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Admin reply: Hi Ricky,
yes we have all been having a great time. Have taken some photos but a lot of the sections have been hard to get to with a stroppy preschooler.
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Admin reply: Hi Ricky,
yes we have all been having a great time. Have taken some photos but a lot of the sections have been hard to get to with a stroppy preschooler.
Added: May 12, 2012
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SSDT - Day 3.
Today was Carl's earliest start day for the week. However, there was an impromptu delay checkpoint thrown in first thing as no one put out the route markers on the road to the first group of sections which meant no one knew where to go. This caused a bit of chaos. Heaps of moors to ride across today. Carl is still finding it hard to read which lines to take across the moors and put the bike half into a bog a couple of times again. Tough day where pretty much everyone ran out of time and had to put their bike straight in. Heaps of waterfalls today. First time this week that Carl has been forced to take a 5 on some big sections. Rain held off again but still cool. Tomorrow he has a later start at about lunchtime. However, he is currently nursing some bruised and battered toes and will be looking forward to a sleep in tomorrow.
SSDT - Day 3.
Today was Carl's earliest start day for the week. However, there was an impromptu delay checkpoint thrown in first thing as no one put out the route markers on the road to the first group of sections which meant no one knew where to go. This caused a bit of chaos. Heaps of moors to ride across today. Carl is still finding it hard to read which lines to take across the moors and put the bike half into a bog a couple of times again. Tough day where pretty much everyone ran out of time and had to put their bike straight in. Heaps of waterfalls today. First time this week that Carl has been forced to take a 5 on some big sections. Rain held off again but still cool. Tomorrow he has a later start at about lunchtime. However, he is currently nursing some bruised and battered toes and will be looking forward to a sleep in tomorrow.
Added: May 10, 2012
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APPLECARTHS RESULS 1/4/12 CLUB TRIAL.
Paul 18 yeah baby, Al 42,Fred got a few but didnt comment,
Evan had a good run in the CBD ,* * * went South,Steve got a new Bike,
Jeff DNF or start,Roger got a good score but there was a inquiry or a complaint not sure which, Mark got $40,Ricky had the runs & DNF,Andy had a good score but was deducted 50% seeing he spent most of the day on one wheel, Carl got a 9, 8 ,9 , 8 , 9 and a 4 from the portuguese judge,Matt had a good one, the ************ ARD ,John didnt score but Oscars making up for that & Richard & Brian scored well!
APPLECARTHS RESULS 1/4/12 CLUB TRIAL.
Paul 18 yeah baby, Al 42,Fred got a few but didnt comment,
Evan had a good run in the CBD ,* * * went South,Steve got a new Bike,
Jeff DNF or start,Roger got a good score but there was a inquiry or a complaint not sure which, Mark got $40,Ricky had the runs & DNF,Andy had a good score but was deducted 50% seeing he spent most of the day on one wheel, Carl got a 9, 8 ,9 , 8 , 9 and a 4 from the portuguese judge,Matt had a good one, the ************ ARD ,John didnt score but Oscars making up for that & Richard & Brian scored well!
Added: May 9, 2012
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SSDT day 2
Well Carl got 177 after day 1, at the moment we are waiting for the results for day 2 to come in.
Carl thought he rode better today saying "the sections today are a mix of lower national A-grade and expert" so knowing Carl he is liking the challenge.
Weather was a warm (apparently) 6 from starting off 3-4. Carl said that he had a group of sections about 50m below snow. He sits in 172 with 6 sections still to be counted. Results found on the www.SSDT.org site.
SSDT day 2
Well Carl got 177 after day 1, at the moment we are waiting for the results for day 2 to come in.
Carl thought he rode better today saying "the sections today are a mix of lower national A-grade and expert" so knowing Carl he is liking the challenge.
Weather was a warm (apparently) 6 from starting off 3-4. Carl said that he had a group of sections about 50m below snow. He sits in 172 with 6 sections still to be counted. Results found on the www.SSDT.org site.
Added: May 9, 2012
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SSDT - day 1 over. Started off cold but fine but the rain rolled in about midday. Carl thinks he rode a bit average but finished the day with 45 minutes left for maintenance on the bike. Learnt a lesson not to take too much as he got a bit hot. Waiting on the day's results to come in. Off now to repack the bag for tomorrow and to study the route.
SSDT - day 1 over. Started off cold but fine but the rain rolled in about midday. Carl thinks he rode a bit average but finished the day with 45 minutes left for maintenance on the bike. Learnt a lesson not to take too much as he got a bit hot. Waiting on the day's results to come in. Off now to repack the bag for tomorrow and to study the route.
Added: May 8, 2012
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Rory Mead Wins in his first GNCC race in the US.
Wow this is major and very cool. A young guy who was only riding around on a trials bike at Judds, Perkins and the maungitok's not much more than a hand full of years ago. His last event that he rode a trials bike at a Ixion round was at the maungitok's 2010
Hope the trial at Perkins goes well in the weekend. Last time I rode there for Scottish training it was lots of fun.
Over and out.
Rory Mead Wins in his first GNCC race in the US.
Wow this is major and very cool. A young guy who was only riding around on a trials bike at Judds, Perkins and the maungitok's not much more than a hand full of years ago. His last event that he rode a trials bike at a Ixion round was at the maungitok's 2010
Hope the trial at Perkins goes well in the weekend. Last time I rode there for Scottish training it was lots of fun.
Over and out.
Added: May 2, 2012
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Hi,
Anyone out there interested in doing an 8-10 day offroad motorcycle tour in Thailand this June? Looks like an awesome riding experience!
Roger 04 569 8865
rogerdunkley@gmail.com
Hi,
Anyone out there interested in doing an 8-10 day offroad motorcycle tour in Thailand this June? Looks like an awesome riding experience!
Roger 04 569 8865
rogerdunkley@gmail.com
Added: April 23, 2012
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good question, where has it gone?
good question, where has it gone?
Added: April 21, 2012
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where has my blog gone about setting sections ???? it wasn't objectionable or irrelevant so why was it deleted???
where has my blog gone about setting sections ???? it wasn't objectionable or irrelevant so why was it deleted???
Added: April 20, 2012
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Well we have been having WIFI probelems so here are the last 3 days rap up's.
SSDT - Day 4. Late start today - 11.51 am but this meant that Carl only finished at 8.39pm. Longest day today with Carl riding 126 miles and it rained and in places snowed all day. It was absolutely freezing and Carl has only just thawed out. Carl had some awesome rides and was quite pleased with some of the sections but he has commented that some of it comes down to whether the luck of the observers is on his side or not. He has also said that he has never ridden a trials bike as fast on either a road and across land as he
did today.
SSDT - Day 5 Friday. Day 5 was road race day as most of the riding between sections was on the roads and we could follow Carl all day. The weather threw a bit of everything at us with rain, sleet and a bit of sun. Carl enjoyed the day as it was a bit like home - a lot of rocks and creeks and I think his result for the day showed this. Some of the roads were very interesting to drive and a bit hairy at times. Only one day to go.
SSDT - Day 6 Saturday. Well Carl finished the SSDT and not only did he finish but he got a second class award. He had an enjoyable day and the mileage was down on the previous 2 days. However, it was not easy by any means. The weather was also a bit better than the previous days. Carl moved up a couple of places. Out of 276 riders only 228 actually finished the week. Carl ended up 162. Some photos soon.