Having started and helped organise an off road 4wd club for many years ,I can sympathise with the organisers .[ I used to smoke a pipe and wear tweeds too ,and was a scrutineer , never a schoolmaster though ! ]
It's impossible to please everyone and some newcomers will always try to bend the rules.
I've seen it happen many times , have given lots of advice to competitors so that they could continue and in extreme cases even banned a few vehicles.
Vehicle and competition regs have been refined over a number of years . RAC ,scrutineers,insurance and competition licences cost money - everything costs money !
If you want to enter and be eligible for a trophy , READ THE REGS , if you don't like them , don't whine about it , go elsewhere , very very simple .

I know the amount of work that goes into an event like this and if it wasn't for the the old f#ckers ,there wouldn't be an event .
If you don't like it , fair enough , it's a free world .
But why rubbish the event ?
200 quid for a long distance national event is peanuts !

If I could get back over to Blighty at the right time of year I'd love to do the Exeter .
I might even see if I could find the old briar .

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"When you come to a fork in the road ,take it ! When you come to a spoon in the road ,take that also ."

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My godfathers , " yogurt " ," freshly squeezed orange juice ", "vegetarian ", "manicures pedicures"-- it all sounds a bit nancy to me .
No I prefer:
the west country in winter ;
sleet and rain , cars with no heaters, grumpy pub landlords , muddy Barbour jackets , the steam rising from a tweed cloth cap , a pint of bitter, steak and kidney pie [if you are lucky] , spotty young oiks [with numbers on their heads] being put in their place , the friendly banter of retired schoolmasters , schoolboys on bicycles bringing fresh supplies of pipe tobacco for the marshals ---------------------------.

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Blessed are the cracked, for they let in the light. - Spike Milligan
"When you come to a fork in the road ,take it ! When you come to a spoon in the road ,take that also ."

Spotty oiks Being put in their place by headmasters!????

Schoolboys on Bikes??

Im proper gettin worried Dude!

Dodger, I did that llavorsi route in 2006 as it was the original Pyreknees run, within 20mtrs of the hotel there was a superb campsite that a number of us stayed at, so you had an option.

£200 for a 'national' Long distance trial is peanuts ....really

When our enduro club runs an event we get 120+ riders and our organising 'team' live in the real world and EVERYBODY enjoys the event, ALL bikes pass scrutineering because any presented that have faults have the faults pointed out and our members are keen to assist that rider to get his machine rectified......Not thrown out of the event.

The 'proof' of the event is in the entries.......wait and see if Ian can give entry figures now, compared with the 25-30 years ago that Steve Attwood spoke about.

For a real Value for Money LDT's(1 day event) try The Exmoor clouds or the Neil Westcott Memorial events in Somerset, a great days sport and organisation that the MCC could do well by watching closely.

It would also be worth seeing what sort of figures the MCC have in terms of membership....then and now?

£200 is peanuts, you are havin a laugh... Pyreknees-up and even the TT are better value.

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Got to agree with you Martyn....... and most of the headmasters that were putting them in their place are now on a register...and its NOT the school one either..

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Actually you is well correct there my old fella, I am Unemployed and due to Illness live in Spain courtesy of my parents. I do odd jobs when I am well enough and earn roughly 80-100 Euros a MONTH! enough just to run my bike,
so 200 quid, to me at least is loadsamoney!

In the UK i believe you have to be 16 or is it 17 now to buy Tobacco? so a schoolboy bringing tobacco for a marshall would actually not be allowed...

Perhaps things are very much different where Dodger comes from, and I see he is from Canada, the same nationality as our HU founders/hosts

so I'd better be careful what I say or Suzie may give me a dose of the 'Caminandos'

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The Canadians are 'supposed' to be more laid back as a Nation, like the Dutch.... after all you can grow Cannabis legally in Canada! and I think Dodgy, I mean Dodger, is like me, an Ex Pratt, getting as far away from possible from England, for whatever reason,Only he only knows, mine was a Divorce, he probably didnt have his registration sticker on straight and wore the wrong shade of tweed and had to retreat in semi shame to a country that for 6 months of the year is actually colder than England, serves Molson Beer, NO Steak n Kidney puddin and has Mooses or is that Moosii??

only kiddin Dodgy! We know you can take it.... after all you admit to wearin tweed for goodness sake!

dave ede being chastised by the schoolmaster Clerk of the Course for being so presumptuous as to wear his number on his head .


Next in line Martynbiker for running away to Spain .

For those in any doubt [ THAT WAS A JOKE ] [ laughing is optional ]

This bit is SERIOUS .[ the bit below ]

Martyn :As far as I am aware, it's not illegal in the UK to have tobacco on your person even if under the age of 16 , but it would be illegal for a tobacconist to sell it to a person under the age of 16 .
Yeah, you may well be right ,dave, about the events you mentioned but 200 quid wouldn't go very far if you wanted to enter the TT [ or is there another TT that I haven't heard of ] .
Any way the original poster mentioned an overall estimated cost of 200 pounds . What does a ferry ride ,accomodation, petrol plus entry fees cost for the Pyrenkees up ?
I'm sorry that the MCC doesn't suit you [ sir] , but still, it's a bit churlish to slag them off .

As far as I am aware it is still illegal to grow marijuana in BC .
But what does that have to do with this thread ?
Obviously the hot sun has addled your brain , come to Canada ,relax and chill out a bit .

And guys ,I worry about you too !

Merry Christmas .

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"When you come to a fork in the road ,take it ! When you come to a spoon in the road ,take that also ."

The Canadians are 'supposed' to be more laid back as a Nation, like the Dutch.... I was comparing the Canadian laid back attitude to the Dutch laid back attitude Dodger! hence the reference to Cannabis?

At LAST we have an EX MCC Member that didnt have a Sense of Humour Bypass when he Joined!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Nice one Dodgy!

Can't images like that get you locked up ?

Camainando got banned for abusive comments


I got an infraction notice and 9 points?? for inciting and gloating



So what will you get for S&M images with a minor? possibly a visit ?....

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Dave, How many points for a Ban then?
and can you take an exam like the DDE course to make it 9 months instead of a year?

Hmmm Inciting & Gloating? Sounds very Kinky does that! I&G, S&M Kinda goes together dunnit?

You guys are the best double act I've seen in a long while ,
kinda reminds me of :


or is it :


no no here you go :




Have a fun Xmas fellas .
[ I know you will !]

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Blessed are the cracked, for they let in the light. - Spike Milligan
"When you come to a fork in the road ,take it ! When you come to a spoon in the road ,take that also ."

You Know what Dodgy? something very scary just ocurred to me..... either you ALREADY HAVE these pictures of schoolboys being thrashed and men dressed as women on your HD, or you know where to get them! :e ek3: