UKRM Run 2010
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From: Wicked Uncle Nigel on 5 May 2010 16:13 Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, doetnietcomputeren <doesnotcompute(a)gmail.com> typed >On 2010-05-05 07:06:02 +0200, totallydeadmailbox(a)yahoo.co.uk (The Older >Gentleman) said: > >>> As WUN said, it's got to be a "French" run. I'll check out some interesting >>> places if TOG hands over the reins to Colin. >> I've considered Belgium and Holland in the past, the difficulty >>being >> the distance from home in the time available. Plus the factor that, >> while 200 miles in the rain is a PITA, 400 miles is worse. > >Not least to mention that NL doesn't have much in the way of good >riding. It's a pretty enough country, but it mostly looks the same all >over. They're also speeding Nazi's with long memories. > >I suspect BE isn't much different until you get to the hilly bits that >border France. A few years back we were on the French / Belgian border. You could tell the instant you crossed into Belgique. The roads went to absolute ratshit. -- Wicked Uncle Nigel - "He's hopeless, but he's honest" I've always been a man who's open to persuasion
From: doetnietcomputeren on 5 May 2010 17:04 On 2010-05-05 22:13:35 +0200, Wicked Uncle Nigel <wun(a)wicked-uncle-nigel.me.uk> said: >>>> As WUN said, it's got to be a "French" run. I'll check out some interesting >>>> places if TOG hands over the reins to Colin. >>> I've considered Belgium and Holland in the past, the difficulty being >>> the distance from home in the time available. Plus the factor that, >>> while 200 miles in the rain is a PITA, 400 miles is worse. >> >> Not least to mention that NL doesn't have much in the way of good >> riding. It's a pretty enough country, but it mostly looks the same all >> over. They're also speeding Nazi's with long memories. >> >> I suspect BE isn't much different until you get to the hilly bits that >> border France. > > A few years back we were on the French / Belgian border. You could tell > the instant you crossed into Belgique. The roads went to absolute > ratshit. I think I was on that run. Oh and *ding*. -- Dnc
From: wessie on 5 May 2010 21:14 doetnietcomputeren <doesnotcompute(a)gmail.com> wrote in news:2010050523044616708-doesnotcompute(a)gmailcom: > On 2010-05-05 22:13:35 +0200, Wicked Uncle Nigel > <wun(a)wicked-uncle-nigel.me.uk> said: > >>>>> As WUN said, it's got to be a "French" run. I'll check out some interesting >>>>> places if TOG hands over the reins to Colin. >>>> I've considered Belgium and Holland in the past, the difficulty being >>>> the distance from home in the time available. Plus the factor that, >>>> while 200 miles in the rain is a PITA, 400 miles is worse. >>> >>> Not least to mention that NL doesn't have much in the way of good >>> riding. It's a pretty enough country, but it mostly looks the same all >>> over. They're also speeding Nazi's with long memories. >>> >>> I suspect BE isn't much different until you get to the hilly bits that >>> border France. >> >> A few years back we were on the French / Belgian border. You could tell >> the instant you crossed into Belgique. The roads went to absolute >> ratshit. > > I think I was on that run. > > Oh and *ding*. > ITYM dung On the road from Neuville to Ieper I noticed a distinct change in the agricultural microeconomy. Cattle everywhere in Belbium and a distinct smell of bovine excrement. -- wessie at tesco dot net BMW R1150GS
From: Spete on 6 May 2010 06:09 On 2010-05-05 07:06:02 +0200, The Older Gentleman said: <snip> > I've considered Belgium and Holland in the past, the difficulty being > the distance from home in the time available. Plus the factor that, > while 200 miles in the rain is a PITA, 400 miles is worse. Thanks for this, saves me a DFV stint.
From: Spete on 6 May 2010 06:11
On 2010-05-05 23:04:46 +0200, doetnietcomputeren said: > On 2010-05-05 22:13:35 +0200, Wicked Uncle Nigel > <wun(a)wicked-uncle-nigel.me.uk> said: > >>>>> As WUN said, it's got to be a "French" run. I'll check out some interesting >>>>> places if TOG hands over the reins to Colin. >>>> I've considered Belgium and Holland in the past, the difficulty being >>>> the distance from home in the time available. Plus the factor that, >>>> while 200 miles in the rain is a PITA, 400 miles is worse. >>> >>> Not least to mention that NL doesn't have much in the way of good >> >>> riding. It's a pretty enough country, but it mostly looks the same all >>> >> over. They're also speeding Nazi's with long memories. >>> >>> I suspect BE isn't much different until you get to the hilly bits that >>> >> border France. >> >> A few years back we were on the French / Belgian border. You could tell >> > the instant you crossed into Belgique. The roads went to absolute > >> ratshit. > > I think I was on that run. > > Oh and *ding*. Were you? This was the run, where we made the local bar(tender's) holiday. He was about to shut when some loudmouthed bikers came in... |