Andy

Well my first experience was in the thick of it, feet from the action. The noise and atmosphere are awesome. The doors of the place are plastered with "no air horns" signs, but you can't hear yourself think for them. I'll be back this year.

Don't let this thread head down the "grey imports" route guys!!!

I'll get back on to John Lampkin. He was to supply me with info.

Thanks to Bob, it's now front page on this site too.

At work so cant put this front page yet, but: Today was Tadeusz Blazusiak

It's on Honda's website - that makes it pretty official in my book!

Regs out! see front page.

Yup, I've deleted two threads on the subject, but feel an explanation is necessary. Firstly Sherco were not happy that this was published as it was unofficial. I contacted them and said I was NOT going to publish it without their approval. I did (reluctantly) get clearance from them to post the video from the 15th, but as the smallest part of this video was 19Mb and, in my opinion, not worth the valuable bandwidth and inevitable slowdown of the site for other users, I decided not to post it. I do not care what other websites choose to publish. This site exists solely for the promotion of the sport and that includes manufacturers and distributors as well as clubs and riders. Personally, I'd be seriously p****d off if my new invention was shown to the public before I was ready so I can fully understand how others would feel. I believe, for the good of this website and it's future, I have taken the right stance. I will not jeapordise my relations with those in a senior level within the sport and those who I rely on to provide you with news. We'll have plenty coverage of the 4-stroke Sherco, but officially, at the right time and of a quality befitting the premier Trials website. I'm not interested in second best.

Martin had to go to Hawkstone to cover factory/team commitments. That's Niall McKenzie's lad. He's the wee one who was in tears at the start of the day, but was grinning like a cheshire cat within an hour or so! The photo was deliberately taken for publication in a magazine, but I agree it's a great photo - even if it was posed for!

Some stuff just gone front page. Not a lot, but all i got so far.

The photos are uploaded. It'll go front page as soon as I've finished writing the story. Oh, and Kinky Boots isn't joking about his bike.

I don't know about those taking part, but I had a blast! Great day out and something a bit different. Photos are all ready for uploading and as soon as my mate buggers off to his bed, I'll nick his broadband and upload them!

Kinell has been told that after three days with Saunders and a day with Dougie we will expect nothing less than a Special First Class Award at next year's Scottish

Daft buggers or just someone with a bit of foresight to try and bring Trials into the 21st century and add appeal to the casual spectator? I've not seen it done before and from what I heard over the phone it was WAY too loud, but it's a nice concept. If you don't try new ideas then how can the sport ever evolve? If the sport is ever going to evolve and grow then we MUST move away from the concept of "Yorkshire lads in flat caps criticising t'layout of t'sections". It's strange for the riders because it's new and I say good on Y&G for trying something new. I've been in the heart of Sheffield Arena taking photos during a World Indoor Round and the noise is deafening. You literally cannot hear yourself think. It's one of the most awesome things I've ever experienced. Does it bother them? Does it affect their focus? No. Not one iota. I can see where folk are coming from, but personally I think it's time to move with the times and do whatever we can to make the sport more attractive to the masses. If that means creating a party atmopsphere that people want to be part of then so be it.

Kinell tried to phone me through results. I couldn't hear a word he was saying, but heard the Slade song perfectly!

There is a learning curve with digital cameras. The shutter lag is notorius! The trick is to push the shutter half way. You should be able to do that and then feel slight resistance before it goes all the way. The half way push locks the focus. It may also beep or show a light at this point to say the focus is locked. As I say, there is a learning curve and it does take a while to get used to them, but the good thing is it isn't costing you money to take these wasted pics!

Just go to www.jessops.co.uk and type "card reader" into the search box. There are different readers for different types of card/PCs/interfaces.

Can't offer any advice on the data recovery. There are specialist companies that will recover data in situations like this, but they charge a fortune. However, I'd recommend anyone gets a card reader anyway. It's sooooo much faster than downloading from a camera. I've got a

Guys, please bear in mind photos you find on the web are someone else's copyright.

We all laugh at Kinell because we know he can take it in the way it's intended. It's a laugh. If it wasn't him, we'd pick another Clubman to poke our jokes at. He's just done 3 days with Steve Saunders and has a day's drilling under Dougie next week (which will be fully covered on Trials Central - good or bad!). Good on him I say for a) not taking the whole thing too seriously and B ) for sticking at it.

New house, new car. Going to the last round of the year. God Andy you make me sick . The new house and new car at the same time was pure coincidence (lease ran out on old car day before moving house) and, believe me, have crippled me financially! I won't be at the final round, but there will be people there who will help me out.

If there are then you'll see it here. No question about that!

I can't say too much as I don't know that much, but I have been told they won't be as expensive as some people are thinking. I also know there is massive demand.

Well I'd imagine Perce will take his 4x4 and Kinell will turn up in his "drug dealer" machine

I got a personal invite from Mr. Codina himself. Wasn't prepared to pay for the flights, but invited me anyway