I ventured slightly further east than normal in the Pentlands and saw this:

wow! – what an awesome bike – haven't seen one of those in years! – was it just leaning against that post when you found it?

See them signs all the time, but then I have ridden the pentlands a lot. Just look out for the red flags (or lights at night).

The SX OTOH, ace! Didn't think any of them were left alive, ride it harder 😉

warning one giant troop training with the other troops.

Thats the descent off Capelaw to Dreghorn isn't it?

Think there's a reason that trail gets called 'tank tracks'.

The SX frame was a reasonably recent 2nd hand purchase and I expect there is rather more chance of it hurting me that any unexploded ordnance!

Thats the descent off Capelaw to Dreghorn isn't it?

Yip – I was over there looking for these downhill trails I've been hearing about. Not sure if I found them or not.

Warning: guitarists in hardhats

warning one giant troop training with the other troops.

It does look like that. It had me thinking of the Father Ted big/far-away sketch.

epicsteve – Member
warning one giant troop training with the other troops.
It does look like that. It had me thinking of the Father Ted big/far-away sketch.

Was thinking that myself, now it looks as though giant troop is punching right troop.

Just over the other side of the fence:

Despite what some of the niche-mongers on here would say, that bike is awesome!

Awesome looking bike. I'm scared just looking at it.

Looks like my 11 year old has attacked it with the stickers normally attached to MBUK… How old are you?

A lot older than 11, that's for sure. All those stickers were there when it came out of the factory though.

When I was a kid we used to head up to the ranges to pick up those 'suspicious objects'. Its surprising how many unexploded thuderflashes and unfired blank bullets are lying around. We used to have a great time setting them off, throwing them in bonfires or throwing rocks at blanks till they went bang. Thinking back it makes me shudder at how lucky we were not to have put some holes in ourselves.

Thankfully I didn't see an unexploded ordnance. Also didn't see anything that looked like a downhill trail either though.

heres one from the cheviots steve

it may explode and kill you… hee hee!

many moons ago once we accidently ended up in Otterburn firing range down there on motorcycles and were escorted off by some sqaudies!,
of course due to the official secrets act i cant post any pics 😮