Andy

Last paragraph here may be of use

Hmmm - Marrakesh Records, discoverers of The Killers say... "... please note that we only sign 1 or 2 new artists per year. The good news is that this means that we can focus on giving them a really professional and personal service. The bad news is that it means that we only accept new band submissions via friend requests on myspace because it makes them manageable for us. So if you contact us in any other way then we won't accept your call or read your email, and anything that you send us by snail mail will go straight in the bin! Sorry, but that's how it works when you've only got 3 people in the office." Good savvy to promote the MySpace stuff....

I went along in 2004 just to see what went on. It's the only event I've ever attended where I actually took a notebook and made notes as the day progressed! The original article I wrote is here. Some of the tutors may have changed, but I doubt the format or the banter (and there's plenty of that!) has. It's hard to believe that was five years ago now, but I do recall it was very relaxed, no pressure on anyone and I remember being amazed by the progress made by some of the participants over the course of the day. This photo kinda sums it up

Hell hath no fury...

It does now

I've contacted Barcota directly regarding his understandable question, but appreciate others are waiting patiently and keen to see the video coverage from this event so... The morning after Carlisle, I received word of a very sudden and totally unexpected family bereavement. This came as a massive shock and has obviously pushed everything else to one side. The Supporters video coverage will come - in fact I'm working on it right now and should, all being well, get it online at some point tomorrow evening. Thanks for your patience over this. Andy

Posted on TC on 12th May

I believe Gary is slowly going demented so may not respond I'm told you can walk the entire lap in 15 minutes

I actually have a bone to pick with you Mr M. that I forgot to mention. Bloody Propaganda - Eye to Eye! Quietly minding my own business on my way out to Leanachen then you suggested that (where on earth did you get that from?!!) Was in me head rest of the day and wouldn't go away. Apologies to those who had to suffer listening to me whistle it badly at sections, but it's all Big John's fault!

Wellies are a must for the SSDT, particularly this year. Best

I'm sure he wasn't this fat when I saw him on Saturday! Fair set of breast implants

I do believe you were the only rider called up on stage by their TC user name! Good to see you and well done on the result

Saw Doug drop his five on the very last section on Ben Nevis

Today's photos uploaded and yesterday's re-done in non-Java gallery format. It's a shame as the pop-up lightbox is so much better to view. Once I'm home and got all photos named I'll do one big gallery of all photos in both Java and non-Java formats so everybody is happy. Now, it's time to dry off and have a wee beer

The gallery format was changed to use a pop-up lightbox to save users having to scroll down to see photos. It may be that Java on your computers needs updating or it may just be sheer load. TC was under VERY heavy load last night. Todays galleries are currently uploading and I've switched back to the old format. If you still can't access todays once online then it's just down to load and all you can do is try later. I don't have internet access in my hotel and am currently sat in the car outside another hotel using their wifi. I don't know if I have sufficient battery power to re-upload yesterday's galleries in the old format. If I do then I will. BTW, MR. Sectiononecleaner, you do realise that TC comprises of only me, don't you? I'd much rather spend my time in front of my computer ensuring you don't have any problems, however this week I'm kinda committed to getting p*** wet through every day on Scottish hillsides...

Anyone responding to this, please send Mac a personal message and don't post the guy's details on here. He might not be best pleased

Craig did post explaining why he wouldn't be there, but his post was lost because of this (Sorry Craig). Having been there and seen the Trial, to be honest, he didn't miss much and I'm sure Dabster will back me up on that!

Overnight last night our hosting company carried out planned maintenance to our web server. Unfortunately this resulted in a corruption in the forum databases. As a result, and to get things back online as quickly as possible, I have had to roll back to a backup taken Friday night. This means that any new topics or posts made since Friday night will no longer appear. Please feel free to re-post. Apologies for the inconvenience. This was due to circumstances beyond my control. Andy

Blimey. First time I've seen a legitimate user from Pakistan on here! Unfortunately you may find yourself unable to access the forums from some locations due to a large number of Pakistan/India IP Addresses being blocked because of the high volumes of spammers operating from that region.

Leanachen was exceptionally entertaining last year with the totally unexpected water levels. Taken there, this is probably about the best photo I've got of Perce. Feet up and, for once, tongue in gob! OTH - I heard a sluice was left open further up the hill. Was that the case?

You were there last year. You know it happens! Just means more for us

Every year some of us get together during SSDT week at a very good curry house on the High Street in Ft. Will for some good nosh and a bit of banter. That will be repeated this year and any TC reader is more than welcome, regardless of whether you're a rider, observer or a just a spectator in town for the event. Drop me an email for details/Contact No. during the week if you want to come along - trialscentral AT trialscentral.com

I got an application to post news from the guy at Lochaber today. I presume he's lost his login details so have re-sent them to him. I'd expect them on the front page shortly.