Saturday 17th January

[garfield]

that's me home, nice and cozy indoors, bike's been washed and locked away for the week now

Great day to day, always good to see the folks you know, even better to say hello to the new folks who joined us....Dougster, Peter Dyer and SWMBO, Freeloader, Klanky (hope I remembered that right and not forgot anyone.....)

Coffee Stop.....kindly paid for by Klanky....

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And then on for lunch

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Top day was had.....

 

[floyd]

Plenty o flag poles in Blair Atholl if ya had bothered to come

 

[simemus]

great run today, couldn't really have asked for better weather at this time o year, still a bit chilly..
great to see abody, good crack and a fine lunch..

cheers for the coffee klanky, you can come out to play again

 

[Den]

If we dae anymare o these winter runs .. ahm goanie hiv tae pit ma jaiket liner in.

 

[Uinneag]

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Poor Packer looks as if he was lumbered with Den telling the "I hud tae go tae London because nae wan else could fix it story" again

 

[Den]

And here is a picture of Newtonmore. With somebodys bike in it.

GC took us to Dalwhinnie distillery ... but they saw us coming and locked the doors.

Note to self : Go have a pee before you head 110 miles home next time.

 

[cunning fox]

Note to self : Go have a pee before you head 110 miles home next time.

so that's why ye were canin it

good to see everybody an cheers for the coffee Klanky.

nice to meet you Peter an Sheena, stop the lurkin an sign on

 

[garfield]

Note to self : Go have a pee before you head 110 miles home next time.

snap....was sweet relief when I got home.....

 

[Deleted account rno]

Funniest moment was watching Ronno talk to some guy in the hotel.
Ronno, how you doing?
Big guy, aye fine thanks.
Ronno, Klanky?
Big guy, fine thanks.
Ronno, Klanky.
Big guy, awright pal.
Ronno, KLANKY.........

Meanwhile, outside.

Ya fukin haver. I only said "Klanky" twice (or wiz it three times? ) Anyway, he looked like Klanky tae me...until I actually saw Klanky.

I enjoyed that wee run the day.

 

[Deleted account rno]

I feel we should maybe point oot to Indecisive that this isnae Klanky

 

[garfield]

I feel we should maybe point oot to Indecisive that this isnae Klanky

........

 

[Packer]

Ooohh, don't wind him up, you'll just make him Krankie!

Certainly made the most of the day.

Left Paisley at 08:34 in patchy rain but the further east I went the drier and sunnier it got.

Met up with some of the guys at McD FRB sth and headed north in bright sunshine and that's the way it mostly stayed until I was approaching Glasgow shortly before 16:00 when the promised rain started to appear in Scottish measures.

A great day though, glad to meet so many new faces as well as catch up with some well kent ones. Peter and Sheena, you missed some good food at the Glen! Lamb Rogan Josh for many of us. V.gd

Back home still warm and dry on the inside of my gear at least for 16:20hrs.

Looking forward to the next one.

 

[Klanky]

Got back at 17:00...gettin a wee bit windy on the Caithness stretch.

Nice to meet up with you all, I had a top day and it was nice to be able to put faces to the names on here. Must do it again soon.

I only took two photies, one was of the bikes outside the Atholl Arms, which has already been done - it was a crap photie anyway.

The other one was this:

08:30, Breakfast Room, Atholl Arms.

"Mmmm, this is nice....hopefully nobody's daft enough to turn up today, then I can spend the day getting pished next to the fire..."

 

[robmack]

Dissapointed at no makin this run, been pretty wild here awe day an tae be honest am glad ah never hud tae ride hame in the wind an rain again.
Its blawin an absolute hooley noo.
Glad yeez awe goat hame safe an sound.

 

[roddy]

Ah wish I went tae this noo, instead of plastering the living room .

Look like a top day was had by all

 

[Klanky]

I think yourself and HRH made the right decision not coming, you'd have been caught out badly on the way back. I was right on the limit of what I was happy with riding back up here - and I know you guys were going to be hit by it a lot earlier.

There's always another time.

 

[freeloader]

Aha, that's good, I seem to have avoided having my photy took.

Good day out too, cheers all.

 

[Uinneag]

Ah wish I went tae this noo, instead of plastering the living room .

Look like a top day was had by all

Ave just been doon tae Stein daein that

Dissapointed at no makin this run, been pretty wild here awe day an tae be honest am glad ah never hud tae ride hame in the wind an rain again.
Its blawin an absolute hooley noo.
Glad yeez awe goat hame safe an sound.

Glad ye shat oot it Rab Ah wis richt upferrit

I think yourself and HRH made the right decision not coming, .

That was just about the company

Aha, that's good, I seem to have avoided having my photy took.

Plenty of time to catch ye yet

 

[Den]

so that's why ye were canin it

No .... I thought I was being chased by the Starship Enterprise with its photon torpedos energised. It was only when I turned off the motorway that I realised that it was just the Starship Garfield with all lights ablaze.

 

[Uinneag]

Wid he no need a planet tae hisel