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We’d take a limousine ‘cos it costs more…
04.30.09 | Permalink | 2 Comments

Stumpy Rider ponders the white trash life whilst playing the single dad for a week As Arkwright often used to say in the final scene of most episodes of Open All Hours, It’s Been a Funny Sort of Week. Mrs Stumpy has been away on a course at RAF Cranwell so I’ve been in sole [...]
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I have a dream
04.14.09 | Permalink | 5 Comments

What does it say about me that 7 weeks before an event based more on fun that competition, I had a terrifying dream. The details are sketchy, but basically it was immediately before lap 1 & I was getting ready to go out. But…I couldn’t find my drinks bottles, tools & spares were missing, I [...]
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It Was 10 Years Ago Today
04.06.09 | Permalink | 1 Comment

With precious little riding to wax lyrical about, Stumpy Rider gets dewy-eyed for the old waysMust be that time of year or something, but 2 of my favourite bike mags (Singletrack and Dirt Rag) have been getting all retro and nostalgic in their latest issues. And so am I, for it’s exactly 10 years since [...]

We’d take a limousine ‘cos it costs more…