Andy

Every year a few of us get together one night up in Fort Bill and visit the rather good curry house on the High Street for some nosh. Apart from the usual suspects (Slapper, Bigfoot, Fugly who I just take for granted will be there!), if anybody else is up for it, drop me a PM and we'll see what we can get organised

Happy Days? Yup, get them, but having own server makes it easy to bounce them

One for Slapshot Warning: Contains a sweary If you appreciate a highly amusing satirical take on current affairs I can highly recommend adding the Daily Mash to your favourites

Topical and funny. Top marks

Hahaha. I can just picture Big John doon the Bathgate Palais in his tank top and flares, nursing a glass of water and trying to get the birds to buy him a drink

Most recent update says Dougie has 1660km to go!

With Harold's hands he could swim there in about half an hour My phone has been non-stop almost all day. Even had business customers - totally non-Trials - who knew I was going away checking to see if I'd make it. From the conversations I've had with various Trials folk today, ALL the stops have been pulled out to get the lads there one way or another. It doesn't matter us mere Press can't get there. It does matter they do

By all accounts: Dougie & Jack Sheppard managed to get on a Eurostar crossing about 8pm and will drive down to Spain from France. Wiggy is currently rushing to catch a Eurostar crossing at around 11pm (with the Dabster in tow) If they make it they'll drive down to Spain. Dibs has been at the GG factory and is already in Spain Brownie is travelling by truck and already across the Channel The Challoners tend to take the truck most places so assuming they're already across the Channel. No idea about Jono Richardson. Thinking they'll be in the van and already across. Anybody any ideas on Pat Smage? Hopefully he's in Spain by now. Be a real bugger to get part way then get stuck.

Well that's that sorted then! Glad at least I now know and won't be going to the airport and hanging around on the offchance I might fly. I now have two days booked off work and nothing to do Well actually I have plenty to do and a lot of it TC related. Be a shame to miss the opening round to see how much controversy there is with the new rules, but it's the riders stranded trying to get out there I feel sorry for. For me it's just a hobby. For them it's their bread and butter

This is a good point. With the "big boys" going first, what spectators are going to be around for the supporting classes, particularly on the first lap? By the time the Youths come through the first section there will be virtually nobody except family and friends there. Everybody will be off to section 6 or 7 to catch up with the top lads. Previously, because they all dicked about so much on the first lap you could see section one, know they'd dick about again at section two so jump to section three etc etc. Depending on the course, because the riders spent so long at each section, it was possible to take in 4, 5 or even 6 sections a lap. With no walking the sections and a minute to ride a section they'll be round the average lap in no time. How is that good for a spectator sport? The TV guys are going to really struggle to keep up with things too. They, like us, are usually in cars. It's been a struggle to keep up in the past. It's going to be impossible now.

Our very own Bigfoot with his "Oh s***, did he get a photo of that?" look on his face

Apparently the Frenchie who should have been banned from Trials a long time ago will not be in attendance this year...

Not a Club crash, but somewhere in there is Fujigas

As detailed here Time limit cut to one minute per section (from 1.5 minutes) No walking the sections on the day Top riders no longer last to ride. Bou will be first man away in Spain I have my own thoughts on these, but what do others think?

That's it sorted and on front page now

Results eventually received, but in a format that won't convert to PDF for publication. Dibs - 18 Brown - 28 Morris - 38 Sorry to those in the other classes patiently waiting, but it's been a long day, I've tried several times to convert the spreadsheets, but they won't play ball. I'll try again in the morning when not so tired

That is such a non-starter! After so many years doing the job, can you really see Caz working for someone else even on a Consultancy basis?!! There would be murder.

Cracking day up at Kinlochleven today. Rare sun made the the mound an absolute pleasure. Bet it's back to p***ing rain come first week in May though Dave Willoughby normally sorts results and he has a 3G Dongle he uses to email them straight away. It works really well in terms of getting things quickly. Dave wasn't available this weekend so Mick Wren was covering. Poor Mick doesn't have a dongle so we still await final results. My photos are uploaded and awaiting results to accompany them. Video is currently being sworn at/worked on. This is my first Trial of the year and, having upgraded to Windows 7 during the closed season I now find Micro$lop don't include Moviemaker with Win 7. Moviemaker isn't the most complex of video editing products, but for getting video online fast, it was perfect for my needs. Following online advice I downloaded the Vista version of Moviemaker, but it doesn't like the output files from Canon video cameras. I'm now in the process of giving myself a crash course in Corel VideoStudio Pro. Patience is a virtue - or so they say

Spanish World Superbike at Circuit de la Comunitat Valenciana Ricardo Tormo Sunday April 11 2010 World Superbike and World Supersport race report Round Three Weather: Dry Temperature: 20 to 25 ambient, 29 to 46 track REA TOP FIVE AGAIN AFTER TWO SOLID FINISHES Championship leader Leon Haslam (Suzuki) and Noriyuki Haga (Ducati) took the wins at the third round of the Superbike World Championship but two gritty rides from Jonathan Rea (Hannspree Ten Kate Honda CBR1000RR) put the Northern Ireland rider fifth in the points. Jonathan went sixth in race one, fighting a lack of front-end grip on the notoriously fickle Valencia tarmac. The next best Honda finisher, Max Neukirchner (Hannspree Ten Kate Honda CBR1000RR), was 13th. Both riders improved on their qualifying performances, with Rea seventh in Superpole on Saturday and Max 16th. Race two only lasted for three laps before a crash involving two riders on the main straight stopped the contest, leading to a second leg over 20-laps and an aggregate final result. Rea had been second in the first race and restarted from that place on the grid. Vittorio Iannuzzo (Squadra Corse Italia Garvie Image CBR1000RR) was involved in the crash that stopped the first running of race two, and hurt his right hand and ribs in the crash, ruling him out of the restart. He also crashed at post 2 on lap 13 of race one, losing the chance of scoring points today. It was a hard day for another Honda rider, as Sheridan Morais (ECHO CRS Honda CBR1000RR) did not start the races, having had a painful crash in warm-up this morning to add to his big fall in Superpole 1 on Saturday. He was declared unfit by medical staff after hitting his head on the tarmac, but he did not suffer any serious injury. Sheridan had been 20th in qualifying, the last rider to make it into Superpole. Sofuoglu Second In Race and Championship At Valencia In finishing second behind race winner Joan Lascorz (Kawasaki) today front row qualifier Kenan Sofuoglu (Hannspree Ten Kate Honda CBR600RR) has put himself second in the championship, after 23-laps of changing fortunes for the leading riders at Valencia. There have now been three different race winners this year, but for Phillip Island race winner Eugene Laverty (Parkalgar Honda CBR600RR) there was to be no chance to turn his pole position here into a win on raceday. Laverty was fifth, not having made the best tyre choice and slowly dropping off the pace after leading the race for the first five laps. The current top three in the ranking are Lascorz on 65 points, Sofuoglu on 61 and Laverty in 41. Chaz Davies (Triumph) was third today, and now sits fourth overall, on 33 points. Gino Rea (Intermoto Czech Honda CBR600RR) overcame some serious issues in qualifying to take sixth in only his third Supersport World Championship race. He had been 12th on the grid, and overtook one last rider on the final corner to earn ten points. Eighth on the grid, Michele Pirro (Hannspree Ten Kate Honda CBR600RR) could not find good grip at the front and fell on lap three, remounting to finish 11th and score some points. Miguel Praia (Parkalgar Honda CBR600RR) rode bravely despite a heavy fall in practice, losing feeling in his left hand through the race. He recovered from 14th on the grid to 12th, the last finisher in a race that returned many no-scores. Massimo Roccoli (Intermoto Czech Honda CBR600RR) was one such rider, who fell heavily when he encountered a technical problem. He was taken to Clinica Mobile for medical checks but is not thought to have suffered any serious injury. SBK Rider Quotes Jonathan Rea, Hannspree Ten Kate Honda: 6th and 5th - 5th overall.

FIM MX1 / MX2 World Motocross Championship Round 2 of 15

Must have brass then. I know from Caz how much that cost and that was BEFORE the economy went pear-shaped...

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Wiggy, tell Big John to buy a round

Go on, CLICK ME!

Makes note to take most embarrassing photos of Ishy possible first week in May and to pay somebody to photoshop some if there aren't any.