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Me too, having been out it was covered in bugs so had to get them off. Be out again tomorrow as wife has recovered enough to realise that hospital food is not sufficient to maintain life and sent me an entirely sane request for the contents of Waitrose deli counter. So a very essential journey to help her preserve her sanity and mine too for that matter. She also gave me a lecture on all the precautions I need to take etc. I can see the unfettered male slob existence coming to an end.

Jesus, I've just seen he hangs out in Bristol. I've spent a lot of time in Bristol and I may have met him. Probably ranting on a street corner. Suspect it's not Stella that fuels his enthusiasm but scrumpy.

Well at least he's a vivid imagination. Like the second coming of Heath Robinson.

That assertion always was false. However the definition of what you can and can't do has taken a serious setback in some jurisdictions. I read the 'expert' declaiming how you couldn't wash your car as it's non-essential and decided he was a clever shit with the common sense of a dead cockroach. I then went and washed my bike and chatted to my neighbour from a safe distance of course. We're human beings not f**k ing robots or bugs in a Petri dish.

TomTom frequently comes up with some weird routes if left to its own devices. When I took stuff to my wife in hospital the first time it took me on a 'road' which I don't think had been resurfaced since the Romans left. It was a sunken lane with banks so high my head was level with the roots of the hedges and really narrow. Needless to say I have not repeated that route since. Garmin often does this. With some unexpected views And she was going pretty quick and the rubble in the middle off the “ road” made it difficult to pass. Been there. Also the herd of cows, the flock of sheep, local hunt, bloody artic with a load of logs coming up a hill I was going down (in Ireland and I ended up in a field), hysterical horse that had dumped it's rider etc. Small rural lanes are often more interesting than you'd think!

Completely over the top from some wannabe Stasi. Most cops are fine but there's always got to be one who's a dick. Do you think they have a recruitment target of a certain number of berks so that the rest look better by comparison?

No idea. Sigh.

TomTom frequently comes up with some weird routes if left to its own devices. When I took stuff to my wife in hospital the first time it took me on a 'road' which I don't think had been resurfaced since the Romans left. It was a sunken lane with banks so high my head was level with the roots of the hedges and really narrow. Needless to say I have not repeated that route since.

Just as long as we don't hear anything about the great Doncaster Chainsaw Massacre.

Yes. I'd forgotten you need the propeller to disperse meteorites.

Ditto. TomTom wired in so loss of power never an issue and set up for bike for getting a to b. Mobile phone useful as a backup especially as I have Ordnance Survey app so for the entire UK I've decent map coverage and it's good for when I'm off the bike.

I tend to be kit I wear from motolegends near Guildford. They are as cheap as anyone and sell good kit. In happier times I can drop in to their shop when I'm visiting my daughter's usual base or a mate as it's close by unlike Sports Bike. Everything else I need for the bike I tend to get from Sports Bike like my tank bag last week.

If they are descended from whales they probably have flippers instead of opposable thumbs so I think the controls would have to be all levers. Sounds complicated but maybe you could get interstellar travel out of it.

That's annoying as I just bought a tank bag a few days ago from them. Next time then.

Yeah I agree I think we should hold a forum rally in this new land Yes we could make a new discovery. But what if all the inhabitants are Griffiths and bonkers? Sounds worse than the old Cardiff Arms Park at its horrible best - when beating England.

Got to deliver some stuff to the hospital for my wife. Quite like the almost daily requests as it gives me an excuse to get out on the bike even if it's not for far or for long. Weather is glorious so came back the slightly longer way via Painswick. About 3 miles more so not exactly ott. What I noticed in Gloucester was a lot more people about. I think the lockdown is starting to creak a bit. Also noticed people ignoring the 2m space requirements.

I think the Donald is my most favourite president ever just for the quality of his undoubtedly brilliant comments on life the universe and everything. The fact that he's utterly clueless about just about everything just adds to his all round awesomeness. Just think this is the man with access to the nuclear codes!

I think he's Greta Thunbergs mentor. Makes as much sense.

Good bye.

Had a t-shirt once but it went to the great rag bin in the sky long ago.

£900 plus batteries. No idea what kind it takes and TBH not really interested as I can't imagine any circumstances whatsoever that I'd want one.

Envy, Envy Envy......

I used to really like ogri. I was kind of pissed off when he was done away with probably due to PC wails.

The phrase you're looking for is "robbing bast*rds"

I find the Ducati pretty heavy when loaded up - about 225 kg. I can get my feet down fine on a flat surface but on any kind of slope I need to tilt the bike uphill and put that foot down. If I forget and use the downhill foot it quickly gets embarrassing. Bike and I gently subside which is soooo embarrassing. Haven't done it for a while though but I can virtually guarantee I will.