I think we'll call it a day on this, lack of interest.

I'd be heading up from Prestwick, can do it in 2 1/2 hours, and I'd be able to pick a couple of folks on the way up.

Bump!

What time were y'all back at the inners carpark on saturday, I thought I saw Jojo whizz past me when I was fixing a puncture about 1400 on sat? not far from the top of the Caddon bank, didn't realise you folks would have been there then, otherwise I'd have kept an eye out.

What is the sharpest thing in the world?

Dunno, but I bet the smelliest (and thickest) thing in the world is a michelle mcmanus jobbie!.

Bump

Aye,
and if I know John H it'll be all his wee 'shortcuts' at Dalbeattie and Mabie! good man that he is.

Kit it's only a suggestion, if everyone wanted to head south or wherever, well so be it, just a suggestion. I just want to get the ball rolling, I had a great time at the last one of these I went to, at Glen Clova, even if I was as slow and unfit as ****!.

When you've got a 2 year old, you've gotta be, trust me! ;-)

Got one booked for inners this saturday, canny wait, my first ever shot on a full susser!.

My usual ride is pretty much always wet, so I reapply after every ride. good lube imho.

Definitely not the fork, no place for a lockout on a bike like that, no place for a lockout anywhere really, pointless IMO.

Totally agree. I used to ride Pace RC40's and the lockdown was great as it helped me keep the front end of the cotic down, however the lockout on the pikes doesnt, although the Pikes are far better than the paces ever were.

Carter USM. nuff said.

Gary Fisher Roscoe 2. Going to be my next bike, soon as the lazy HR barstewards at work get cyclescheme sorted.

I really like the look of the Gary Fisher Roscoe 2.

Hired a car from Hertz at Girona airport this year, Imagine how chuffed I was when I walked into the lot to see a Golf GTTDi – **** awesome car, So good, I'd drop down a few years to maybe a 56-57 model.

Forget the breadmaker, and buy a food mixer instead (the crusts on breadmaker breads are cack).

Easiest bread ever – I started this 3 months ago, and have only bought one loaf since, I make 2 loaves every 3 days. It works out great, I actually eat less bread, which can only be a good thing.

Bung 500g super strong bread flour, 1 sachet yeast, 1 tsp salt and 325 ml of warm water into your food mixer (I have a Magimix 4200, but any mixer with a dough hook will do).

Mix it for a minute or so, till it's a ball spinning round in mixer bowl

Cowp it into a bowl and cover with tea towel, leave to prove for 1 hour in airing cupboard.

Bring it out and onto a floured work surface, turn it over 3 or 4 times (on need to knead) then form into a ball and sit on top of a piece of baking paper (I put this onto a choping board on top of hob) and cover with the mixing bowl.

Wait another hour until it's huge again and heat your oven to it's hottest setting with your biggest lidded casserole dish inside.

Once roasting hot, remove dish and lid from oven, and lift dough (by the corners of the paper below) and pop inside casserole dish.

Put lid on and into oven for 15 mins. after 15 mins, remove from inside cass. dish and put back on shelf of oven for further 15 mins.

Remove and allow to cool. I cook 2 of these (it's just as easy and there's no extra mess) as I said every 3 days and we can't get enough of them. I use my 28cm Le Creuset casserole set, but I used to use a 3l pyrex one from tesco which cost 4 quid.

The process effectively steams and bakes at the same time, giving extra rising, whilst baking a lovely crispy crust.

Best bread ever, I never thought you could make your own bread as good as a shop bought loaf, but this pisses all over the top of the chemical shoite from the supermarkets.

You probably couldn't afford the tech anyway, lol.

What a knob.

I've got the exact same prob with mine, I first thought it may be that the coffee had been ground too fine, maybe not though.

I find I ride more in winter as there are less family/home/diy things to get in the way!!

Me also.

I like my pieces to be kinda mushy!.

Ham cheese cucumber tomato lettuce mayo salt pepper.

Trout, I'd like my lumi's troutified!. Mail me on gregbowie AT gmail DOT com.

Cheers, G.

I've had some experience of the op's pub. An odious wee **** of a man. I spend a fair bit of time on Arran, and I ain't heard a good word about him yet, must be the most hated man on the island.

John, I can make next monday (13th) if any of you fellas fancy a ride. Would Durisdeer/Auchentaggart be too wet?

usually the first stage

Usually round about the 8-10th stage of the compressor.

I've emailed them a couple of times to no avail, really should phone them.

Work look as if they may go for the B2W sceme, thinking about flogging the Cotic, and adding some of the cash to B2W money for a Roscoe, looks like it's getting some good reviews. All day/Fun bike.

I'll gie it a miss. Sounds brilliant, but I haven't ridden much this summer at all, and I held you all up enough at Glen Clova!.

All the best folks, have a good weekend, Greg.

Arrochar routes agood un, but be on your guard on the fire road descent from loch sloy, it's fast and really slate-tastic, you dinna want to tumble on that.

Never mind biking.

A few pints in the last drop, the grassmarket.

ditto in cafe royale, up near john lewis.

A burger from wannaburger.

Literary pub tour from the beehive, again, the grassmarket.

Leave the bike at home.

Quiet night.

1 Arran blonde (my fave)
2 heineken
2 San miguel – senorita beater.

Hotel lloret.

Right at the top of las ramblas, at the place catalunya. We had the font de la canallettes right below our balcony (where the barca fans gather after a big victory).

Cheap as chips, right in the place you'd want to be, clean. Brill.

http://www.hlloret.com/%5B/url%5D

I do apologise, thought Gerrard was the captain, but it would appear he's the vice captain.

Makes you wonder what the captain could get away with.

Rape?.

Genocide?.

I'm on nights next week, So anytime between 7pm and 10pm ( I start at 11pm)

Route 1 – Head out of tarbert towards scalpay and then turn left up the track past loch laxadale, till you hit tarmac, then turn left and head up road climb toward rhenigadale, after a few miles you take a right turn off the road onto a track leading back to tarbert via loch trolmaraig(sp?)

sorry to be vague, but it's mega obvious on a 1:25000 map – south harris.

The other routes are a big circuit of an clisham, and the singletrack south west of tarbert, again, buy the 1:25000 map and look for the dotted lines, you can not go wrong.

Spend a few hours round at seilebost beach, amazing.

if you email me on greg DOT bowie AT gmail DOT com, i'll give you my mobile number, call me and I'll talk you through it with a map in front of you.

Been about a lot of Scotland on my bike, but Harris is my favourite, just so atmospheric, remote and absolutely awesome singletrack.

Although I like the odd round myself (living just up the road from turnberry it's like a bloody religion), I like to wind up the golfers at work.

Tomorrow's fayre will be, 'How can you call that a sport?, a man of 59 nearly wins your world championship!'

Oldest tournament winner at :-

Snooker – 50
Darts – 51
Bowls – you get the gist!

endless material for me!.

Is that the Stig chasing that we lass?

God is a Catholic – wtf would he be helping presbyterian heretics ? ffs

Exactly, he'd be away fondling kids in ireland.

Him and Monty are both a couple of big wimmin.

Stuart, slight thread hijack, can you mail me where you get those bonty jones acx tyres from (if you can still get 'em?.)

Cheers, Greg.

Stuart, all the best, hope you really enjoy it.