what a bummer

[Richard]

Talking to other bikers on the weekend, the general opinion was you will pick up a lot of punctures if you ride off the normal car lines on the road.
The amount of nuts, bolts, bits of coil springs etc etc you see on the road, off the normal line by roundabouts etc is scary, and if you are one of the riders who knips around cars etc you will be traveling over loads of crap.

[O.C.]

Oh Rog, ya know when we swopped bikes, so you could have a dash on the big Versys ? Well we were just dropping down into Alston and I saw this nail in the road    !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!And the rest as they say is history 

Ta very much    its plugged now but can't be used for 24 hours so I won't be out tomorrow.

Talking to other bikers on the weekend, the general opinion was you will pick up a lot of punctures if you ride off the normal car lines on the road.
The amount of nuts, bolts, bits of coil springs etc etc you see on the road, off the normal line by roundabouts etc is scary, and if you are one of the riders who knips around cars etc you will be traveling over loads of crap.

That's very likely the case Richard as when we ride out we do tend to get right off the beaten track 

[100milesaway]

Ta very much    its plugged now but can't be used for 24 hours so I won't be out tomorrow.

I'm giving it a miss tomorrow too, I'm off to Orrell on thursday for the bikes first service, so I will have my playday then 

[O.C.]

That'll do