Phew! what a morning I had. Today was our annual club breakfast where a lot of the local clubs all ride out to a cafe for a full English, off-season feed up but it didn't go according to plan.
I live on the coast and the idea was to ride along the coast road to the cafe which is on top of the cliffs, but the weather was truely dreadfull - lots of rain and wind which got so strong I was blown off my bike!!! Luckily I wasn't going fast and landed in a soggy grassy ditch so no damage done. After that is was sooo windy I turned back while the rest carried on. Totally insane!
I got a taxi home becuase of the wind, then drove out to pick up my BF as who was riding in the group, as there was no way I was letting him ride home again. Turns out the cabbie was an ex- road rider and was very sympathic. I was worried about my bike messing up his cab with my wet, oily bike but he was more worried about making sure my frame didn't get scratched!
Apparently there were gusts up to 60 mph and the waves on the beach were HUGE. Another one of the group also got blown off but was ok. VERY glad I decided to turn round and go home. The guys in my club aren't normally too bad on the macho front, but I did think they were pretty daft not turning round when I did. Still, eveyone was ok and after all the catching taxis and driving I never did get my breakfast...
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11-02-2003, 01:43 PM #1
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11-02-2003, 02:50 PM #2
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Wow, well this will be something to regale your future grandchildren with (back in ought-3 ...). Lucky you weren't hurt. Just what is a full English breakfast anyway?
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11-03-2003, 01:29 AM #3
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Yes - very glad we all made it back in one piece!
Ah, the full English Breakfast, that fine British institution,
usually involves several or all of the following:
bacon, fried eggs, baked beans , grilled tomatoes, mushrooms, sausage, fried bread, hash browns, toast and marmalade, tea.
Personally I don’t know how anyone can eat all this in one go for breakfast – but occasionally I’ll cook 2 or 3 things off the list for a lazy late breakfast at the weekend. I think a lot of people save this for the weekend now as they don’t have the time these days to cook and eat all this lot before work.
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