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Birthday greetings today to our son Steven who turns 57 !!! – where did the time go?? – Here is a pic of Steve out riding with me a couple of years ago. Answer to the last quiz – Harry McKay at the Highland Classic trial a couple of weeks ago – Brett got in… Continue reading Wednesday June 19th/24

NOTE ! Yesterday we posted the wrong date!! Today is the 18th!! all fixed now. The Italian World Round was likely one of the best for quite some time, perhaps because of the natural terrain – with more traditional style sections – all this made for a more interesting “Spectator” event – this is a… Continue reading Tuesday June 18th/24

We hope everybody enjoyed the weekend especially if you had a Father’s Day celebration – A rather dull wet day in the Valley, but after all the fires we have experienced in previous years, I doubt anybody is complaining.. The answer to our last quiz was Steve Foord and Tino Marin – Quiz today who… Continue reading Monday June 17th/24

Answer to the last quiz – Mick Andrews – Mick often rode different bikes in the Pre-65 Scottish plus of course also raced a lot of vintage Scrambles. – Our usual crew got it – Brett, Bob, Harlow & Pete Varey. Quiz today is a bit different – check out the people watching under the… Continue reading Sunday June 16th/24

Answer to the Friday quiz #1 – Sean Bird when he was riding a Mountain MC – Beta – a pic I took of him at the Superstars. – Brett and Jay Colley got it quickly on this, followed by Bob ( who both quiz questions correct) Quiz #2 the minder is Harry McKay –… Continue reading Saturday June 15th/24

Answer to the Thursday quiz – Pascal Couturier – Bob Clark was the only correct response! Quiz today – name this rider ========================================== And another quiz – who is the guy at the back minding for his young son? Below is not a quiz – but you might wonder what these two old Trials buddies… Continue reading Friday June 14th/24

Here are the results from last weekend in Ontario. -Lots of mud and quite a few DNF. But reports say it was a really good enjoyable Trial. =================================== Quiz today – Who is this Beta rider ? ================================ Seems like a few regular riders missed the Beta Trial at Ioco because they didn’t know it… Continue reading Thursday June 13th/24

As most people involved with Trials riding know – our sport has always been “Up & down” – especially in North America. – We have written before of why we think this trend happens especially in the 70’s – but somebody just posted the following article on FB which some may find interesting. A friend… Continue reading Wednesday June 12th/24

Well as it turned out, Babsy didn’t feel like going out for supper last night, so I just zipped down to the local and picked up a nice bottle of Chianti – this was the wine we got introduced to while in Italy on our honeymoon, back in 1962, so it was kind of special.… Continue reading Tuesday June 11th/24

A big thanks to everybody who posted congrats to Babsy & myself on our 62nd Wedding Anniversary. – We were quite overwhelmed. ( It has been quite a trip !! but what a fun time we’ve had along the way) As mentioned before, I had arranged to go riding with new guy Tim Cardinal –… Continue reading Monday June 10th/24