Windy?

'Kin 'Ell has Lord Auvache been eating dates again?
Just rode down from Stranraer and have stopped at Moto services past
Lancaster until my ears stop ringing. The gusts have been hammering in
from W & SW. The steering damper is normally at click 2 or 3, today it's
been on 7. Nothing ordinary and it knocked 15-20 miles off my tank range
at a steady ton.

Coming over Shap it was parky enough to set heated clothing to high but
I noticed a substantial Trials competition going on close to the
motorway. There wasn't any quick way to turn and get back though. Skies
have cleared and sun has showed up, would have been quite pleasant.

Still, cold as it might be, I'm only going to Leeds. Just met three
other Bandit 12 riders here, all heading to Sarf Lunnon from the
Northern Wastes. That is one over extended, freezing, boring as ****
tramp on unfaired bikes. Worthy only of Salad Dodger.

 

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Did anyone else have their hairs stand up on the back of their neck when
they saw the subject?

RIP.

 

No, however, I did wonder if someone would post a post like this one.

 

Aye, although I remember at the time people saying that the blustery weather
should be referred to as Windy (not windy) whenever the opportunity arose.

RIP indeed, UKRM's collective mother

 

I was thinking about her the other day and smiled.

 

I did think about her.

And I thought that this would happen too.

 

Molly wrote

Not me, nor I would suggest did anybody who is new to ukrm.

R possibly, P unlikely.