{"id":12804,"date":"2026-02-09T10:01:49","date_gmt":"2026-02-09T17:01:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/?p=12804"},"modified":"2026-02-09T10:01:49","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T17:01:49","slug":"monday-february-9th-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/2026\/02\/09\/monday-february-9th-26\/","title":{"rendered":"Monday February 9th\/26"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"226\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/image-6.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12806\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>===============================<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Answer to the last quiz &#8211; a memory from Formula One.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Peter Collins- Juan Fangio- Mike Hawthorn &#8211; Harlow got all three.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Collins was killed racing, Fangio retired after winning many World Titles &#8211; Hawthorn retired then was killed in a road accident on the Guildford Bypass &#8211; near London England. &#8211; Peter Collins and Mike Hawthorn were great friends and I did have book about them but it got lost somewhere in my travels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Quiz today &#8211; for our Western bloggers &#8211; how many of these CPTA members can you name? A pic taken at ???<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Ioco-members-of-CPTA.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12807\" srcset=\"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Ioco-members-of-CPTA.jpg 600w, https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Ioco-members-of-CPTA-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>===========================================<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What a great day we on Sunday for our first ride of the year &#8211; bright sunshine &#8211; Gerry Phillips and Outlaw Dave. &#8211; Gerry is new to the Trials scene and is really enjoying his Beta.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Feb-26-first-ride-1-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12809\" srcset=\"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Feb-26-first-ride-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Feb-26-first-ride-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Feb-26-first-ride-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Feb-26-first-ride-1-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Feb-26-first-ride-1-1568x1176.jpg 1568w, https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Feb-26-first-ride-1.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Here&#8217;s Gerry at one of our regular stops on the loop &#8211; no snow, but it can be seen up a bit higher from this spot. ( I wonder what he had in that back-pack?)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_4124.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12812\" srcset=\"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_4124.jpg 600w, https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_4124-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>We saw a lot of dead-fall on the trails &#8211; but nothing that was too difficult to get around or over.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_4123.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12815\" srcset=\"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_4123.jpg 600w, https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_4123-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>============================================<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile over in Spain- <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Looks like Harry Hemingway was out on a new 2026 Beta Sincro at the Barcelona Indoor ( stock bike &#8211; as factory model not out yet)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"464\" src=\"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Harry-Hemmo-on-Syncro.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12811\" srcset=\"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Harry-Hemmo-on-Syncro.jpg 600w, https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Harry-Hemmo-on-Syncro-300x232.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>===========================================<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here is another shot from the Telford Motorcycle Show  &#8211; This is likely one of the best attended shows in the UK.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"573\" src=\"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Telford-general-shot.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12821\" srcset=\"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Telford-general-shot.jpg 600w, https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Telford-general-shot-300x287.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>============================================<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here is a nice pic of pretty lady winner at Barcelona Berta Abellan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"482\" height=\"393\" src=\"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Berta-Abellan-winner-at-Barcelona.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12818\" srcset=\"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Berta-Abellan-winner-at-Barcelona.jpg 482w, https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Berta-Abellan-winner-at-Barcelona-300x245.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 482px) 100vw, 482px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>===================================<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>=============================== Answer to the last quiz &#8211; a memory from Formula One. Peter Collins- Juan Fangio- Mike Hawthorn &#8211; Harlow got all three. Collins was killed racing, Fangio retired after winning many World Titles &#8211; Hawthorn retired then was killed in a road accident on the Guildford Bypass &#8211; near London England. &#8211; Peter Collins&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/2026\/02\/09\/monday-february-9th-26\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Monday February 9th\/26<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12804"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12804"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12804\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12823,"href":"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12804\/revisions\/12823"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12804"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12804"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12804"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}