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...or with the equipment you have she only WANTS to come back once a year.......

Short climb obviously....

We climbed trees...... now you need a harness, a safety net, a full H&S risk assessment.....

Reading some analysis of all this yesterday, It has the hands of the unelected Prime Minister Peter Mandelson all over it. Gadaffi's son Saif is in his circle of "friends" which also includes various members of the Rothschilds Banking dynasty, Russian Oligarchs etc. This has been a done deal since Blair started getting pally with Gadaffi in his tent, it's shabby, it's underhand and the only place that will suffer is Scotland as the backlash from the US hits us, not the money grabbing f**kwits in Westminster. Any country that should about it's own nationhood like Salmond wants to kid on he does takes it's global responsibilities seriously, SNP will suffer for this at the ballot box, Scotland will suffer when the brainless clowns known as Scottish Labour get back into Holyrood.

I expected fewer clothes in something coming from my learned friend in Texas.... The term Nutcrackers jumps to mind

How's that for a memory, they say elephants never forget

I doubt you'll get that, I'm in complete agreement with you B****** should have been left to rot. I remember that night, working at Prestwick Airport and able to see the shock of it hit people, it wasn't nice and we were disconnected from it if you like. McAskill is an idiot and like most politicians is deeply in love with the sounds of his voice, this has been a big mistake and it's all down to money for British companies in Libya, BP are a prime example. This was brokered by Blair and McAskill's hand has been forced BUT we are our own country, we can make our own decisions, we don't have to do what that grinning jackanapes says but as usual the SNP will have lain down for more false promises from Westminster. The single caveat I have is that Megrahi dying in a Scots jail would martyr him, they've got enough of them. Spare a thought for the 270 victims, we have to because Libya certainly didn't when they blew up the passengers and killed the people of Lockerbie. Wonder if McAskill and the rest of the government thought of them yesterday when the decision was made.

Witches certainly early mid-80s but I can remember Trotters or Muirshearlich as it was called in the Scottish and Lochaber club trials in the late 70's. Always remember seeing Rob Edwards riding a Mont 247/348 at a Lochaber national ( the trial with Rogart on the Saturday, was that the Whoite Heather Trial, FW on the Sunday) in about 78 or 79 making the big step look easy. It hasn't changed on bit.

Poetry Little Miss Muffet sat on her tuffet, Her knickers all tattered and torn, It wasn't the spider that sat down beside her But little Boy Blue with his horn. Mary had a little lamb, It bumped into a pylon, 10,000 volts went up it's ar$e, And turned it's wool to Nylon. Jack and Jill went up the hill, To fetch a pail of water, Jill came down with half a crown, But not for gathering water

CHANCER........

You could have taken the screw out yourself...save the NHS/Army docs a job or two....

It's even more difficult form many observers to fathom out the stop rules as they are now. I had one rider on Sunday who bitched about a 5 I docked him. No Stop rules he's stationary/rolling slightly back but has stopped all forward motion, that's a 5. There are too many diiferent rules that triders and observers are confused, going back to one single rule might just resolve that.

Keep it clean boys or this one will closed as well

Broken both sides in the past but never had any problems really, three to four weeks healing time. The idiot son has had a few issues, think he's reached 5 different breaks unfortunately 4 have been on the right side. The last time the docs offered to put a titanium plate in it straight away but he has continued to refuse because the next time it could be his shoulder he wrecks rather than the collar bone, he reckons keeping the weak link could stop him having a bigger problem later, guess it's one of those times where being a radiography student helps!! I hasten to add, I was only responsible for one of them

Think you're a bit harsh Dixie, if you want to move forward in anything you need to know what's happened in the past, that way you generally don't make dumb mistakes again. As always John's post are factually correct and when all the BS is flying around about the rules and possible changes the facts are important to get a proper starting place. New sensible ideas here.........

Don't let that bugger Greeves sneak it back to Spain guys...... he's got enough

If I'd thought it would bring in the Girls I'd have done it years ago, not bothered about the grey....long as it fills the ever expanding gaps.

They must do really fat sizes, my T shirt still fits........just......

I love this old chestnut and it's always something that gets folks blood boiling....fantastic Okay fatboy's tuppenceworth (edit....maybe 50p): To stop or not to stop, that is the question, whether tis nobler to think that no-stop will bring riders back to the fold or to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous humiliation if the FIM/ACU etc etc don't do something to dig the sport out of its mess. Seriously, someone, somewhere has to make a stand about this. How does a championship class of ten riders make sense? How does running 5 different routes at national level make sense? Stop/No-Stop: I'm firmly in the No-Stop category and grew up in the sport as no-stop, through the start of the "stop" rules and all the buggering about there was with them. Crunch is we have a Stop rule now that is almost decipherable and workable however I still find it boring. A world trial is an amazing spectacle but the sections bore the hell out of me after the first few riders are through, it was like that few years back, Germany in 95 was the end for me, brilliant as it was 8 minutes to ride a section is a joke. Granted there was another "tweak" the following week but it killed wtc for me. What I do remember is the few worlds that I saw as a kid, big sections but ones you could have a big blast at, massive third and fourth gear climbs, amazing to watch, Vesty, Schrieber, Martin Lampkin moving into the next generation of Burgat, Michaud and Lejeune, then as the next generation of Tarres etc etc etc came in the rules really started going silly. It will always be no stop for me. I think that it might tease more riders out, I don't think that any solution will work overnight it has to be worked at, make the change and encourage riders and the size of entries will rise eventually. Multiple routes works no matter what rules people want to use, if it's done properly. We had the whinging this year after the changes in the Scottish Champs, but by god it worked over 100 entries for the first round and from what I've been told entries are still better. BUT what is shown is that two other factors play a big role in entries, where the trial is and how many are willing to travel to it and whether the riders know the trial will be sensible. Stevenston round this weekend, be interesting to see what happens as a comparison to the Bon Accord round. Observing at any level is simple as long the observer knows and understands the rules and applies them consistently. After that it's up to CoC's and clubs to support the observers if something goes pearshaped. The SSDT: It is the best barometer of our sport, every change has been reflected in the six days in some way. As the rules and sections changed towards stop format to suit the worlds best riders who rode year in year out then the numbers started to fall as the multitude of everyday riders fell away because they couldn't handle it anymore. SSDT changes format, HL has nightmares and her postie a heart attack every December as the entries flood in. The recovery of the SSDT is down to no stop I think everyone agrees with that, the rest of the sport would follow eventually. Use it as a world round, fantastic, bring the big riders back but change practically nothing. Think about this year, Doug and Wiggy, 1 mark in the end and lets be honest how many marks does it take to create a separation, winner on 1, next guy on 2, next guy on 3 etc etc etc. I'm all for the big trials in the nations being world rounds, I think it would be a proper test, none of the same old predictable big steps, dry rocks and more and more man made hazards every year. The worlds best rider is the man who can adapt to whats thrown at him best they can all adapt to something when it the same thing every round. The Scottish and the Scott are two perfect examples of a test, what do the other countries have to offer? Well done to the ACU for changing the Novogar, I sincerely hope it's successful, I sincerely hope the rest of the sport follows suit.......soon!!

Car Park beside the THB behind what was Marshall and Pearsons...now Blacks. Parc Ferme was there as long as I can remember

Course they are, it's you southerners that have the very strange grip on the geographical accuracies most of the gas is in the south (where else would you get that amount of gas) the oil in the North ........ Haggis, of course it's ours, have you never seen them running round the hills during the Scottish...very blinkered

looks like a Xipsa....(someone had to say it)

You're right...not far away is it.....

was the bird with the long legs, stockings and sussies that caught my eye first....then the younger one