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Short Way Round

Postby jack » Thu May 18, 2006 7:07 pm

Our first Prize, so Kindly donated by Nick of the Bradford branch of Hein Gericke is a PSX-R Blouson jacket in Red, Black or Blue and in any size. This is one great jacket! All you have to do is win, couldn't be easier.

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Just post your name saying you except the challenge and e-mail Jayne@ixxra.co.uk with your pledge, this can be as little or as much as you like, please remember, every penny goes to charity.

Proposed Challenge

Ewan McGregor & Charley Boorman travelled the world, the Long Way Round, we challenge you to visit as many places as you can in a couple of days.
Visit and photograph your bike in as many locations around the world that you can find but within a couple of days’ riding.
An hour or two with a gazetteer ( http://www.gazetteer.co.uk/ ) should help… for instance: Halifax is easy – it’s in West Yorkshire and 3000 miles away in Nova Scotia. There's a Egypt in Yorkshire, Berkshire etc. You could visit Holland Fen without going further than Lincolnshire; Gibraltar is near Skegness and Philadelphia in Tyne and Wear. Then there’s Jericho Street and Durban Crescent in Leeds. I can think of Washington and Vancouver represented without going round the world. Place names and street names acceptable, no Indian restaurants and such! Just prove they exist somewhere in the world and we will accept them.

Scoring:
Towns, villages, and topographical features two points each;
Streets, pubs, parks, and urban features one point.


If you can, take a photo or prove in some way that you were there and you can be as devious and creative as you like! All we ask is that you go on the bike, enjoy yourself and limit your efforts to a maximum of two days’ riding sometime between 19th May and the end date of 19th of June
Enjoy the world!
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Postby studleyroger » Thu May 18, 2006 9:54 pm

Right your on!!!
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Postby Shlink » Thu May 18, 2006 9:55 pm

Shame I'll be on holiday for most of that time.
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Postby duncan » Sat May 20, 2006 4:26 pm

rohdesia and wales less than a 7 mile trip for me :mrgreen:
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Postby Tim » Sun May 21, 2006 8:49 am

duncan wrote:rohdesia and wales less than a 7 mile trip for me :mrgreen:


Excuse me whilst I digress a moment ( zzz zzz )

Many moons ago as a penniless student, I used to hitchhike home every fortnight from Sheffield to Wales for food.

I used to catch the bus to Tinsley viaduct and then stand on the slip road of the M1. When a BSC steel wagon appeared I'd show the driver my cardboard sign with "WALES" written on it and it usually worked....a lift to home...drop off about 50 yards from home !

One Friday afternoon, I wasn't doing very well...no wagons. :bigcry: :bigcry: In desperation I had my sign up for every
vehicle that approached. As a clapped out yellow Ford Escort small van approached I thought "fook that I don't want a lift off him" and tried to hide my sign

Too late... :banghead) ...the van pulled in up the slip road so I thought ah well beggars can't be choosers, owts better than nowt at this time of day and ran towards the van. As I got closer I could see that the back of the van was full off bales of straw and crammed up against the back door were two fookin rabid psychotic sheep dogs :mrgreen: slavvering and scratching at the windows...obviously pleased to see me !!! :bigshock)
I anticipated a long uncomfortable journey ahead as i jumped in the van.


All the little old farmer that was driving said to me as I got in was "Orreet sirree, Wales is it?" :P I smiled and said yes.

The next few miles were a bit uncomfortable....windows stuck open, no heater and a hole in the floor of the van underneath my legs so that I could keep my eye on the road ! (I was pleased that the bales of straw were an effective barrier for the fookin mad nastid sheep dogs.)

Within a few miles, the farmer drove off the M1 up a slip road to a roundabout and pulled in to the side....I was a bit non-plussed until he pointed to a road sign that said "Wales" and "Worksop" !!!! It wa sthen that he said " that village Wales is just down the road for you sirree ( that's Derbyshire talk)....I got out and he drove off t'other way....stranded in the middle of nowhere :banghead) :banghead) :banghead) ...took me 5 fookin hours before I managed to get a lift back onto the M1 services.....oh how I larffed ! :D
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Postby duncan » Sun May 21, 2006 2:28 pm

Tim wrote: ...took me 5 fookin hours before I managed to get a lift back onto the M1 services.....oh how I larffed ! :D
honest to god people its a 40 mins walk to woodall :mrgreen:
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Postby Tim » Sun May 21, 2006 3:56 pm

duncan wrote:
Tim wrote: ...took me 5 fookin hours before I managed to get a lift back onto the M1 services.....oh how I larffed ! :D
honest to god people its a 40 mins walk to woodall :mrgreen:


I was young, naive and frightened :bigcry:
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Postby MaXX2 » Sun May 21, 2006 4:06 pm

A looong, loooong, loooooong time ago then Tim :wink) :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
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Postby duncan » Sun May 21, 2006 6:58 pm

Tim wrote:
duncan wrote:
Tim wrote: ...took me 5 fookin hours before I managed to get a lift back onto the M1 services.....oh how I larffed ! :D
honest to god people its a 40 mins walk to woodall :mrgreen:


I was young, naive and frightened :bigcry:
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Postby jack » Mon May 22, 2006 10:43 am

Nice one Studds :thumbsup)

Duncan, Don't walk it, take the bike and photo it as proof :D
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Postby aj » Wed May 24, 2006 11:06 pm

Tim wrote:
duncan wrote:
Tim wrote: ...took me 5 fookin hours before I managed to get a lift back onto the M1 services.....oh how I larffed ! :D
honest to god people its a 40 mins walk to woodall :mrgreen:


I was young, naive and frightened :bigcry:



... and he went the wrong way :P :mrgreen: :D

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Oh... MAC... i accept the challenge :mrgreen:
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Postby jack » Thu May 25, 2006 7:43 pm

Nice one aj :thumbsup) :ride)
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Postby hothoofer » Fri May 26, 2006 12:13 am

Tim wrote:
duncan wrote:
Tim wrote: ...took me 5 fookin hours before I managed to get a lift back onto the M1 services.....oh how I larffed ! :D
honest to god people its a 40 mins walk to woodall :mrgreen:


I was young, naive and frightened by the big bad woolley backs sheep !!!!:bigcry:





dats better :D
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Postby Tim » Fri May 26, 2006 12:23 am

Hold just onna minute there hotfookinhoofer....there is no way that I am afraid of ANY sort of farmyard animals...wooly backed, feather backed, leather backed, or goddam barebacked....so you be careful what ya saying now y'hear?





:mrgreen: :mrgreen:


Oh and please...stay on thread.!! :D
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Postby Tigger » Sat May 27, 2006 3:32 am

do they have to be aplhabetical or is that extra yes it was a serious question :-?
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Postby aj » Sat May 27, 2006 8:02 am

Tigger wrote:do they have to be aplhabetical or is that extra yes it was a serious question :-?



:-? .... yes poo.... :P

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Postby jack » Thu Jun 01, 2006 3:43 pm

We'll the weathers better but does it matter when it's for a worthy cause ?

Anyway here's the latest, aj is in the lead by a mile in fact he's the only one to post his name and make a pledge :clap: nice one aj

C'mon guys, let's try to make a difference, Just post your name saying you except the challenge and e-mail Jayne@ixxra.co.uk with your pledge, this can be as little or as much as you like, please remember, every penny goes to charity.

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Postby Tim » Thu Jun 01, 2006 4:38 pm

jack wrote:We'll the weathers better but does it matter when it's for a worthy cause ?

Anyway here's the latest, aj is in the lead by a mile in fact he's the only one to post his name and make a pledge :clap: nice one aj

C'mon guys, let's try to make a difference, Just post your name saying you except the challenge and e-mail Jayne@ixxra.co.uk with your pledge, this can be as little or as much as you like, please remember, every penny goes to charity.

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Yea Jack...well aj would have time wouldn't he...he can't be away on holiday all the time now can he....Me.....well I haven't got time for Jack Shit...errr.. or to Shit Jack....but if I can get a day to get my head together....ya may yet get an effort off me....


aj....ya snivelling tvat....get a fookin job.....you malingerer.





:D xx :D :D :D :D :D :D
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Postby aj » Thu Jun 01, 2006 6:16 pm

...timtvat... :thumbsup) :moon) :mrgreen:

:banghead) .. yer just a lazzzeeee git...get off yer fat ass and pull yer finger out :P :mrgreen:



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Postby Akuji » Tue Nov 28, 2006 9:21 pm

did anybody do this :-? :-?
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Re: Short Way Round

Postby duncan » Sat Jul 30, 2011 8:54 pm

just had notice of a reply ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,four and a half years later :-?
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Re: Short Way Round

Postby MaXX2 » Thu Oct 13, 2011 8:01 am

duncan wrote:just had notice of a reply ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,four and a half years later :-?


Did ya win owt Dunc




















lol lol lol
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Re: Short Way Round

Postby duncan » Thu Oct 13, 2011 7:20 pm

MaXX2 wrote:
duncan wrote:just had notice of a reply ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,four and a half years later :-?


Did ya win owt Dunccould have won it ,,,,just found a railway crossing about 11 miles away called botany bay ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, :mrgreen:



















lol lol lol
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Re: Short Way Round

Postby MaXX2 » Tue Oct 18, 2011 12:07 pm

duncan wrote:
MaXX2 wrote:
duncan wrote:just had notice of a reply ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,four and a half years later :-?


Did ya win owt Dunccould have won it ,,,,just found a railway crossing about 11 miles away called botany bay ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, :mrgreen:

lol lol lol


S'ave a graph up then :-? No photee- no Mars bar :mrgreen:
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Re: Short Way Round

Postby duncan » Thu Oct 20, 2011 7:14 pm

MaXX2 wrote:
duncan wrote:
MaXX2 wrote:
duncan wrote:just had notice of a reply ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,four and a half years later :-?


Did ya win owt Dunccould have won it ,,,,just found a railway crossing about 11 miles away called botany bay ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, :mrgreen:

lol lol lol


S'ave a graph up then :-? No photee- no Mars bar :mrgreen:


http://maps.google.co.uk/maps/place?fti ... jgfAiPTsDQ
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