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chicane

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  • Birthday 01/11/1957

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  1. Happy, prosperous and SAFE new year to all
  2. chicane

    Runner up

    Nice one, well done TC
  3. Its your BIRTHDAY OOHHH burger hope you've had a good one
  4. chicane

    HGV driving?

    so am i .....................well part time anyway you also need to do your class 2 test now before you can do the class 1 test to drive the artics that was my plan but I'm full time at the moment and for the forseeable
  5. chicane

    HGV driving?

    You'll be well and truly fecked about to start with both by firms and more likely agencies but there are good ones out there just takes a while to find them. Passing your test is the easy part, the real learning starts when you get handed a set of keys and a running sheet. Pay can be good but the hours are usually very long and almost always unsocial so forget having a social/family life. As has been said its a handy qualification to have.
  6. Excellent, Chain of Fools and Cry Me a River are awesome
  7. Nell and I are moving into a house near Livingston just now but I've got the farm to sell at the beginning of April so if we have time we'll probably go.
  8. Ratster you're thinking of the A712 Newton Stewart to New Galloway section (also known as the Queens Highway), it is a belter but the other two are better and I was trying to get WalneyFrankie out of D&G and north a bit. The whole of the A712 Newton Stewart to New Galloway and on through Corsock to Crocketford is a great road but then is there a bad or boring road anywhere in D&G except the eastern section of the A75 and the M74 ? Other than those 2 its a case of pick a road, any road 'Fraid I don't know the Stranrear area well enough to recommend any pubs but the Ken Bridge Hotel near New Galloway on the A713 is a good stop off and is used to bikers stopping off there and there's loads of hotels in Newton Stewart.
  9. OK suggest stop in near (but not in) Stranrear or Newton Stewart Day 2 from Newton Stewart take the A714 (one of the best bike roads ever IMO) to Girvan and pick up the A77 (watch out on this road cos its average speed cameras all the way up) when you reach Ayr turn back south on the A713 towards New Galloway, at Dalry turn left onto the A702 (another of the best bike roads in the UK) and follow it all the way to Edinburgh. Day 3 pick pretty much any road south but I recommend the A701 'Devil's Beeftub' road to Moffat then take the B7076 (former A74) to about Lockerbie then nip onto the motorway to J49 and pick up the A6, or you could head through Carlisle and round west Cumbria on the A595. 3 days of crackng riding and lots to see and good places to eat. Just be aware that Newton Stewart is shut on Sundays
  10. the above will have you pretty much knackered for one day. If you want more let me know and I'll add to it tomorrow
  11. Depends how long you want to take and what you're into really. If you head to Dumfries on the A75 and take the A710 coast road through New Abbey; Sweetheart Abbey and the corn mill are worth visiting couple of nice pubs too. on to Sandy Hills; lovely beach but tides can be treacherous if you go too far out or you could go on a bit further and stop off at Kipford which is absolutely beautiful and has at least 4 pubs to choose from then round to Dalbeattie (the granite town) pick up the A711 and head through Auchencairn nice tight twisty road up through the village with a very good pub on the righ hand side sod it just go A75 to Dumfries, A710 to Dalbeattie (not A711 yet), A711to Kirkcudbright A755 to connect with A75 again, at Dunragit turn off on teh B7084 for Drummore at Drummore follow the signs for the Mull of Galloway, this is the most southerly point in Scotland, has cracking views and the next stop to the west is the USA there is a decent resteraunt here as well. from there there are a couple of ways to go depending on how much time you have etc
  12. OK how about a concerted campaign to banrupt n.Wales police or at least their trafic section. have well publicised rideouts/meets as often as possible when as many riders as possible descend on the area and ride perfectly legal bikes within the speed limit. NW plod puts as many traffic pod on as possible incurring huge overtime bills and denuding the rest of the force's manpower and resources. Also streams of riders riding perfectly legally at just under the speed limit and clogging up the main roads throughout the area. All these actions should be well documented and videod in case plod try to take action by accusing the riders of acting illegally.
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