With all the doom and gloom we are hearing about every day, with news of dozens of people dying from the Corona-virus - almost overnight in some Countries, with the death toll now at over 100,000 World wide. -
It is understandable why older folk like Babsy & myself are trying to stay safe. - The bad thing is that some people forget to distance themselves, while others appear to not take the threat serious enough.
This reminded me of a Poem written by a World War Two Spitfire Pilot.
“We grow cold and we grow callous
’til death stalks into our home
with a deed that doth appall us
then the deeper feelings come.”
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Richard Hillary returned to action after suffering burns to the greater part of his body and face from being shot down at the start of the Battle of Britain. - The great Plastic surgeon Archie McIndoo rebuilt his face, and it was while he was in Hospital that he wrote his life story including this poem. - Sadly he was later killed in action
I have the book.
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On a lighter note >>>>
This is a good site to click onto with some great videos
Trialeros del Mundo
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Obviously with 5-10cm of snow in Calgary and other parts - you can’t blame Albertan’s for wanting to head to BC and in particular the Okanagan, where temperatures have been very pleasant this week - While there is no doubt that being out riding in the woods is a great way to self isolate, we hope that everyone remembers to distance themselves especially when being parked. -
The CPTA club have issued a stern warning in this regard that the Ioco area could be closed if people are seen to be disregarding the 6t space between people and no groups of more that ten at any one time.
This being the case, I was surprised to see a notice by the Kelowna MX Club saying they are opening the Bear Creek Track for Practice this weekend - They do say they are limiting the numbers and controlling things, but I only hope this does not bring any negative response from the general public who see dirt bikes going through town on the back of Pick-ups, or somebody getting hurt.
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This is a great shot ( not sure who took the pic) The caption said - when things go wrong try to get through for a “3″ - Obviously a Scottish Six Day pic and judging from the older NZI Helmet - I would say say it must have been in the early 90’s ( I still have my carbon one which of course we used to sell through Sammy Miller)
==========================================>                                                         While we are only open by appointment - We still have some great deals on new Beta Trials bikes - this is a nice pic from the past after a shipment arrived. We are also still shipping parts and accessories.
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ON TEST  125cc SCORPA – SHERCO – BETA – GAS GAS
