Redmon 2-up

Well done Wheezy for great photo's. As special thanks from me to James "Tim" Roberts for pacing me you were perfect and much gentler that son Tim. James I have a certificate for you (in Tim's name) but maybe we can Doctor that you deserve it (even though I paid for it! Joke). I took quite a lot of photo's including the winners as I stayed for the presentation but I will just publish a few.

First one is of Sean Yates signing a book for a lady! Second is a sneak pre-view of the result sheet. Mike Morley was accredited fastest Old Fart on an Old bike on standard time. It seems that I was expected to ride an old bike which I have but I had not got it ready. So I had to be honest (what me!) and decline the award as I rode my new BMC. You will need to magnify this photo to see result.

One more photo the even more evergreen Ray Dare

Redmon CC Grand Prix Des Gentlemen

A great event this morning with 7 KPRC riders out taking part in this 2 up TT. It got a bit windy later on but conditions not too bad. Another great ride by Dale and Simon T to be the 7th fastest team overall. Dave Watt did a great job towing me round for 20th, with James 'Tim' Roberts pacing the evergreen Mike Morley. Rachel Watkins was riding with her brother Steve, ably supported by Joe B.

GS/483 - 18.46 miles

Scr Position	Riders	Time	Vets Std
7	Dale Lush and Simon trehearn	42:23	-3:05
20	Alex Kew and David Watt	45:06	-5:26
36	Steve Watkins and Rachel Watkins	49:49	-5:34
37	Mike Morley and James Roberts	50:18	-5:31

Redmon GP photos

Saturday Morning Stops

It's well known that service can be a bit slow at the garden centres we go to on Saturdays. But spare a thought for poor Patrick, he'd had no breakfast so he was peckish and ordered an egg and bacon roll. Over 45 minutes and a false fire alarm later he was served with an egg and bacon sandwich! It's usual to wash down your food with a drink but as you can see Patrick 's cup has long been empty. So Horsley beats the Vineries for the slow service prize.

Frank Cubis Update

I spoke to Frank this morning and apart from the weather he is in good spirits! The good news is that he will have his plaster removed Monday, some 3 weeks earlier than expected and with a bit of luck maybe home by end next week.

Club Forum

Someone reported that there is a problem with the forum, so I've been looking into it.

It appears that the people that host the forum have had some sort of catastrophic failure, although I can't actually find anything that tells me what exactly it was.

The forums themselves are backed up, so nothing prior to the incident should be lost although if it has been possible to post anything "during" the incident - if the board has reappeared briefly - then that might be at risk.

These people run paid-for forums, as well as free ones like ours (paid for from advertisments that appear on it) so they know what they are doing, but the free forums are at the back of the queue for being fixed!

I don't know the exact details of server repair, but if you have ever defragmented a hard disk you know that it can take hours and the same principle applies here - but for servers with multiple hard disks and loads and loads of data!

I'm not sure exactly how long things have been off-line, but it seems to have been over 24 hours already and the tech staff are hopeful that things will be repaired and running again soonish...

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How many members are on facebook? I've been wondering if there is any value in creating a private facebook group for members. What does anyone think?

Lisa
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Bec HC - A few more pictures courtesy of Ray

Mike M at the top, looking good.

Simon T on his way to 2nd KPRC rider at the top.



Alex needed something to cheer him up after coming last!