One of mine

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Feb 7th – Lakeland Cloud Inversion[/url] by Johnclimber[/url], on Flickr

3 of my XC bikes run with them, I think they are great VFM

OK, it’s a few quid more but for the read out and bike mount the Holux GPsport 245 is a great buy.

Cheers Gingerss, I’ll use Ton’s tenner and get a pint on him after as well.

Cheers Ton, lend us a tenner please….

Same here, it passed the quick flick through test.

Looking forward to it.

If you need internal space it’s the new shape Accord estate go for the Passat.

The old shape Accord was massive inside the new one is rubbish inside.

Moved in with my MIL for 4 months between selling our house and our new one been vacated.

The 2nd worst 4 months of my life, the first worst involved Mum & Dad’s deaths.

Good luck Jonny, good luck

PS you won’t save that much money living there, as you’ll be so desperate to escape the day’s out will add up and cost you the money you’re saving

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The Uncle Walks[/url] by Johnclimber[/url], on Flickr

No not today I rode instead, it finished early because of the tides by all accounts.

BBC 1 Wednesday 7.30 on North West TV. Can’t wait to see it.

Any photos from STW’ers?

Waller, you need a set of Ragley Carnigies

http://www.ragleybikes.com/our-components/carnegies-bar/

One of the best bars in the world

Get there early for the best spots (at least 90 minutes) and don’t expect them to be on time, ad 30 mins at least.

2 hour wait but worth it

Project & Brycey ref Projects quote “and return with something spectacular happening at the end”

There is no mention of a spectacular return http://www.giantspectacular.com/content/route-3

It says
“Little Girl Giant and Uncle 9.30am – 2pm

Wake up at Kings Dock and leave at 9.30am, travel left on The Strand, onto Mann Island, say farewell to the Liver Building, onto Canning Dock where the show’s finale will take place from 12.15pm. The Giants will then leave Liverpool down the River Mersey.”

Some from yesterday when the Little girl and her dog Xolo woke up in Stanley Park

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Little girl and Xolo her dog waking to look at the crowd[/url] by Johnclimber[/url], on Flickr

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Xolo must have spotted something good[/url] by Johnclimber[/url], on Flickr

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Little girl walking away on her journey to find her uncle[/url] by Johnclimber[/url], on Flickr

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Little girl ready for her journey[/url] by Johnclimber[/url], on Flickr

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Little girl heading on her journey[/url] by Johnclimber[/url], on Flickr

nealy – Member

It’s definitely worth the effort to go and see it. A couple of videos I took, not the best quality but I did have my son on my shoulders!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQOguZBGfUY&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Great capture of Xolo having a wee….

The Uncle awakes this morning and gets ready in Stanley park (it was heaving)

And off he went towards Liverpool

No… not even face to face.

Good luck in your search make sure you by The Grocer magazine it’s out every Saturday

My firm won’t pay for someone to relocate and would like someone with contacts already with customers in the said area.

What have you sold to industry in the past?

But you don’t live nearby David

You live and want to work in “north west, murkeyside and north Wales regions.” don’t you?

Focused towards industrial flexi hoses but open to the right person.

I don’t have anything to do with the hiring though.

Central M4 area best as the area covers the south

Monster.com?
Just to get your name out there so the agents can find you.

Try The Grocer Magazine or website, not just for FMCG’s.

Shame you don’t live near the M4 as we are desperate for “a challenge hungry salesman”, we just keep getting crud or those who promise the world by who won’t send their CV’s in.

crazy-legs – Member

but Saturday September 8th mid day until Sunday 9th May 11pm for the End2End race.

Does it take 8 months to do the End 2 End race?!

Good spot Crazy-legs, god knows what I was thinking when I typed that.

It should have said
Saturday September 8th mid day until Sunday 9th September 11pm (the day afterwards) for the End2End race

Doh…..

boltonjon – Member

Christ, thats early planning!! Does this mean that i need to start training for the E2E now???

Never stop training, that way you don’t need to start training again….

hungry monkey – Member
great prize pot there!

unfortunately can’t really afford to enter, but worth a bump!

Cheers Hungry Monkey, don’t worry I’m not pushing it until until payday at the end of the month, so there still should be a few time slots left.

I’m still not nagging as it’s not payday just yet, but I just thought I’d pop in an update for those who have donated to http://www.justgiving.com/JohnClimber

Here are some more goodies from my boss at Hozelock and a mate who’s a Michelin rep’s bosses (and himself) to add to the ever increasing prize fund (see above in this thread)

Only 68 more time slots to be snapped up Time slot sheet click here

Rule 1 – Remember to chose your time slot (15minutes apart from your other choices)
Rule 1a – If anyone donates £20+ their time slots can be no closer than 7 miunutes apart

30m Auto rewind hose reel (£99.99)
4 Michelin cycling tops* – 3 x large 1 x XL (Large modeled below), a Michelin Tee shirt (L) and a Michelin mug

*The winner gets one shirt the 2 nearest guesses get the other 4 shirts

More Michelin goodies to follow

Thanks again to Richie from SilverfishUK, Chipps at STW and Steve from PB fitness for the other goodies

freddyg – Member
John,

When are you going? My Mother-in-law lives quite close to the harbour.

Cheers for the info Freddtg it’s not just yet, but Saturday September 8th mid day until Sunday 9th May 11pm for the End2End race.

Would that be OK with her?

Ta

Thought it was a long shot, oh well

Can you sell sand to Arabs?

Still looking

Just got a Holux 245 Sport from here http://www.holux-uk.co.uk/holux-gpsport-245.php?it=173

Just what I needed and for about £55

To save you the google effort click here
https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=Holux+245Sport&rlz=1I7DLUK_en-GB&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&sourceid=ie7&redir_esc=&ei=sZeNT6_QCsq90QXfy8yHDQ#hl=en&rlz=1I7DLUK_en-GB&sa=X&ei=sZeNT7DgKIah0QXI46CGDQ&ved=0CDAQBSgA&q=Holux+245+Sport&spell=1&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_qf.,cf.osb&fp=3b039bc5b7ea50a2&biw=1440&bih=808

On the grounds of his Religious beliefs, so that he can’t swear on the Holy Bible……

Cheers all.

Looks like it might be worth going mainstream.

Cheers

Has it got a good GPS as mine doesn’t track as well as a GPS?

Also what’s it’s battery life like if using Strava? I get 4-5 hours from mine if nothing else is running.

Is there a DAB radio app for 6 music on the move?

The value of the prize pot keep on going up, these are the bars I was sent from Richie at Silverfish

http://www.tredz.co.uk/.Race-Face-Next-XC-3-4-Riser-Carbon-MTB-Handlebar_32346.htm?utm_source=Google&utm_medium=Product_Search&utm_campaign=Froogle02

(No good for me as they are far too normal)

There value is £109
added to the SRR of the other goodies from Silverfish takes their contribution to £216.55 if you were to buy them off the shelf.

Added to the other prizes from Singletrack Magazine, PB Fitness, Myself and Hozelock this adds up to a whopping £575.54 worth of prizes.

All for just a Fiver a go and all to go to one person, or the nearst time slot if the prizes are unsuitable, ie not a bike rider or lives too far from the personal trainer.

Roll up roll up, roll up
1 in 200 chance of winning with a Fiver
1 in 100 chance of winning with a tenner
1 in 50 chance of winning with a Twenty

And it’s only 1 in 56.6 of winning a Tenner on the lotter and that’s with a pound.

I’ll shut up now (until payday), or unless anything else gets donated to the prize pot

The list of goodies grows.

From Richie at Silverfish (delivered today)
1 x Raceface oversized carbon riser bars
4 x Tee shirts
1 x Fluresent Socks
1 x Waterbottle
1 x Beer Koozie
1 x 4oz Extreme Lube
Loads of stickers, too much for the winner to use, so i’ll had them out in Scotland or on clun rides

From Chipps at Singletrack (collected today)
1 x ST Buff
1 x ST red Tee Shirt
1 x ST socks
1 x 12 month subscription

So keep your guesses and cash coming for the chance to win this lot and the rest of the stuff including 8 x 1 hours sessions with a personal training in St Helens, another tee shirt, £100 hose reel cart, 3 x Hose guns and £50 of my own cash.

I hope the winner lives nearby as I don’t fancy posting it all out 😉

Please get me to £600 and I’ll stop nagging until payday.

https://www.justgiving.com/JohnClimber

£400 worth of goddies to be had and a very worthwhile cause.

Alzheimer’s is a bitch of a way to die, if you know anyone who’s had it you’ll know how bad it is for the last few years of peoples lives.
Please give to try and stop it and for every Fiver you’ve a 1 in 200 chance of getting your money and a load more stuff back.

I’ve never asked for anything before

Please help…………

If you are reading this and you’ve not given yet (a pox on you*) you’ve no chance of winning any of the goodies (above), several other begging emails went out last night for goodies.

Make sure you buy a couple or four slots before all the good slots have gone.

Please stop me going on about it, it’s got to be worth a tenner just to shut me up and to stop me bumping this up hasn’t it?

Nearly halfway to the total, so be quick.

*If you can’t afford it or don’t agree with what the Alzheimer’s Society do I remove the pox on you 😉

A quick bump, £400 pounds worth of cycling (sort of) freebies above to be won if you sponsor me. All money goes to the Alzheimer’s Society.

Thanks to Chipps from here and Richie from Silverfish for the goodies as well.

A couple more begging emails have gone out, so possibly more prices for the winner to win.

Thanks for looking and don’t forget to let me know your time slots you want to “buy”

Nearly a 3rd of the way to the total, than I can stop nagging you lot.

BTW is Carolyn Cavanagh in the house as you need to pick your 4 time slots from here https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AoCkTTsMR4Y-dHVZRFNaR0pmRnVlOHZnX0pQUkhCd3c#gid=0

Don’t forget the rule
Rule 1 – Remember to chose your time slot (15minutes apart from your other choices)
Rule 1a – If anyone donates £20+ their time slots can be no closer than 7 miunutes apart

RIGHT YOU LOT PAY ATTENTION

This is the prize pot for guessing the correct time I cross the line in Septembers Isle of Man End2End on my heavy Fat Bike.
Don’t forget it’s a 1 in 200 chance for a Fiver or 1 in 100 for a Tenner or a 1 in 50 chance for a Twenty, hell you can do the maths on the bigger donations.

First up £50 of my own cash (don’t tell the wife)

Then there’s the 30m Hozelock Auto Reel, like this one but new and in a box – Value £100

Don’t worry if you live down south the event isn’t until September so the ban should be lifted by then

A selection of new Hozelock hose guns, to use or give away as gifts – Value £15, £20 & £30

Richie From Silverfish is adding
A few t-shirts
Waterbottles
Socks
and a few RF delights (I’ve no idea what they are but) thanks Richie

From Chipps himself at Single Track Magazine – Value £80
http://singletrackworld.com/
2 pairs of SingleTrack Socks,
A SingleTrack Tee Shirt plus
A full Years Subscription to the best Mountain Biking magazine in the world

From Steve at PB Fit in St Helens http://www.pbfitness.co.uk/
8 one hour 1 to 1 sessions with a persoanl traininer and a Tee Shirt – Value £65

If you live too far away the next nearest guess in front of your’s wins this prize but you get the Tee Shirt

And finally (for now) in a Generation Game flash back (Ask your Mum) a Fondue Set – Value to me getting rid of this unwanted gift Priceless

More to be added (I hope)

Thats a total of £360 and what Silverfish send to me all for a Fiver it must be worth a shot

So, come on it’s hard work getting these prizes for you, it’s not that hard to click on this
https://www.justgiving.com/JohnClimber and give a Fiver or so, Please

Once all time slots are sold I’ll stop nagging…….I promise

Time slot availability here https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AoCkTTsMR4Y-dHVZRFNaR0pmRnVlOHZnX0pQUkhCd3c#gid=0

The only rule to avoid block booking is
Rule 1 – Remember to chose your time slot (15minutes apart from your other choices)
Rule 1a – If anyone donates £20+ their time slots can be no closer than 7 miunutes apart