Nearly there...

[Juvenilerider]

.... be positive - everyone'll soon be here :) back in the warmth and security of dry roads with grip :D

http://www.rural-roads.co.uk/essex/ffield2.jpg

[RaceMeNSee]

cant see it?!

[EverSoSlightlyFasterThanU]

i cant wait

[Juvenilerider]

Me either. That lovely little village must dread hot sunny weekends

[RaceMeNSee]

must have been comp at work! see it fine now...remember the last ride out we went on there, 30+ bikes pulled up...crazy women came out and went mad at us!

[fall off]

oh yes, and we was very pollite wasn't we :grin1:grin1:grin1:grin2:grin2
was a good day to.

[EverSoSlightlyFasterThanU]

oh yeah so nice we were and i dont think anyone was holding their bikes on the limiter adn doing burnout and shouting at the crazy church woman

[RaceMeNSee]

hahaha, was so funy...she had an acid tongue didnt she!

[AlexG]

Sorry to sound like a noob, but wheres that? Looks nice and hopefully I'll be able to come aswell :D

[superstacker]

is that the cafe that me jay and stu stopped at last feb?

[Juvenilerider]

It's in Finchingfield

[Spider]

haha that was funny with the old lady shelly begged me to let her off so she could smack her one hehe good ol shelly stickin up for the bikers haha i tried doing a burnout with shelly on the back to **** the women off and nearly went into the back of stu lol stupid dam rf breaks

[Biker Dude]

is that the cafe that me jay and stu stopped at last feb?

indeed it is matey.

[bayonet]

.... be positive - everyone'll soon be here :) back in the warmth and security of dry roads with grip :D

http://www.rural-roads.co.uk/essex/ffield2.jpgLast time I was there was July just gone, sitting on one of the benches on the sloping green, looking down on where the bikes park. It was a beautifully warm peaceful day (midweek, so no noisy herberts on bikes there). I went home feeling really tired and went to bed early wondering why I could hardly keep my eyes open.

At midnight I was having a weird dream that I was pis.... drunk and couldn't stop falling over. Woke up to find I was paralysed down my right side, useless arm and leg. Hopped out to the landing, slid down the stairs on my backside and rang an ambulance with my left hand.

Got neenahhed to Broomfield, where I spent 2 weeks on the stroke ward trying to wipe my bum with my left hand and not shaving (where every patient was born in 1922 uncannily, I was the youngest there). The worst of it was I was banned from riding/driving for four weeks automatically and had to get the doctor to pass me fit after that. The silly cow wanted to refer me to the DVLA which means informing the insurance company and can take 6 months plus. I worked my wily charms on her and squeezed her fingers till they cracked and balanced on one foot with my eyes closed etc, but it still took her a week to issue me with a letter letting me ride/drive. The stupid thing was I hate buses, so I'd limped from the far east of Braintree all the way to the train station area just to see her and she said I looked a bit flushed and my heart rate was up.

Anyway, that pic just brought it all back, must ride over that way on the next nice day, whilst shaking my fist upwards in defiance.


Edited extra bit of trivia. That pond is in fact a legal bit of public highway and predates the bridge. Legally you can walk, ride, drive and take your horse across it, as it's a ford.

[stu600cc]

perfect place to ride to finchenfield has some manys good roads around it know them like the back of my hand

[Gazdaman]

Dunno if I'm missing something there Bayonet, but that is a very weird post!

I remember that woman in Finchingfield, that was awesome.

Gaz

[Spider]

i cnt wait till my road bike is sortd as i will be coming down jst to do that rideout again will have to organise a massive get together like the last one ;)

[Dan]

Hi Bayonet - sorry to hear about all that, must have been horrible! At least it didnt all kick off whilst you were still riding!!

I take it everythings OK now and you are able to ride again?

[bayonet]

Hi Bayonet - sorry to hear about all that, must have been horrible! At least it didnt all kick off whilst you were still riding!!

I take it everythings OK now and you are able to ride again?Yeah, everything's fine now, although I'm milking it as an excuse at work to take up their home working policy for one or two days per week. Everytime I mentioned home working they said no, so I started clutching my head and groaning and hey presto they have started to waver. I ride 100 miles per day commuting (since 97) and frankly I'm sick to death of it, so a few days without grinding through the rain and wind might bring back the pleasure I used to get in the old days.