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Hot rods and Hobnobs

Wednesday, September 30th, 2009

Check out this pic of what turned up at work this morning. Now that’s proper, isn’t it? It’s 520bhp and does at standing quater at 155mph. More tea, vicar?

Ta very much for all the support at Scarborough. It was a mega turn-out and I did royally on the tea bags and biscuit front. See the pic of our tea cupoard at work. I reckon that’ll do us till Christmas. Hope that anyone that got one of my stickers puts em to good use. As you can see mine is in pride of place. I’ve even got one on the John Deere.

So, not much too write about really. I’ll let you know how next year’s job situation looks. Not the proper job, that’s all sorted. I mean motorbike racing. Irons are in the fire but perfect preparation prevents piss poor performance. I reckon that was Mick Doohan’s saying, and that man didn’t muck about.

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Proper Southern 100 Update

Saturday, July 18th, 2009

Now then all, hows the job looking?

Just sat in a tea hut in Northern Ireland getting brewed up before we set off down to Kells road race for this weekend. Got on the ferry at half-five this morn after the Southern 100 in the Isle of Man. I reckon we got ten tea vouchers at the start of the week when I signed on, but they didn’t even last Monday night. Oh well, it’s still rated as my favorite meeting of the year, Even better now we won the big race yesterday. So a week of  two seconds and a first. I suppose I can’t complain. A few shandies last night to celebrate went down a treat.

A big thanks to Danny, the farmer’s daughter and Glen for the help all week. We had mint week. Well apart from my 600 chucking itself to bits twice. Me and Danny have lost count of how many times it has self-destructed now, but a big thanks to the crowd at the Black Hole is needed. They put out the blaze on the little girl using there Coke, Lucozade and p… Er, other liquid they could get their hands on. If it wasn’t for them it would have been more terminal than it is now. A big thanks as well to Isla Scott in the Isle of Man for sorting my toe out after a few mishaps while I was in France. And thanks to the Treads shop in the Isle of Man who have sponsored Danny, the farmer’s daughter  and me with Vans trainers, cool as you like. I’ll still be back to work Monday, dont worry.
Oh ,and also ta very much to Suzy, Fred Dibnah’s widow who took me and the team for a look around Milntown house, where they had loads of mint early 1900s cars, bikes and stationary engines. Proper.

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The Shining

Monday, July 13th, 2009

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Why haven’t I seen this film before? The Shining is up there with ‘em, isnt it? I’d heard of it but only just managed to see it after being lent it. Now that’s what I call a film. Did you know that Lord March. the owner of Goodwood, used to work for Stanley Kubrick, the director of The Shining. Every day’s a school day, eh?

Right, the Megavalanche,  what a do. Me, myself and I in a car off to ride me bike. Probably the best three days of riding I’ve ever had. Plenty of French coffee and red wine inbetween the riding. It was just the ticket on the holiday front. Thanks to Michael at Orange for sorting me out a bike.

The Southern 100 starts on Monday, to me, the best meeting of the year, with tea vouchers, the lot. I’ll let you know how it goes.

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