highland lassie

The back button works - it's just that when you open a page it seems to open it loads of times so you need to hit the button a good few times to get back to where you started! If you use the wee arrow beside the button (the one that lists your recent pages) you can see your original screen five or six screens back. The joys of modern technology!

Or you can borrow mine Jen!

It said "Coolest" not "Comatose"

Amos wins that title every time!

Well done the Paterson clan! And Mr Gillespie....very impressive!

SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO jealous.

Postcode-specific weather report? Regular updates in the run-up to the trial? Deserves a TC t-shirt, that does....or at least some fork stickers!

There's definitely some legislation somewhere about it - or there used to be anyway.

I've been trying not to add my tuppence-worth in this thread, but it's starting to do my head in now, and I think now would be a good time to point out that very few Scots have any issues with the whole England thing - personally I don't know a single person that has a genuine problem with it. You'll probably find that 99% of us use it as a source of entertainment, wind-upery and general banter - anybody taking it seriously has either never left their home county or are narrow-minded beyond belief. So can you lot stop taking the bait and give us normal Scots a break?

Please don't tell me you're part of the contingent claiming that Rooney was sent off because of bad refereeing...! That boy's behaviour is absolutely appalling. Andy Murray may not be an ideal ambassador for his country, but he beats Rooney hands down any day.

There's no "Yes but I don't have a scooby" option.

Backmarking is usually done by guys that know the route inside out, so unless you've ridden the trial a few times it's probably not ideal for you. Observing is a completely different matter - we're always on the lookout for keen observers, especially those with bikes, so if you're interested drop me a PM or email with your name and contact details and we'll get you added to the list of observers for next year. That goes for anybody who is interested, and you don't have to have a bike, although that's always a benefit. Putting your name forward doesn't commit you to anything - all that will happen is that you'll get an information pack sent out to you from our Chief Marshall towards the end of the year and if you're still up for it we can take it from there. Go on - it's a grand week, even when it's peeing rain! It must be - why else would everyone come back year after year?

Gav....we've been through this already!

Got my money back though!

Ha! When they phoned the office for a quote from the Clerk of the Course we thought they were taking the p***! That's Fergus' quote!

Bugger! Forgot that wasn't a state secret...

Yup - trials doesn't progress because I won't release personal information about riders in an International trial. It's not my place to release that kind of information! End of story.

Nae chance! Half of them will gurn at me for posting their scores on here anyway, so I'll leave them to tell you who they are when they get back....if they want to! However, I will give you an updated leaderboard when I get a mo - will that do instead?

I think you'll get better than that....I'm saying nothing more just now, but keep an eye on the front page over the next few days!

Last nights Ishy/Perce update was Perce dropped 42 for the day, leaving him in 111th place, and Ishy dropped 49, leaving him in 149th place. I suspect Ishy will be at least 130th by the end of the week though....don't think he's keen to go home without his first class award!

He is indeed from the Somerset area!

Ishy's on the fightback....after fifteen sections they're both dead even on 31 apiece.

Perce is on a flyer today! He's lost a total of 46, including 16 on the Inversanda sections (which took a fair few marks off the top boys) and a 5 on the big step at Trotters. Ishy's lost 83 today, but 10 of that was on time and he matched Perce on Inversanda. However, he did get a 2 on the step at Trotters, so it wasn't all bad news! The moral of Wednesday's story is to do your own sums...Ish was one of quite a few who left the time calculations to the garages and came off worst because of it. Lazy sod. Despite all of that, they're both still going strong! Perce is in 117th place, well within the first class awards range, and Ishy is 157th but still has plenty time to get back up the leaderboard. Good luck to them for tomorrow - it's dried out a fair bit here tonight, so with any luck they'll get a decent run out in the morning. Thursday's the longest day of the week by far, so getting drenched before you get to the first sections just means a long, long, cold day ahead. Keep your fingers crossed for them!

It is indeed Iris, number two in the world.