In my defence the first two photos are the same piss stop.
*GS Event* Kelso weekend 17 to 19 April
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Left at 7am, i skipped brekkie doh 
This time i trusted the Nav and ran down the A7 to Carlisle , brigh and sunny but down to 1.5 degrees onsome of the more exposed / shdy sections - ground frost and some white patches on the roads eeks
Then it was the M6 M42 Cov (blast) missed the junction so a meander round Cov to get back to the Mway M40 A34 M27 nd then fuel and home just after 6pm
recovered some files off the innov, lets see if my ""route up is there""
Dang i only have video right to the start of the bloody mountain
But here is a pic and the map
So a single track road, with blind corners eeeks
This time i trusted the Nav and ran down the A7 to Carlisle , brigh and sunny but down to 1.5 degrees onsome of the more exposed / shdy sections - ground frost and some white patches on the roads eeks
Then it was the M6 M42 Cov (blast) missed the junction so a meander round Cov to get back to the Mway M40 A34 M27 nd then fuel and home just after 6pm
recovered some files off the innov, lets see if my ""route up is there""
Dang i only have video right to the start of the bloody mountain
But here is a pic and the map
So a single track road, with blind corners eeeks
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Good effort buddyLeft at 7am, i skipped brekkie doh
This time i trusted the Nav and ran down the A7 to Carlisle , brigh and sunny but down to 1.5 degrees onsome of the more exposed / shdy sections - ground frost and some white patches on the roads eeks
Then it was the M6 M42 Cov (blast) missed the junction so a meander round Cov to get back to the Mway M40 A34 M27 nd then fuel and home just after 6pm
recovered some files off the innov, lets see if my ""route up is there""
Dang i only have video right to the start of the bloody mountain
But here is a pic and the map
So a single track road, with blind corners eeeks View attachment 496982View attachment 496985
Top drawer to come so far
- someone hit the road earlier at about 6am which I thought was you but clearly not !
Nice to see you and glad you got home OK.Left at 7am, i skipped brekkie doh
This time i trusted the Nav and ran down the A7 to Carlisle , brigh and sunny but down to 1.5 degrees onsome of the more exposed / shdy sections - ground frost and some white patches on the roads eeks
Then it was the M6 M42 Cov (blast) missed the junction so a meander round Cov to get back to the Mway M40 A34 M27 nd then fuel and home just after 6pm
recovered some files off the innov, lets see if my ""route up is there""
Dang i only have video right to the start of the bloody mountain
But here is a pic and the map
So a single track road, with blind corners eeeks View attachment 496982View attachment 496985
That's the route we took at the end of Moffat run last year .
And you your a good man and I don't say that lightly.
Ive only been to two UKGSer events, (Dent and Portsoy)
Had a great time both times and met some decent guys, sadly i never asked who they were on the forum, so still don't have any face to names LOL
Just a few beers and laughs with someone who had similar interests.
Something to rectify in the future.
We all need to wear badges with our forum names on
Not sure I've met you ? Although I'm easily forgotten.Ive only been to two UKGSer events, (Dent and Portsoy)
Had a great time both times and met some decent guys, sadly i never asked who they were on the forum, so still don't have any face to names LOL
Just a few beers and laughs with someone who had similar interests.
Something to rectify in the future.
We all need to wear badges with our forum names on
Thanks Alastair , Bazman for another excellent ride out and the rest of you reprobates for an excellent weekend in Kelso
Sorry i missed you, Micky, i have a duff knee atm so stayed very close to the digsOne tired dawg ...
Old pal Bob Crawley, lives in Kelso, called yesterday morning for a coffee. One of the smoothest riders I've ever had the joy to follow
Spot the UKGSer sticker ...
She's a tart ...
From the hotel the guys are using, looking across to the Borders Events Centre. My campervan parked in our own field away to the right, behind the large buildings and trees. The event is an agility one and most dogs are Borders and a few cocker/springer spans! They excercise them on the field where I am. Some owners have six or seven dogs and can't keep an eye on them all ... some poo doesn't get picked up
Should be up to Strontian at Christmas, all being well
Say what, !!!Ive only been to two UKGSer events, (Dent and Portsoy)
Had a great time both times and met some decent guys, sadly i never asked who they were on the forum, so still don't have any face to names LOL
Just a few beers and laughs with someone who had similar interests.
Something to rectify in the future.
We all need to wear badges with our forum names on
Just arrived home, didn't realise how cold I was till I got off the bike. Great W/E once again (thanks Alistair). Meeting faces old and new.
I had a great run as far as Pitlochry then it got cold. And now the sun has come out, wish it had done that a while back.
Great weekend, a fair few turned up which is good. Kelso is a nice town and it seemed to work well for our needs.
Great weekend, a fair few turned up which is good. Kelso is a nice town and it seemed to work well for our needs.
I may organise something in the summer in a smaller place but also, most likely, another event next April.
Kelso and Moffat both work though Moffat has camping. There’s also Kirkcudbright, not too far off the main road north.
Kelso and Moffat both work though Moffat has camping. There’s also Kirkcudbright, not too far off the main road north.
Something in the warmer months would be good.
Kirkcudbright is lovely. There's a campsite there too. The town might be a bit busy in the high season though.
Glad everyone enjoyed themselves at the Kelso meet, wish I could have gone.
However I did note one thing that has reached my curiosity level, and that is due to a first meeting for a few, as mentioned knowing who is who can be hard to recall at a busy lunch, just whom I am/was talking or sitting across from.
I had an idea
how that can be easily resolved, by way of a badge of honour system.
Basically a decal/sticker that can be attached to panniers, or elsewhere on the bike, or even on the back of a mobile phone, jacket pocket, then used (shhh, placed onto signage/posts as you travel around the globe) as examples.
Looking into how easy it would be to make such decals for this effective method of acknowledging whom the person is across from you in the car park or pub.
I enquired and found a company here In Aberdeen that will happily print off some decals for such use, good quality vinyl paper with easy peel backing, being waterproof wont wash off panniers or mobiles, whichever area is chosen.
All that is required is a file of the badge required i.e. the avatar used on your forum profile would suffice, then send to myself in a pm any interest in this idea, so as not too fill a thread with hundreds of requests.
I can then transfer sent file onto a PDF file suitable for use in Printing to a high standard that will satisfy the very detailed eye cast over it.
Alternative buy yourself a cheap sticky label and attach to that any expensive shirt, leaving behind glue, paste for the missus to fuss over at laundry day.
If this is of any interest, please let me know, and I can reply with details of how it is possible.
Costs are considered low, and as I am using a well known high street Printers, some cost to myself is involved, but I am doing this not for self profit, but for helping tossers with a way of being seen/known at any future meets.
Images below are of some of the avatar HXH I use on this forum, made specially for myself.
Gives you some idea of quality and how it is printed on a good quality sticky backed paper.
P.s. Note that sheet paper is self trim, so as to fit any pannier, bike part, or signpost
However I did note one thing that has reached my curiosity level, and that is due to a first meeting for a few, as mentioned knowing who is who can be hard to recall at a busy lunch, just whom I am/was talking or sitting across from.
I had an idea
how that can be easily resolved, by way of a badge of honour system.Basically a decal/sticker that can be attached to panniers, or elsewhere on the bike, or even on the back of a mobile phone, jacket pocket, then used (shhh, placed onto signage/posts as you travel around the globe) as examples.
Looking into how easy it would be to make such decals for this effective method of acknowledging whom the person is across from you in the car park or pub.
I enquired and found a company here In Aberdeen that will happily print off some decals for such use, good quality vinyl paper with easy peel backing, being waterproof wont wash off panniers or mobiles, whichever area is chosen.
All that is required is a file of the badge required i.e. the avatar used on your forum profile would suffice, then send to myself in a pm any interest in this idea, so as not too fill a thread with hundreds of requests.
I can then transfer sent file onto a PDF file suitable for use in Printing to a high standard that will satisfy the very detailed eye cast over it.
Alternative buy yourself a cheap sticky label and attach to that any expensive shirt, leaving behind glue, paste for the missus to fuss over at laundry day.
If this is of any interest, please let me know, and I can reply with details of how it is possible.
Costs are considered low, and as I am using a well known high street Printers, some cost to myself is involved, but I am doing this not for self profit, but for helping tossers with a way of being seen/known at any future meets.
Images below are of some of the avatar HXH I use on this forum, made specially for myself.
Gives you some idea of quality and how it is printed on a good quality sticky backed paper.
P.s. Note that sheet paper is self trim, so as to fit any pannier, bike part, or signpost
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