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[TonyDevil]

Skinny. Wot time you coming over, are you in EssexLand this weekend

yes in Essex this weekend, oncall nextweekend and away the weekend after so havin me bday night out in southend tonight
chance of me being sober (or even in bed) at that time are very remote

I'm going to spend the day in a Garden Ctr selling furniture to people. How worse can it get?

you could be so hung after drinking nothing but apple flavoured drinks all night that you want to die?

[catsbum]

Tony
So, errr, are you coming via me or going straight to Lasham?

[ChrisG]

Sounds like he'll likely be a hungover no show.

Thanks to jht's emergency bike breakers and spares emporium I have a working bike again so I'll see you at 10:00

[catsbum]

Me too.

Weather looks to be 14C and random showers from the south west.

[danceswithmopeds]

Ohhh! how I dream of 14C.

[TonyDevil]

uuurrg
its a level2

[catsbum]

Well I'm first back and will load some picckys in a bit. Fantastic route planned by Chris. 7 off us (i think) and the weather was almost perfect

brb

[catsbum]

Avenue Garden Ctr, B4 Brekkie.









Filthy Bike, Dirty Girl, Dirty. (How to annoy Pict)




The Cafe at West Meow.








My Brand New XT indicator after trying to keep up with ChrisG.










A Great Morning's ride. Regards to all the Team.

[ChrisG]

It appeas Martins XTZ got stolen by a storm trooper at West Meon

He's missed the most important photo of the day, Breakfast


I got accused of being skinny as I tucked in to my egg, bacon, mushroom, sausage, beans and toast
I'm being crap with names again though, above photo is:
Guinessgrim, Cavey, er....oops...sorry...forgotten...thats embarrasing, Saga Lout, Catsbum, FiremanSam. I think.

SagaLout went his own way from Arlesford, and GuinessGrim and Catsbum split off at West Meon (I'd made the mistake of mentioning to Catsbum that one of the next bits of road might be a bit wet and muddy so he rushed hime to polish his bike instead ), the rest of us headed back to Lasham Gliding Club and sat in the sun watching the planes for a bit.

Fantastic weather, damp roads to start with but lovely and warm and sunny later on, by the time I got home I was wishing I'd put my summer gloves on. Nice morning out, good to meet you all You might have even shamed me in to cleaning the bike this afternoon

Edited by ChrisG, 20 April 2008 - 02:21 pm.

[Cavey]

Many thanks to Chris for organising a superb route. A nice variety of fast and wiggly roads/lanes that suit the TDM down to the ground. . I'm sure he didn't organise the weather but that was fab too! Weren't we lucky?!!!

Great to meet you all.

The number plate seemed to hang in there (literally) until I got home. Apologies to Fireman Sam who nearly got the offending plastic bolt in his face! Not that the bike was clean before I started, but it's all a bit mucky now, (partly due to some single track lanes that Chris lead us down!) I may have to get a bucket out before it starts raining.

No pics from me as Mrs Cavey is away with the camera at the mo.

Cheers,

Cavey.

[ChrisG]

The more I see these,
The more I like.

I assume you mean Catsbum's rather shiny super ten rather than my slightly tatty Mk1

I'm liking his yellow running lights mounted in the redundant air intake cutout weird bits on the faring. Photo doesn't do them justice, he was following me and you could see them from a long way back and made his bike really obvious.

Edited by ChrisG, 20 April 2008 - 04:50 pm.

[Fireman sam]

Cracking day. Thanks chris, excellent route and weather. And i met a fellow TDM'er that live 2 miles away and one that works 500yds from me. Small world! Good to meet you all
Carl

[guinnessgrim]

Cheers from me too Excellent route just a shame I had to leave early.
Weren't we lucky with the weather? Looking forward to the next one now.
Nice to meet you all.
I agree about the small world, maybe see you in the crossways for a pint fireman sam

[jht]

Ahh pants, missed today due to eater hols
(couldnt even make the start in the cage fer a cuppa either this time)

but guinessgrim you are about 3 miles from me!!

So I count around 6-7 Carpe'ers within a 20 mile radius!
and there be 2 900 I have seen local to me I havnt got to card yet..


bloody 'eck hold on, the world is shrinking

[OwenMc]

Ahh pants, missed today due to eater hols
(couldnt even make the start in the cage fer a cuppa either this time)

but guinessgrim you are about 3 miles from me!!

So I count around 6-7 Carpe'ers within a 20 mile radius!
and there be 2 900 I have seen local to me I havnt got to card yet..
bloody 'eck hold on, the world is shrinking

And me'd make another one. Had hoped to make the run today but was passing the 850 on to Wicky for a makeover.... I'll be doing the route soon enough, if I can make it up early enough at the w'end :-)

[Saga Lout]

Bit late posting this, but just to add my thanks to all who turned-up and to Chris for organising it all

Also, was great to catch-up with some of you I already know and also to meet yet more Carpe members for the first time, plus, as said before, a few who live in such close proximity to me

Sorry I only rode for half the ride-out but it was only good fortune that I made it at all...will hopefully have greater staying power at the next g2g

[TDMTAM]

Hey wait a minute I only see 1 CARPE T-shirt there
Remind me to get some XXXXL for the breakfast club
TAM

Edited by TDMTAM, 20 April 2008 - 10:22 pm.

[Fireman sam]

I did mention it Tam to many howls of "oh i forgot"

[ChrisG]

Ahh pants, missed today due to eater hols

Well it sounds like a big cooked breakfast would have been a good plan.



Nearly fell off my chair when I worked out I'd done 52.5mpg on that run.

Edited by ChrisG, 21 April 2008 - 08:16 am.