....big, slow, lumbering horses - just like.......  well, us pirates really.  Some more so than others.

(that's 'us' as in 'we' pirates, not US pirates - the only one of those I'm aware of is a skinny whippet)

I assume I am the old guy who came out of retirement.

How am I?    The doctor tells me the drugs should start to help some time soon.  I hope so I keep having recurring nightmares of some woman sprinting ahead of me shouting "Fandabidozee".

Scott Ragsdale wrote (see)

i thought clydesdale was a kind of horse. 

 
I think I would rather face a speeding horse than try to stop FB in full flight.

enjoyed your race report .... i laughed out loud at your reply to the young american woman who commented negatively on the weather ... you said it was like a perfect day in Scotland ... sad thing is, that girl is probably still trying to figure out what state in america "scotland" is located.

did you do another IM after that one?

was it a cool jacket?

ok, done a bit on the website now.  i liked the old amateur feel but it was a pain to update hence it not being updated for a couple of years.  this one will be a piece of pish to keep current and that's what's useful about websites hopefully.

anyway, i know being outed on the web isn;t everyones cup of tea so any requests to remove material for whatever reason (you don’t want your image or report on the website, you own the copyright!) will be actioned promptly and without comment.

if anyone wants to add anything or has any ideas let me know too.

oh and of course it's http://www.pirateshipoffools.co.uk/

and it's still work in progress.  going to talk to nick about the training bit.

Iron Rose wrote (see)

looks ace and yes I will send you some stuff on training, I think I might have to sort out some simple mechanics as well, I had to help a guy at Nantwich fix his puncture today, he had never used the pump, by the time I had got to him, he had unscrewed the top bit and broken it anyway. Bought the bike 2 weeks ago lol, got him going again but I only have a mini pump and it doesn't get much pressure in so it should just have got him the last 4 miles.

ta rosey, i dropped you an email at work but it looks like you're having a few days off for training and/or sleep!

that guy is probably the same bloke me and barlos met on a cyclosportive.  he'd set off on a 100 miler without any spares whatsoever or any idea how to change a puncture.  someone ahd already given him a pump but barlos had to donate a tube and do the honours.  the guy then made to cycle off leaving the tube on the front lawn where we'd stopped.  amazing.