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Our lager Which art in barrels Hallowed be thy drink Thy will be drunk At home as in the tavern Give us this day our foamy head And forgive us our spillages As we forgive those who spill against us And lead us not into incarceration But deliver us from hangovers For thine is the beer The bitter and the lager For ever and ever Barmen

Andy has already said he will honour the press embargo therefore until such times as he decrees we'll delete any images that appear contary to this. Hope you can understand Andy's reasons. thanks

No I'm not an engineer or a test/development type rider but I know what I like to see and if my

Just a quick tuppenceworth. I was quite keen to see them in the Fort and cosmetically, I wasn't hugely impressed, the girder frame does not work when you look at the cleaner lines of all the competition, putting the Greeves next to the Ossa is like looking at the latest Zonda R beside a model T.I wanted to be impressed and wanted to find something to like but I was stumped. Later in the week I saw one in pieces on a stand in parc ferme and it looked like a bodge job, there really was nothing there that I could say looked right. I hate to put a downer on the team that's building them but to put something that doesn't look right and doesn't work right into a hugely competitive and small market where reliability sells borders on commercial suicide to me. I hope things turn round for them but I don't see how.

Osama Bin Laden's DNA results have come back with a reading of 24% cocoa,57%coconut,18% sugar and 6% milk! Experts say this is probably due to the bounty on his head!

I heard Brian Curran was heading north tomorrow......going to Mallaig to see him

Monday Morning, Leanachan section 1

Bill Wilkinson 1 - 1969 Dougie Lampkin 5 - 1994, 1995, 1996, 2008, 2009 Graham Jarvis 4 - 1998, 1999, 2004, 2006 Martin Lampkin 3 - 1976, 1977, 1978 Alan Lampkin 1 - 1966 Steve Saunders 4 - 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991 Yrjo Vesterinen 1 - 1980 Sammy Miller 5 - 1962, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1968 Amos Bilbao 1 - 2002 Gordon Jackson 4 - 1956, 1958, 1960, 1961 Alexz Wigg 1 - 2010 Malcolm Rathmell 2 - 1973, 1979 James Dabill 1 - 2007 Sam Connor 1 - 2005 34 titles in total....fantastic!!

No major changes, the good days are still good not so good days still not brilliant however next Saturday looking a lot better than it was

...or the craic,

Jeez....could you imagine that parties we could have on that Scottish week, F1 meets the Scottish.....wonder how far up the Swale you could get it in October???

Uncle Alex being that very nice Chairman of the P65 committee who sent me copy of the programme because I might not have got there....ariived in the post today. PS Carolyn wants to know what all this mankini stuff is about

Friday - all the stuff along the lochside is there plus loch Eile Burn, Pipeline and the Aluminium Works Saturday - Aluminium Works and Pipeline again plus lots of groups along the top Mamore Road plus Lower Calliach and Lower Mamore on the north side of the Loch and the same groups as Friday on the south side. Thanks Uncle Alex......... oh and PS....any comments about Old Mr Gizza 5 you've had it....

Blackwater is a long long walk if you're planning Lagnaha as well. Leanachan, leisurely drive down to Lagnaha, coffee and buns in the community centre (unless fatboy Andy Greig gets there first) then two groups of brilliant sections at Lagnaha

As long as it's not your mankini!!!

Headline news......up to Wednesday looks superb then it's starts to drift a wee bit. All the European models look consistent out till Wednesday which generally means high confidence in the conditions. Beyond that there are strong signs of the settled conditions breaking down. Anyway.... It'll probably all go wrong!! I'll have a look again towards Friday see what changes there are. Friday 29th - Partly cloudy, less than 10% chance of a shower, southeasterly winds less than 10mph, temperature 15-18 degrees Saturday 30th - Long clear sunny spells, DRY, southeasterly winds less than 10mph, temperature 17-19 degrees Sunday 1st - Long clear sunny spells, DRY, southeasterly winds less than 10mph temperature 16-18 degrees Monday 2nd - Long clear sunny spells, DRY, southeasterly winds less than 5mph temperature, 19-21 degrees Tuesday 3rd - clear sunny spells partly cloudy in the afternoon, DRY, Northeasterly winds less than 5mph temperature, 14-16 degrees Wednesday 4th - cloudy, patchy rain and drizzle, northeasterly winds 5-10mph temperature, 12-13 degrees Thursday 5th - cloudy, patchy rain and drizzle, northerly winds 5-10mph temperature, 10-12 degrees Friday 6th - cloudy, patchy rain, northwesterly winds 10mph temperature, 9-11 degrees Saturday 7th - cloudy, patchy rain, northwesterly winds 10mph temperature, 11-13 degrees

I am working you know..... See ya Sat, not observing this year work issues!!

Gizza....Mankini......oh god what a terrible thought. I'll have a look in a while, got some work stuff to do first.

Hmm, not according to my charts..... light winds from the east warming very nicely coolest day Sunday, 15 - 18 degrees maximums up to 21, but its still over a week away things can and generally do change. Friday Saturday Sunday Monday

Buggers sent my census form back In answer to the question, 'Do you have any financial dependents?', I put, 'Asylum seekers, pikeys, smack heads, lazy unemployable scroungers, the cast of The Jeremy Kyle Show, the British Banking System and thieving b****rd MPs!' Apparently these answers are unnaceptable........

I got rid of mine after a full rebuild about 5 years ago to start riding week in week out.....before my employers got some different ideas!! Would have one in an flash.

I couldn't afford the money you'd want for the box of bits!

Very sad news, another teenage crush gone. Before David Tennant and Billie Piper, Tom Baker and Elisabeth Sladen really were the iconic pairing....sad day

I think he's trying to play on the "Honda" thing, you know how much TLRs and RTLs sell for, he's on that line. Oh and yes, if it was the right bike, I'd pay it.... Slapshot 3 Major Honda Fan

Best there is, wouldn't wear anything else.