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=================================== Power outage last night so late posting today ================================== Answer to the last quiz – Joan Pons – easy for some as his name was on his helmet!! – All our usual bloggers got it. – Quiz today – Who is this? and what is the bike? ====================================== Stan mentioned some details re the… Continue reading Thursday November 13th/25

Below is an interesting report on the 2003 Scottish – courtesy Trial Mag UK – You might see a familiar name in the results. – But is it an American? The 2003 Scottish Six Days Trial winner Joan Pons (ESP) will be competing in the 2025 Two Day Costa Brava trial Trial CostaBravaTrials Magazine The… Continue reading Wednesday November 12th/25

============================================ Like many of our older bloggers, we grew up during the Second World War, – our Father, made sure we moved back to the Welsh border, to stay with my Gran, before he joined the Army. – He was lucky to get out of Dunkirk, and we were lucky as a family, to escape… Continue reading Tuesday November 11th/25- Remembrance Day.

Sunday we went riding and what a great day it was – out on the Evo 200 which is brilliant. – I lost Track of Roy at this point, so took this selfie. The trees look fabulous at this time of the year. – Will this be our last ride of 2025? =========================================== Answer to… Continue reading Monday November 10th/25

================================== Answer to that last quiz – It was of course it was the singing cowboy Roy Rogers – A favorite for all us old folk who grew up in the dark ages !! – a few of these got it – Harlow – Brett and Pete Varey !! – Back when we were young… Continue reading Sunday November 9th/25

======================================= Answer to the last quiz – Bruce Brown – the guy who made the movie “On Any Sunday” – which was a huge success and likely the reason a lot of youngsters got into Motorcycling. – It starred (and was financed) by Steve McQueen – When you look at all the camera equipment available… Continue reading Saturday November 8th/25

================================ Answer to the last quiz – Sammy Miller at the 1957 TT in the Isle of Man -back then they used the shorter Clypse Circuit and a mass start. -for the lightweight races.- Sammy was leading this race until his bike seized on the very last corner called Governors Bridge – he pushed in… Continue reading Friday November 7th/25

======================================== Answer to the last quiz – Yrjo Vesterinen being thrown from his- Man-Tosser – Correctly guessed, by Brett, Harlow, Stan, Pete Varey and Jack from AB. ( I think Vesty only rode the Mont one year – always on a Bultaco) Quiz today – Who is rider #4? – and what year and where????… Continue reading Thursday November 6th/25

Yes it’s Guy Fawkes Day in the UK – and for you younger bloggers who may not know who that was !! – He was a the one who tried to blow up the British House of Parliament – back in the day – it was called the Gun-powder plot, but unfortunately for Guy –… Continue reading Wednesday November 5th/25-GUY FAWKES DAY!!

================================== Answer to the last quiz – John Giles riding – Eric Adcock the rider watching his line- and well known scribe Ralph Venables spectating. Peter LeGrove from OZ was first in with all three correct. Quiz today. -Guess who ? ( A pic sent in by Peter from OZ) ====================================== Looking through one of… Continue reading Tuesday November 4th/25