So you wanted a Mint Sauce book…

I got my dispatch email this morning and it also arrived this morning too. ?

Have been bollocked that with Christmas coming I should have volunteered it as an option.

I didn't as A) I wanted certainty it would be bought and B) I darent ask for nearly £60 worth of book and stickers!

I got my dispatch email this morning but no book.

I had a delivery email but my book arrived some time back. Lol

Turns out the book arrived about the same time as the delivery notification

My two copies arrived today, one for a mate/ex gf who used to read my mbuk in the 90's as she loved Mint, and one for my bro to give to me.

Dispatch email this morning, arrived in the post as well this morning!- handed to wife to wrap for me for Christmas... Didn't even pop the cardboard.

Looking forward to opening mine Christmas day as well... even avoiding scans and photos promoting the book!

✿

I take back everything I said , I undid the lock on my wallet and bought a copy , it is a fabulous thing ?

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Yeah, I know, I posted that literally seconds before I went out for a drink with a friend, so I hadn’t realised it had double posted.

Mine arrived yesterday. I’ve just ordered another book to actually read, the other (signed) going to keep nice on the bookshelf… just gently flicking through it was somewhat emotional

Yeah, I’m going to buy another for the same reason - it’s something I know I’ll keep going back to. And yes, as I think JoB acknowledges, it’s rather strange that a cartoon sheep on a mountain bike can arouse such an intense emotional response, but that just shows the strength of Jo’s ability as an artist.

Mine arrived this morning and was promptly confiscated to be given back on Christmas morning. Well, I hope it  is because I didn’t have chance to open the cardboard envelope.

There could well be some raised eyebrows if it’s not.

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It's here !

Tucked beside the wheelie bin and I'll read it later this evening 🙂

Love that t shirt! I’ve still got this one at the bottom of a drawer:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/134805371515

Although looking at that asking price, maybe i should cash in…

OMG! The Fuscia Frisian! I’d forgotten that one, and now there’s an overwhelming amount of ‘I need that shirt!’, and it’s an XL, too.

Honestly, though, while I could afford it, it’s a lot of money and there’s the £20-odd postage as well.

@doris5000 - if it’s an XL, I’ll make you an offer for it! 🙂

Signed+ stickers arrived in Argyll today. Love it already.

Rob

For those that have received their (signed) copies who was the courier? RM?

One came with the postie. The other with a white van. Both through the royal mail system though.

This landed for Christmas, what a thing of beauty. I actually welled up when I unwrapped it, it generates such memories/ nostalgia for my early days of mountain biking. Truly golden times and JoB captures them so well in the images and writing - only read the first few pages and it's bang on. I look forward to settling down with this over coming weeks/months/years.

Thanks Jo.

So the 'hint' I dropped (sent her the link back in October, with the message "this would do for a late birthday or Christmas present) somehow didn't register, instead I now have a Sub to Cycling Plus (a magazine I don't think I've ever read)...

Are the Mint books still available? Is it too soon to order one on Christmas day, or should I quietly let the disappointment settle in and do it when she's not looking at the joint account between now and  NYE?

@jimmy felt the same way. Narration/back story is great.

I went looking and found one of my favs.

@cookeaa - not sure, I know mine was bought as soon as they were available so I could get a signed one and the stickers page. Might be worth dropping them a line, see what's left.

I can still get the basic book, that was all I wanted, it's in my basket. I think I'll just click buy now and hopefully she won't spot it.

Normally I'm the one that drops a bollock with Xmas presents, but I actually did ok this year and it's the one time I actually told her "get me this" with way more notice than she needed. Perhaps she thought I was joking, as in why would a grown man want a book of comic strips about a mountain biking sheep?

I've not brought it up (and I won't), because she's in a good mood, but this would not happen the other way round. If she is in anyway unhappy with Xmas or birthday pressies or something asked for an not received, we all find out immediately... Sigh.

Enjoy your lovely new Mint sauce books everyone else [/quietly weeps].

@cookeaa you still have the delight of opening it for the first time. Enjoy.

Got mine today from my lovely kids. It's bigger than I thought it would be but obviously that's the size it would be. Perfect with a cup of tea and a mince pie.

Received my copy from Mrs Beaker today! Had no idea she had ordered it- I'd only mentioned it in passing weeks ago. Can't wait to have a proper read with a brew.

Now I’ve got Christmas out of the way I’ve just ordered a copy of the basic book, as my everyday reading copy. Good thing Isola still have copies available, having said that I hope it stays available, for those discovering Mint for the first time in the future.

Mrs Squirrel is a good wife ?

Oh my god is that a thing of beauty or what? Well chuffed even though I knew what I was getting. Other present was awesome as well.

I'm guessing the special added pages were Mint and Oonaghs epic ride at the start?

I didn't get mine either, sent links and everything. Didn't get the two vinyls I sent links too either.

And I got some one-size socks despite me specifically saying on-size are too big - the heels end up my ankles! I don't mind getting socks as long as they fit.

Anyone know a good divorce lawyer. 🙂

I was given one yesterday as a very welcome present.

A lovely book.

Having not received it for either my birthday or Christmas I was fearing the worst but then my brother in law came good today. It's lovely and I especially like the explainers.

Got mine today, it's absolutely lovely.

I got mine on Christmas Day. It's brilliant.

Very late to the party.  Copy ordered.

For anyone who’s just ordered, or is thinking of ordering, I had an email from them this morning with an update:

Hi there

Thanks for your order of LOST SUMMERS AND HALF-FORGOTTEN AFTERNOONS over the Christmas period.

We’re just back to work today to find that Amazon has taken all our books (they demand large numbers at their own warehouses), so we’re having to move some stock around – so your book will be slightly delayed.

It should be on its way next week, and you’ll get a shipping notification as soon as that happens.

If that’s inconvenient, please get back to me and we can arrange a refund.

Apologies, and thanks for your patience.

Page 76 just brought back memories!

@CountZero

Thanks! That's saved me £12!

Ordered for £30 on Amazon with free delivery (against £42 buying direct).

Turned up this morning from Amazon.

Great quality - bigger and heftier than expected - looking forward to working my way through it!

Forgot I ordered it and it turned up today.

Talk about surprising yourself!

Had an email earlier from Max at Isola Press:

Mint Sauce Delivery date

Hi everyone

Once again, apologies for the delayed Mint Sauce orders. Stock is now confirmed for delivery to the warehouse on Tuesday 21 January, and will be dispatched ASAP after that.

Please look out for tracking notifications.

Thanks for sticking with us!

All best
Max

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Popped into town and checked my bin I keep outside by my front door for post to be dropped into, and there was a large rectangular cardboard box in there…

…I now have a copy that I can happily let go slightly dog-eared over the coming days, weeks and years of reading about dusty trails. *sigh*

So from today, I will be carrying my own personal tribute to Mint!

Yes, they’re blushing at the honour bestowed upon them, but they’ll get over themselves, once the redness of having sharp pointy things repeatedly poked into my skin goes away! 
I had the Fibonacci sequence and the Hello Cthulhu touched up as well. Gemma, my tattooist, had a lot of fun with Mint, reproducing the watercolour effect, she had around a dozen or so little bottles of ink on her worktop to ink it.

But Why?

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But Why?

Why what?

I like it!

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I like it!

Thank you, Gemma, my tattooist, is chuffed to bits with the way it’s come out. It’s a one-off, it’s never appeared in any Mint magazine strip or page, JoB painted it for me at the Bike Show years ago, and it’s something I treasure - having it inked means I carry it around with me, and it makes me smile every time I look at it! 😊

@countzero I'm liking that tattoo a lot! The tattoo artist did a brilliant job.

Yep, that's really nice CZ. Your green man is similar to one i have on my inner arm

Thanks all, it’s just starting to scab over a bit now, so making sure I use cocoa butter on it - it’s the worst part of the process, but it should look nice and bright later.

I’ve got a couple more that JoB did on different occasions, I might get one other one done, ‘cos it’s really nice and simple, and won’t take too much space. My favourite summer pastime - sitting staring up at clouds and aircraft…

I told Gemma I’d be posting it on here, I’ll send your kind words when I see her next, she was really pleased with it.