37 pm

Was Swindon prepared for your knees?

Nooj · #11 Post by **Nooj** » Tue Jun 14, 2011 8:51 pm

Swindon sensibly stayed in, so didn't get to pay homage to them.