[Closed] Saw Rachel Atherton at the petrol station yesterday

Was she like this is like so like rad like yeah, pin it dude like yeah?

No she was putting diesel in her van. Sick!

whoa dude

At last! Now we know that her van [u]is[/u] powered by diesel!

Next we need to find out: does Manon Carpenter go to the supermarket?

😉

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It was a petrol station, dirt jump.

lol ended up doing some shopping in Oz where one of the nationals was on and Sam Hill and Troy Brosnan like chilli (and their mechanic cooks for them 🙂 )

I once saw keith chegwin at a petrol station - that was cool.

C'mon men, man up & ask manly questions!

What was she wearing? 😉

Trevor out of Trevor and Simon on the ferry back from France. We had to ask for confirmation.

Back on subject she once threw a JD n Coke over me. I totally didn't deserve it..

Stoked!

I saw the hairier biker yesterday. He had a coffee.

A t-shirt and some trousers of some sort. But under that I'd guess she was wearing a BRA!

Was Dave Myers wearing a bra?

Was Dave Myers wearing a bra?

It was the other one, having double checked relative hairiness you may have a point though. I can neither confirm nor deny to what extent he was braziered. He was wearing sunglasses though.

Definitely cool, hope you said hi. I am sure she's not so harrassed as not to welcome being recognised.

Was the really driving a van and not a Jeep?

I was on a flight to Dubai sat next to Chris Boardman last year. And Craig Charles was in the lounge too.

Plane wasn't powered by diesel though.

Was the really driving a van and not a Jeep?

you doubt my word, sir? Have at you!

Black 60 plate T5 - might have been her boyfriends(?)

Anyway don't care, not much happens up here s'lebwise so was pretty chuffed. No I didn't say hi, just stared uncomfortably long, before driving off.

I saw Oli Beckingsale in the queue at Burger king.

and ? i once read a pamphlet .........

*points for guessing the referance*

thestabiliser - Member

Black 60 plate T5 - might have been her boyfriends(?)

He's a lucky *******, having a T5.

I saw Dave Myres and his wife in NOPI in London last Autumn, nice bloke out for a meal.. and Orlando Bloom and a host of his cronies (all prancing about like nobs) sat on the next table too..

Top Trumps Dude, Rad to the Max..

#Awesomnezcelebs

I saw the woman who played Frank Butcher's mum in EastEnders in a petrol station in Barnes once.

True story.

The hairier biker shot my old man. True story.

Black 60 plate T5 - might have been her boyfriends(?)

How many boyfriends does she have?

wysiwyg - Member
The hairier biker shot my old man. True story.

😆 😆 😆 😆

Your a lej, Mr Pee

Ooh, and how can I forget, I once walked late nineties soap opera star and songstress Natalie Imbruglia's dog [b]to[/b] a petrol station. Yeah.

How many boyfriends does she have?

43.2

[i]not much happens up here s'lebwise so was pretty chuffed.[/i]

That's an insult, calling her a s'leb. They ain't got talent like what our Rach has. She's a STAR not a celeb.
I don't fancy her, but I certainly would've *swooned*. 🙂

I once stood in a queue behind Neil Buchanan in an Our Price.

I saw him the other month and he was wearing a flat cap with a hole in it. Asked where that had come from. His surprising answer was that the hairy b had been pheasant shooting shot at a low bird and instead put a hole into the old mans cap. Thankfully the thick wool slowed the pellet down enough that it did little damage to his head.

He clearly explained his annoyance to hairy b apparently.

Used to see Martyn Ashton most mornings, my Daughter goes to Nursery next door to Rampworld so I assumed I would have spotted Manon Carpenter by now, no luck so far.

I saw Darren Berrecloth in Whistler once, it was a bit surreal, he walked out into the courtyard bit between GLC, Longhorn and the lift queue, waited until at least a few people were looking at him, then stood hands on hips, chest out starring up the mountain motionless with a serious scowl on his face for ages, then marched off again. We saw a few other 'pros' about the village too - some of them do seem to enjoy the minor celebrity thing a bit.

I met Andrew Shandro in a queue for paella.

Nathan Rennie getting stoned and crying to me is top of my whistler celeb list.

The short one from from Ant & Dec walked past me last night on my way home from work - he was walking his dog, didn't seem to be rumbling...

I served Kathy Staff (Nora Batty) in the shoe department of Debenhams in my youth.

Had a long chat with the Sky Team in Scarborough after Stage 1 of the TdY. Our 8yo daughter announced, at high volume, that one of the riders (Nathan Earle) smelled gorgeous (after a shower I may add). He went a deeper shade of red.

I have a large crush on Miss Atherton so am very jealous at this!

I went on a group ride last June attended by Hannah Barnes. She kept doing a 'tramp's hanky'. Kind of put me off. I had to fit a new BB to my bike that weekend and needed advice from a handy mechanic. The only knowledgable person around was Shaun (Jared Grave's personal mechanic), he seemed to know what he was doing...

Manon Carpenter passed me on the motorway in her van

But then so did the single track mag boys

tramp's hanky'.

Seen Brendan Fairclough at Woburn a fair few times, Sam Pilgrim as well. That's about it I think.

edit - oh actually I once followed that chromag hardtail guy (Jinya is it?) down Dirt Merchant at Whistler and couldn't keep up despite me having 180mm travel at each end 🙁

just stared uncomfortably long, before driving off

She probably wouldn't have been that interested in my bike

We often bump into Josh Bryceland on our/his local trails around Lyme Park.

The ones featured in his 'comeback' video where he talks of all his skills coming from those woods.

Funny - I think he took all the skills from that wood as there don't seem to be any left for me.

(I suppose, given his recent performances, I should mention that he's often with Sam Dale too)

Chris Hoy taught me how to ride on the track, at the Chris Hoy Velodrome.

I had coffee with Hannah Barnes last month. And dinner with Curtis Keen.

They're all nice, normal people, who happen to be better than average* at riding bikes.

*slight under-exageration

Yeah yeah yeah but they weren't in a petrol station, were they? I win.

Funny - I think he took all the skills from that wood as there don't seem to be any left for me.

😆

I once saw Richard E Grant shouting at his mother in Uzes market.

[i]tramp's hanky'.[/i]

Didn't know it was called that, but I bet it's holding one nostril and spurting out the other.. 😆 Hannah is my kinda lady!

Tug from Home and Away borrowed a phono lead converter off me once, promised to give it back in the afternoon....

And did as well.

Tug? You know Tug?

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Ok then on our last trip to Antur Stiniog a couple of months ago we had
Josh Bryceland (on his first DH ride since breakage)
Danny Hart
& Sam Dale

All lovely lads, just like everyone else but a million times faster and didn't faff about getting on or off the van. Van stopped and they were gone in seconds.

Sold Adrian Chiles a bike once... True story! It was 2001 and he hadn't presented a football programme yet, much less boffed a co-presenter. At the time I only knew who he was cos being a student I often watched working lunch before getting round to Neighbours and Doctors...

I queued behind Christine Ohurugu at a burger van once. She ordered a hotdog with onions and tomato sauce. Make you own conclusions from that.

Next we need to find out: does Manon Carpenter go to the supermarket?

Don't know, but I know Everyone (the stw forum user) and I have both had separate encounters of bumping into her on trains.

scruff - Member

Ok then on our last trip to Antur Stiniog

When we went to Antur, Danny Hart was there and by lunctime you could see he was just [i]done[/i] with being pestered. So I took the seat beside him on the bus, and just left the poor bugger alone 😆

(though, to be fair if I didn't want to be pestered, I'd not be wearing a brightly coloured strip with DANNY HART written on it, to be fair. Everything he owned had his name written on it- his phone backdrop was a picture of himself with DANNY HART along the bottom, in case he forgot)

My dad was having a slash in a hotel in Vegas and there was a Kenny Rogers impersonator in the wash room pretending to be Kenny Rogers to everyone who cared to listen… then in walked Kenny Rogers.

Awkward.

when I was about 4 I had a birthday party in McDonalds in Rochdale, Ronald McDonald was there & he did some magic tricks.

Couple of years later Ronald has quit and is now called Peter Simon on Saturday morning show Going Live!

I don't think any petrol stations were involved

Oh and Tom Jones was in Schiphol airport bar once, he had no socks on. I was sat on the floor waiting for some mates on a different flight.

again, I don't think any petrol stations were involved

Saw Rachel Atherton at the petrol station yesterday

Was she pumped?

I had a brief chat with Chris Boardman in whilst waiting for a very delayed flight at Liverpool Airport a couple of years ago. I was going to PPdS, he was going to the TdF.

Also, I walked into Peter Bowles on a Pelican Crossing in Nottingham once.

I'm glad I met Chris Boardman, because prior to that my rubbing shoulders with celebrities story was ****.

I forgot about the time time Lennox Lewis pushed in front of me when queuing for a Burger King in Las Vegas airport. He was lucky I had other things on my mind or I would have kicked his ass.

Steve Peat gave me 4 cans of Stella Cidre for helping fix his bike.

Harry_the_Spider - Member

My dad was having a slash in a hotel in Vegas and there was a Kenny Rogers impersonator in the wash room pretending to be Kenny Rogers to everyone who cared to listen… then in walked Kenny Rogers.

That's brilliant, cheers!

A good few years ago I sat round a table in Murcia with Rob Kitchin, Tim Ponting, Glyn o'Brien, Barrie Clark, Steve Worland and that photographer chap Seb Rogers, conversation was good, food was crap

I once stood behind 'The Ginger One' from Harry Potter in a queue at Spar in Dolgellau!

He was very scruffy.

He got out of a pimped matt black Range Rover. Not sure if it was a diesel or not though.

Hannah Barnes once bent over in front of me to pick up my lift pass I'd just dropped at the Fort William cafe. I really wanted to thank her by straight up bending one in, but thought better of it.

I'm spending the night with The Nick Craig, this saturday.

So are a few others though.

#QECPday&nightenduro

at the Hamsterly NDH race a few weeks back, my brother dropped his timing chip on a run so had to go back up and start it again. Danny Hart was up there waiting to go when he got there. They had a bit of a natter then
the marshal asked my bro "Hi, would you like to go before or after Mr Hart"
tough choice!

On the subject, has anyone found a timing chip at Hammers?

I once sold David 'Kid' Jensen a pair of padded pants.

Hannah Barnes once bent over in front of me to pick up my lift pass I'd just dropped at the Fort William cafe

By bending over, was it a full touch-her-toes type move, or the more subtle (and boring) bend zee knees like a laydeee crouch-down ?

I'm spending the night with The Nick Craig

The Nicest Man In Mountain Biking?

Goeff Capes in the greengrocers. Carried two bags of potatoes at once.

I served Joseph Marcell (Geoffrey the Butler in the Fresh Prince of Bel Air) at the bike shop I was working at. He was asking about road pedals - he used LOOK and was wondering if there were any better alternatives. I don't know if he drove a diesel (probably not, it was 1996)
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I was out biking in the Peak a few weekends ago and saw Rob Hayles on a skateboard. Just wondering when Rapha are going to start doing skate wear.

My sister knows Kerry Bason. Consequently she pops up on my facebook feed regularly.

Late at night, whilst tripping on acid and on a mission for Rizla, I saw Ray Reardon in petrol station. Very surreal experience.

though, to be fair if I didn't want to be pestered, I'd not be wearing a brightly coloured strip with DANNY HART written on it, to be fair. Everything he owned had his name written on it- his phone backdrop was a picture of himself with DANNY HART along the bottom, in case he forgot)

😆 😆

I once had a chat with Chris Boardman. Me: Still can't bunny hop then, Chris? Him: £®¥€ off! (He didn't say that but really should have.)

There was a diesel van about 100m away, and the nearest petrol station probably about 600m.

I once served Sharon Davies when I worked at MacDonalds

I once minced past Steve Peat on a DH track in Greno Woods, and asked him if there was any better XC riding in the area 😆

I was in the same cable car as Steve Peat aaaaaagggeeessss ago in Morzine (actually the Les Gets eggs, but let's not be pedantic about these things) we talked about Hope minis, and then sheffield for a bit, and gardening!

I'm pretty sure the engine that runs the eggs is diesel powered.

Bumped into Andy Ruffell when I was a kid. My brother, a bit of a fanboy, got his Mongoose jersey signed.

Jolly nice chap

Miss Atherton was mostly fuelled by Red Bull when I met her the other week... she helped me secure 12th place at the Red Bull, Wings for Life, eliminator running race.

1200 people started out at Silverstone, we ran around the track once then set off into the surrounding countryside. After half an hour a car, driven by David Coulthard, set off along the same route and once DC caught you in the elminator car, that was it, your race over.

So I get to 36km and I can see the chase car behind me in the distance but between me and the car is our Heroine and her brother Gee riding road bikes in front of it (it was there job to get people to remember to run on the left hand side of the road, so as not to get in the way) Gee passes me with no rear tyre on his bike !?!.. t's making a right old racket... but he don't seem to mind the uncomfortableness. Then Rachel pulls alongside, after 2 hours 40 mins into the race there's no one else around so I get chatting to her... tell her I'm a MTBer ask her about her next race etc. But then she telling me "Watch out there are a few runners trying to stay in front of the car".... WTF there wasn't a soul about 5 mins ago that's why I'd taken my foot of the gas and was slowing up, happy with my position. "It's OK" she tell me, "the car has caught them and it's now 100m behind you".... "Oh hold up ! There still a guy in front of the car and he's closing on you !! "

I'm not having that I tell Rach (we are close like that now, she calling me Rosey and everything 🙂 ) and I wait until he sprints past me to then lunch my counter sprint.... and with Rachel cheering me on I take him easily... she impressed.

"Well done" she shouts, as she continues on, "the best sprint finish we've seen today"

That was the highlight of my day.... I wanted to get to marathon distance before getting caught. But the course was up and down up and down, only the top three got over 42k.