A couple of years ago, a good friend's mate was up from Yorkshire, so myself and my other mate, the wonderful Bazz, decided to show Jo and Kate around the local trails. 😀
On a lovely summer's evening, we climbed up to the top of the hill and stopped for a breather. Now I've nearly always got a hipflask with some sort of Islay Singlemalt (currently Caol Ila), on me. So when we stopped I naturally offered it around. At this point though, Jo's friend Kate points at Bazz's camelback and asks why he's got a bunch of plastic cups with him. "Aha!" cries Bazz and whips out a bottle of Champagne!
That very day he'd just been offered a new job in Edinburgh, thus saving him from having to relocate to Cambridge (somewhere in Englandshire), and had decided to celebrate in style. So, the hipflask was emptied, the bottle of Champagne was emptied, the girls DID NOT pull their weight, leaving Bazz and I to do the majority of the work, and then we squared up for the descent.
Waiting for Kate at the bottom of a rocky chute, she turned up and claimed it was unrideable. For some reason, I was absolutely full of confidence (full of something anyway), and went back up to show her how it was done. I rode down the chute, and smooth as you like pulled up to Kate and said something along the lines of , "There you go, nothing to it"………….Kablooie! My rear tyre exploded.
Never, never have I been so humbled, and helpless with laughter at the same time. It truly is a cherished memory. Booze and Bikes, both five letter words beginning with 'B'. Oooooh, wait a minute Booze, Bikes and Beagy…..woooo.
B. 🙂
(If you haven't guessed already, I'm a wee bit 'tired and emotional'. I was out today on my new Five for the first time today, which replaced poor old Johnny, my old, cracked Five. I'm a bit confused because I loved Johnny, but this new frame…….ooooh, she's lovely. 😛