A blog that has evolved over the years from simply about motorcycle trips, to include action against discriminatory legislation from the UK and EU. Then included football, dogs and motorhoming!!!
30 August 2017
The Three Amugos
Car Insurance - Insignia
29 August 2017
Wenger Out!
One of whom has been "Mr Sicknote" up to now and the other actually leaves the day after for a rival club - see update below - one game player after he had a stomach pull and then a cold, or was it the other way around. It means that it was late August before he made an appearance.
Thursday 31st August 2017
The transfer window is closed. At 11pm it was met with a fanfare and a countdown on Sky Sports 1.
In the end the we have offloaded Spanish striker to Deportivo on loan for the season. OS that should save the wage bill.
Sicknote stays. The club made a desperate attempt to sign a replacement from Monaco and had agreed a massive £92m fee but that fell through so he stays with us until the January window at least. Some will say this was a token attempt as it was never going to happen. A kind of "cover your arse" move in case Sicknote left and we were another man down.
A whole host of lesser cast members left as well either free or for the token £1m. At least we have brought in about £73m in revenue and only spend £46m.
Kerrching again!
And are the fans happy. Wait and see when AFC Bournemouth come to the big city.
Cast:
Want-Away2 - Alex Oxlade Chamberlain
Long Service Full Back - Keiran Gibbs
Another German International - Shkodran Mustafi
German international centre back - Per Mertesacker
Rookie - Rob Holding
Record Signing - Andre Lacazette
Sloth - Daniel Welbeck
Other French Striker - Olivier Giroud
Sicknote - Alexis Sanchez
Spanish Striker - Lucas Perez
Brazilian Centre Back - Gabriel
Spanish Left-back - Nacho Monreal
Finest right backs - Hector Bellarin
Two in One
20 August 2017
From the Shoebox Archive - Variety Pack
There are many shoeboxes in the archive.
Like many archives like this a lot of the photos are pretty uninteresting to anyone else. Plus the other problem...
Where the heck were they taken!! It's easy to remember who the people are in them. But so many I have no idea where or when they were taken.
This couple of scans are places and events I do remember! It's a bit lazy but I have scanned three together! !
First up. A trio of Lisbon photos.
Secondly, a mixed bag from Rome (top), Murcia, (bottom left) Madonna in procession around the city at Easter and bottom right, me and Andrew Pratt after the National Rally.
Lastly a picture of my TDM850 outside the old house in Hythe.
SP18 - Tour de Extremadura - More Hotels Added
17 August 2017
SP18 - Tour de Extremadura - First Hotel Booked
From the Shoebox Archive - 'Cade in Spain
16 August 2017
SP18 - Tour de Extremadura
A quick click to one-way revealed a lot more flights. It also revealed that their website creates round trips groups of flights that when checked as singles come out at a very different (and lower) price.
The single fares check produced flights when I want to fly and at acceptable prices for both legs but they needed to be booked as single journeys. Also at a saving against the round trip fares it put on screen. As an example the two flights I booked didn't get offered by the system as a round-trip, and the nearest to them came out about €120 more. At the paltry Brexit blamed exchange rate that's about £110 or $140 - not to be sneezed at.
BA and Iberia are part of the same trading group and both flights are operated by Iberia Express, the budget wing of Spain's national carrier. The downside is that there is a hand luggage only stipulation. We have smaller cases that are airline approved for hand luggage use.
15 August 2017
Hythe Venetian Fete
14 August 2017
Bird Toilet
Had a run into Folkestone today as I had a dentist appointment and thought the bike would be better.
Nice and sunny. Parked almost outside and was early. Went for a coffee at the cafe over the road. They couldn't make change for a tenner and trusted me to go back. Biker friendly.
After the scraping around I had a walk to Debenham's for another drink and make change.
Back at the bike I couldn't believe it. Bird shit on the screen and tank. Spattered on the chrome work too.
I stopped at the café and paid my £1.30 and rode home to clean the bike.
A short ride that would have been longer without those bloody birds.
11 August 2017
Custom Screens
It's back! The Premier League kicks off tonight
http://www.totalpremierleague.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Arsenal-Vs-Leicester-City.jpg
Update: 11/08/17 22:00
Won 4-3. Supporting Arsenal isn't the easy job it might be if you have a tame billionaire from Russia or a middle east oil state that spends money as though it is going out of fashion.
Mr Wenger decided that the potent striker Vardy for Leicester wasn't a threat and chose to play a rookie centre back and no other recognised central defenders. That proved wrong. As Vardy scored twice.
In the end what he will call "mental strength" seemed to work and we came from 2-3 to 4-3 in a two minute spell in the last ten minutes of the game.
At least we won it. Usually, we lose or at best get a draw to start the season.
10 August 2017
Sinterklaastreffen 2017
8 August 2017
Community Shield - August 6th 2017
Pano at the end. One half very empty |