Andy

Noooooooooooooooooooooooooo! It was on a loop at Milan Show and I must have heard it 500 times. It drives me

What device are you using and what browser? Nothing should have changed recently Also, when uploading you have the option to just "Attach This File" or use the advanced uploader. Which are you using? Seems to be some wierd s*** going on at the mo, but I can't replicate any of the problems

Bit of a hidden secret. It's not like Brit main Championship where Dave W sends out standings or S3 where Mick Wren keeps track. I tried to find out last year, but just went round the houses. Try emailing ACU. Alison may be able to help.

Clickety linky Official Statement from Gas Gas

Upgrades are in hand, but I've made some changes to the cookie settings to see if that alleviates things in the interim. The only thing that's changed is migration to faster servers and I can't see how that would have changed anything to do with cookies.

Hmmm. Nothing's changed this end. Possibly browser updates are affecting it. TC is (over)due several updates, but I've been tied up with the new SSDT site which was a little more work than I anticipated. I'm on it now though and have literally today been talking to a consultancy firm about doing the work to save time. It's now too big for me to do quickly and I can't dedicate enough time in one go.

Try clearing cookies. Works fine on iPhone here, but the various parts that comprise TC do occasionally get out of sync. Clearing cookies usually fixes it.

That was a generic comment to others - I already knew you'd have been through them!

Thank you for your kind words Ms G. Somewhat more work than I first anticipated, but the end result is worth it, I think. Only problem is, it's making TC look a bit crap so guess what's next.... Oh, and already had offers of more historical content for the new site If you've not already had a looky, head on over to www.ssdt.org and check out Uncle Eric's photos at very least. They are fantastic.

Ah yes, the bull ring sections. You go to Spain, arguably the modern home of trials and you have not just one, but two indoor sections at an outdoor world championship...

The problem you've got is local Clerks of the Course (and their egos!). Nobody can overrule them - not even the FIM course advisor. Look at France last year. Could have been a fantastic venue. Nice valley which would have happily housed the paddock with perfect scope for the twelve (or even fifteen) required sections up both sides. Hotel right next to it for all the admin stuff, but no. The podium was in the town centre. The paddock was up a very steep hill half a mile away. Results Manager was next to the podium, but we were shoved off in an estate agent's office nowhere near the podium. some of the sections were in the valley, but two were away off on their own, pretty much inaccessible to spectators and best of all, they stuck more of them right up a mountain which was frequently in the clouds - and refused to move them. Then we have Spain - 2014's venue should never have been homologated in the first place. France 2014 - whole valley was like this It's a mess and with the same old, same old in place for 2015 it's not going to get any better

This is probably going to sound a bit gay, but if you see Bou stripped off (he was getting changed dammit), he is solid muscle from top to toe. Suspect he does a lot of working out over and above his bike time.

No invitations to trade on this topic please.

I have no idea what this is about or what it has to do with Trials. I was going to remove it, but it's just so totally random I've decided not to

Having confirmed there's signal in the arena I'll have an assistant in the audience tonight posting live updates to the TC Twitter feed - https://twitter.com/Trials_Central You don't have to be signed up with Twitter to view this, but I don't know if it auto-refreshes if you're not logged in. I'll try and add some pics to the TC Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/trialscentral and Instagram - http://instagram.com/trialscentral/ pages too And no, it's not live on telly. If one more person asks that....

Exactly. It doesn't have to be anything fancy. Even simple things like taking Nigel Dabster to the shops or wiping his bottom after he's been to the toilet - stuff he can no longer manage himself - can make a world of difference On a more serious note, the FIM problem isn't about lack of people coming through to pick up the reins, it's about egos (but that's not solely an FIM issue either)

Motors TV are useless anyway at announcing the scheduling, but I swapped messages with Lisa Leyland who normally presents the shows earlier in the week and she's not going to be at Sheffield. I don't know if that means no presenter/different presenter or no TV, but it wasn't taken as a positive.

No 1 tip would be to get there early and go to pub or restaurant. Car parks at arena, but they're very busy.

It's not a case of "can't be bothered". I don't know the ins and outs of it, but it's a political situation. I'm sure Fuji, Kuroyama, Ogawa brothers etc would love to compete. I should also point out not all of the Commission are dead wood or freeloaders. There are a (small) number who work hard, are enthusiastic and are keen for change, but the old challenges remain...

There will always be a round in Japan as long as the mighty Honda have a presence in the Championship. There is no doubt major change is necessary, but having recently received the list of officials in the Trial Commission for 2015, it's the same old names. Nothing will change until they get rid of the freeloaders, dead wood and those who are closed to any ideas except their own.

I fixed them for you. The forums look at embedded information within the image to determine the correct rotation. Sometimes it's a pain in the backside, but it can't be switched off.

Dunno why, but there wasn't one.

Don't know about that. Dabster hasn't posted yet. Happy Xmas folks. It's been busiest year ever and next year is looking even bigger. Thanks to all for your support. A community is only as good as (most of ) the people who post

I rotated it for you

It's because of the way the various systems work. Registration is handled by the membership management system. That passes details to the forums database when a user registers, but country isn't one of the fields. I'll be doing some upgrade work over the holidays so will take a look at adding it. Shouldn't be too complicated.