{"id":6349,"date":"2024-12-16T09:31:49","date_gmt":"2024-12-16T16:31:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/?p=6349"},"modified":"2024-12-16T09:31:49","modified_gmt":"2024-12-16T16:31:49","slug":"monday-december-16th-24","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/2024\/12\/16\/monday-december-16th-24\/","title":{"rendered":"Monday December 16th\/24"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>So on this Monday morning, not a lot to report &#8211; that is if you forget about- (a) The Postal mess &#8211; (b)  KTM mess -(c) The Political mess<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>===========================================<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Answer to the last quiz &#8211; Mick Andrews checking out some really nice Vintage Sherpa T&#8217;s   An easy one for most of our bloggers &#8211; Brett, Bob, Harlow, Jay Colley, Roger Boothroyd , Pete Varey and Peter from OZ.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Quiz today guess who.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"517\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/young-de-Coster-checking-out-the-Beta.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/young-de-Coster-checking-out-the-Beta.jpg 517w, https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/young-de-Coster-checking-out-the-Beta-259x300.jpg 259w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 517px) 100vw, 517px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>=====================================<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Congrats to Gary MacDonald, who has won the Scottish Trials Championship for a record 13th time.<\/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\/2024\/12\/Gary-MacDonald-13-time-scottish-Champ.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6352\" srcset=\"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Gary-MacDonald-13-time-scottish-Champ.jpg 600w, https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Gary-MacDonald-13-time-scottish-Champ-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>==========================================<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Looking back on a great ride Mike and I had at Summerland this past Summer &#8211; one of three we had marked in our bucket list. &#8211; That&#8217;s Giants head in the distance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"432\" src=\"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_3165.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6354\" srcset=\"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_3165.jpg 640w, https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_3165-300x203.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>===========================================<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here is another great shot by Neil Sturgeon of Jack Galloway at a UK Trial last weekend &#8211; lots of top riders at this one including James Dabill.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"614\" height=\"446\" src=\"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Jack-Galloway-again.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6356\" srcset=\"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Jack-Galloway-again.jpg 614w, https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Jack-Galloway-again-300x218.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 614px) 100vw, 614px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"617\" height=\"218\" src=\"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_3173.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6358\" srcset=\"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_3173.jpg 617w, https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_3173-300x106.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 617px) 100vw, 617px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>===========================================<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"598\" src=\"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Billy-Bolt-wins-Poland.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6361\" srcset=\"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Billy-Bolt-wins-Poland.jpg 480w, https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Billy-Bolt-wins-Poland-241x300.jpg 241w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Billy Bolt who is another ex Trials rider &#8211; took the win in Poland at the latest hard enduro &#8211; but I&#8217;m sure like many others, he is feeling uncertain about what bike he will be on in 2025 &#8211; Toby Martyn did this a first event for him, but no dazzling debut as he came last. &#8211; Jonny Walker  put the new Triumph on the podium.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>=======================================<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So on this Monday morning, not a lot to report &#8211; that is if you forget about- (a) The Postal mess &#8211; (b) KTM mess -(c) The Political mess =========================================== Answer to the last quiz &#8211; Mick Andrews checking out some really nice Vintage Sherpa T&#8217;s An easy one for most of our bloggers &#8211;&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/2024\/12\/16\/monday-december-16th-24\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Monday December 16th\/24<\/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\/6349"}],"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=6349"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6349\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6362,"href":"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6349\/revisions\/6362"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6349"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6349"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6349"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}