Whats cheered you up today...?

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lloydie
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Spotted a pair of nesting peregrine Falcons on site today , watched one takeout a pigeon , fantastic to watch nature at its best
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Don't tell anyone. They will put a 500m exclusion zone up till the chicks fledge.
Bloody epic watching BoP hunt.
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grumpyfrog wrote:Don't tell anyone. They will put a 500m exclusion zone up till the chicks fledge.
Bloody epic watching BoP hunt.
Apparently they have been nesting there for a few years and it’s on the register , they were trying to adapt the building that they’re nesting on but can’t get permission so they’ve worked around them and made it a special place Image
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lloydie wrote: Fri Mar 09, 2018 8:40 pm
grumpyfrog wrote:Don't tell anyone. They will put a 500m exclusion zone up till the chicks fledge.
Bloody epic watching BoP hunt.
Apparently they have been nesting there for a few years and it’s on the register , they were trying to adapt the building that they’re nesting on but can’t get permission so they’ve worked around them and made it a special place Image
Ah, now it all makes sense.....
Many years ago I had a girlfriend and was trying to get into her special place but there was a 500 metre exclusion zone around that, apparently.

She obviously had a Buzzard in her gusset.
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Fitted a couple of NOS bits to the Chopper...

Celebrated the new bling( and now nearly functioning brakes) by a ride out.

Cleared the way of geese down the park by the mighty air horn...get a lot of fun out of the air horn!

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Popped up Tescos for a bike mag.

Nearly convinced the mob at the Click 'n Collect id come for the shopping.

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Flat out down here is about the same level of fear as going down Bray Hill at TT week...I imagine...

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LOL!!!

Looks like you had nice weather for it though. Still rubbish up here.
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Final tweaking to the carbs on the 500 today, ended up with 80BHP at the tyre and a much smoother curve. Great result for a stock bike.

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Hopefully after 2 years of ownership, this Summer I can enjoy it as intended.
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80BHP from a 500cc in standard trim sounds very good to me 8)

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thats good gee gees from the 500. nice one :thumbup:
the older i get,the faster i was :lol:
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A nice dry day for a change, which meant I got to the mot testing station and back home without the slightest inkling of rain :D
Mind you I had been studying the weather forecast for days before booking up the mot test :wink: At least the forecasters got it right this time :clap:

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Bikes of a different sort for me today.

MK Chopper ride out, real laid back day out with plenty of laughs n smiles all round, I think the age group ranged from 2 to nearly 70..some very smart and tricked out stuff on show.



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Stag weekend in Nottingham including an afternoon at Nottingham horse races and visits to Hooters,! And a variety of other bars. Nice place, friendly folk :thumbup:
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Kev L wrote: Sun Apr 22, 2018 9:09 pm Stag weekend in Nottingham including an afternoon at Nottingham horse races and visits to Hooters,! And a variety of other bars. Nice place, friendly folk :thumbup:
no photos?
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Don’t be ridiculous! You never know who’s looking!!!
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Kev L wrote:Don’t be ridiculous! You never know who’s looking!!!
I’ll bet it was you!!!Image


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