Midweek Breakfast Wednesday 22nd February 10 a.m.

Morning everyone.
Thought we would go back to this venue as not been for a while. Good choice at reasonable price.

THE CORNER HOUSE CAFE
HARDYS FARM SHOP
CORNER FARM/HAWTON LANE
FARNDON
NEWARK
NG24 3SD

Hope to see you there. As usual all welcome.

Derek

derek said:

Morning everyone.
Thought we would go back to this venue as not been for a while. Good choice at reasonable price.

THE CORNER HOUSE CAFE
HARDYS FARM SHOP
CORNER FARM/HAWTON LANE
FARNDON
NEWARK
NG24 3SD

Hope to see you there. As usual all welcome.

Derek

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Looking forward to it. I think I have been there before. Pray for dry roads, if they are I will come on the CS!

You have been there before .
We will be there again

Can't make this one, Mrs taking me out for a birthday meal.

GSite said:

Can't make this one, Mrs taking me out for a birthday meal.

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Many happy returns. Have a lovely day.

Thanks for organising Derek.

Good to catch up with folks.

Looking forward to the next one.

Happy birthday Andy.

Good to see folks again. Thanks to whoever for booking us in.
On the way home I explored a bit, the road from RAF Syerston homeward was closed, but I ventured down anyway and got through quite happily. They are laying new water mains and the road, for about a mile or more, was 1/2" deep in soft mud, which on my reasonably well worn tyres made me cautious, but in fact they gripped perfectly happily the way I was riding, gingerly!

I went down a lane signposted 'Stoke Ferry', I thought that sounds like it used to be a ferry point and should be by the river. Indeed it was and it looks across to Shelford, which name has metamorphosed from 'Shallow Ford' where they used to drive the cattle across. That was expanded into a ferry line boat system of crossing with several boats working at the same time. I came back up the lane, there are concrete blocks to stop 'traffic' going down to the river, but a motorbike isn't 'traffic'. Over Gunthorpe bridge and into parts of Nottingham I didn't know existed.... I could have done with Andreas to guide me through. I followed the pink line and it led me through the city centre, which is closed ot traffic, I stopped when I saw the blue sign saying buses and bicycles only.... lost without a clue where I was. Along came a policeman in his car and he stopped at my hail and gave me directions to follow to the ring road. Phew. What a nightmare city traffic and riding is.
I escaped the pergatory of the built up area and found myself approaching Pidcocks, so I called in for a mug of chocolate. As I drew up the plinth for 'pride of place' was empty. so I parked on it. They haven't had such a good motorbike gracing their pedestal for many years. While I was in there I asked about brake pads for the little gem - NLA apparently. Mr. Ferodo or EBC it is then.
I got home about 15.00 having had a good ride through the smaller roads from Castle Donnington to Willington, Hilton, to Tutbury and home.
Only another 250 miles to go to get these tyres to the 30,000 mile mark.

Thanks for the birthday wishes guys, the big 60, Mrs GSite got me this.

Have to agree with the sentiment, LOL.

GSite said:

Thanks for the birthday wishes guys, the big 60, Mrs GSite got me this.

Have to agree with the sentiment, LOL.

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That's nice. I beat you by 2 days, this is what my wife got me.......

And do you agree with the sentiment ? Fellow tossers could not possibly comment.

GSite said:

And do you agree with the sentiment ? Fellow tossers could not possibly comment.

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I've learnt over the years that she's never wrong even when it's patently obvious that she is.