Lois Pryce
 

Calm yourself, man - you're dribbling :rofl:

Married lady mate!

Wow, thanks for that Molly. I didn't know she contributed on here. Yeah, I knew she was married. I wish my Mrs was like that. I think I may of met her hubby. many years ago, Chris Scott had a book launch (AHB 3rd edition) at the slug and Lettuce in Covent Garden, as a contributor, I was invited. Some of the Mondo team turned up, smashing blokes, can't recall if Austin went though.

Lois, if you are reading this and want a real man...

...just turn the bloody computer off and squeeze the Hubby! Sorry, Mate, i couldn't resist it, ho, ho
:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

Wish your Mrs was like that? Give her the book to read. Working for me :scooter:

Neil

what about that one then:

Benka Pulko - 1 Woman, 1 Motorcycle, 1 World

she was also around and just have 1 post.

I love red heads!
 

Yes, the perfect woman!

Thinks.... "Hmmm, wonder if she can wear a Norton T Shirt?"

I'd like to, but I won't ask the collar and cuffs question!

Also, as Tommy Cooper once said:

"Ha,ha,ha, thankyouverymuch" "The other night, I went out with this lovely red head, yes, she had no hair, just a red head!"

Night chaps.

Cheers


Chris

The day she gets off her own pedestal will be the day I consider buying one of her books. I'm sure her trips were a great achievement but she doesn't have to belittle others to make herslf look good.

Maybe you should read the books, I have both, and I have nothing but admiration for her, and Vince

Big up to both of them

Fair enough mate, everyone to their own. Have only read the books and she comes across really well. Just like Dan Walsh, she didn't set out to try and save the planet or improve world peace, just have a good adventure which I thought was refreshing. If you haven't read her books, then i'm guessing that you've been to one of her talks. What do you mean by belittling others?

:confused1:

I don't think I have ever read about her belittling someone. What is this incident of which you speak?

Oohhh, i can't wait to see how this develops!:funmeteryes:

Is this about SuperBri?

Neil

Interview with Boorman in TBM.

What about BORE MAN in TBM? What ever she said, i'm sure she was right.

There are lots who think Charle and Euan (sp?) are less of Adventures (to put it mildly) due to the support crew in tow..
Trying not to start a bashing thread here .. everyone is entitled to their own view adds to the spice of life provided it is not physically harmfull.

If you say so Frankie babe. problem is, they're just not hard core like you and I.:scooter:

Any help? I'd like to read it.

Like most mags - they want you to buy it so they make money to pay for people to write the articals..
Here in OZ we can copy upto 10% of something to study/critize/praise ... don't know what the Brits copywrite law is ..

There must be someone with a copy of the article to give us the jist of things. Ive searched my remaining TBM's and I dont have that issue.

Must admit I like her books and find her write ups in TBM entertaining. I also had the pleasure of meeting Charley and he seemed like a nice enough chap.:scooter:

The TBM artical you are referring to is issue 150 Feb 08, nothing in the artical appears to be belittling 'Our Charley' and in the photo's that are printed,both seem relaxed and smiling, and I am sure if CB felt he was being belittled he would have got up and walked out, afterall he is a big boy now,I have met Lois a number of times and also ridden some off road events that she as been on,and if anything she is always willing to chat, help out, give advice and answer any questions you wish to ask. I have also met CB and was with him on the 06 Dakar, he even gave me a wristband so I could get into the main bivouac at Lac Rose instead of trying to get past security, He himself is one of 'the lads' until he gets caught up in the media circus. One thing I must ask, Is what was written down in the interview actually what was said?. I know from personal experience that police interviews I have given have not always been written as I have said !. :oops2:

Right then, who do we try and 'bash' next? :nono:

Thanks for being objective about it.

They are lesser adventurers than Lois Pryce and they'd probably agree. I enjoyed LWR but I'm no Boorman fan. Just felt the "slagging" she and the editorial team at TBM published was second-rate, unnecessary and pretty pathetic IMHO.

Anyway, moving on.....

You didn't read the letters in the next issue then.

Look, i'll get straight to the point. I'm sure Charlie and the other fella are nice chaps, but at the end of the day they were on an extended luxury package holiday rather than an expedition

Ex-SAS trooper as bodyguard cum cameraman

Doctor travelling with them

Brand spanking new bikes

Fixer to meet them at difficult borders to sort out any problems

Off road skills training, remote first aid training and SAS training on how to cope with an ambush situations.

Luxury hotels

Large workshop plus office with numerous staff to organise logistics

Large 'Snap On' freebe tool kit, even though it's quite obvious they don't know what to do with them

No doubt this will invite the inevitable "oh you're just jealous " response. Not at all. Would I say no to the same? Don't be daft, but I would then keep the bikes and then go on a proper adventure.

How do you know they haven't? The LWR and LWD where both television productions from the off. As far as I know both of them are keen bikers and own a number of biles so how do any of us know what rides they undertake without a TV crew?

Without a doubt neither LWR or LWD represent anything like the kind of trip that most mere mortals would undertake, but to me it's just the equivelant of somone paying to join a RTW expedition with the likes of Kudo (chosen simply because they are advertising on this page as I type).

It's a sanatised version of just loading up your bike and going for it yourself but it's still an adventure for the people that do it, just with all of the bumps ironed out.

We were talking about the interview, not the 'letters, sent after by off road,enduro,moto x readers, or TBM staff to fill space.:confused1:

...and the thread originally started off as a Lois Pryce thread, lets get back on track people (big sigh)!:offtopic:

She´s definately an awesome chick. Several years ago I sought out Austin to get some info for a trip I planned. I hadn´t heard of Horizons yet, so I thought it was a good idea. Immediately they offered to cook us dinner. She took my comments about travelling vegies very well, not knowing I just ate a vegie dinner cooked by a vegy. Bit embarrassed about that still. Hope there is no grutch. I put my foot in it a lot.

As for Charlie, best thing ever happened to him was having his arse kicked by a straight forward Aussie. He was good on his Dakar project. Still get annoyed every time I see that bit in LWR where he finds out that he´s not getting a free KTM and spits the dummy. Like he and his millionair mate can´t buy one outright.
Also get annoyed by E when he can´t compete on LWD with C´s riding skills and winges something like: don´t really like riding on dirt, don´t really like fast.... and you just wan´t to finish it for him.

Charley and Ewan come accross as nice guys on the telly (LWR & LWD). Their trips were done for the telly and I think give the impression to a lot of people that it is the only way it can be done. I don't think they can be criticised for not being sufficiently 'hardcore' as individuals only praised for taking advantage of their celebrity status to get the opportunity to the trips they did (we'll all like someone else to pay us to do the same - wouldn't we). Lois, on the other hand, shows what can be done with a positive attitude and has proved herself very good at writing about it. My wife is my hero and I can think of a few other girlie bikers who I rate higher than Lois but she is in the top 5 or so.

Why do you have to shout all the damned time? It's not like you're saying anything original. Oh, I get it ...

Er...shout? BTW, I didn't know this was the 'only original' site. Touched a raw nerve, obviously. BTW, you should try overlanding one day, its great. Have you actually done any? Are you on the right site, lol?

It's only that you're typing in bold type every post - bad form don't you know :thumbdown:

Typing in bold is not "different"

[quote=mollydog;225129]Typing in bold is not "different" or "original, just irritating and bad form on any forum ... anywhere.

Tough $h!t. I do what I want to do, not what you want me to do. Deal with it.

Good bye now .....

Obviously?

Yes and I'm not sure. You?

The Overland Expo link I posted Overland Expo.2009 lists Lois as one of their speakers.

Handbags at dawn!
 

Drop the handbags and move away slowly ladies!:rolleyes:

[quote=baluchiman;225130]
Typing in bold is better than blue though .
And anything is better than typing in pink .

Why?, oohhh now it becomes clear :rofl:. I wonder if Baluchiman is related to Albert_Crutcher in some way - they both set the same incendiary posting-style :oops2: , which i feel isn't really what this site needs, methinks! Aren't people here a bit above all that Mr Angry stuff?

All of them!
 

Before I set off on my RTW that I'm on I researched as much material as I could, videos, books, this site, etc and have watched both LWD and LWR and also read both of Lois's books finding them a great read,
I have much more admiration for Lois, on her own, single female et al but there's times when I'd love to have the support crew and all the other gubbins that Ewan and Charley had. Having knackered piston rings, a buggered rear shock and a burned out starter motor, I'd have killed to get a crew in to deal with them but alas no! There's not even a garage here that's seen a bike bigger than a 250 never mind my XT 600. So in a hotel carpark in the Congo I changed the rings, shock and cleaned up the starter motor and feel bloody great for not only doing it but doing it myself, even if the hotel manager was going nuts over spilled oil on his floor! I'm not blowing my own trumpet but the sense of independence (and relief!) as to getting on with it on your own is great.
She's a great and very brave woman for doing what she loves and I've taken inspiration from her and am having a ball but if the opportunity had come before to have a 'freebie' then would I have taken it? Bloody too right! ha ha ha!


To anyone else that's thinking about a trip the only support crew I have is friends back home for parts, a manual, internet occasionally and DHL.

I'm off to order order another Mojito.


www.horizonsunlimited.com/tstories/geoffshing

Great post Geoffshing, a balanced reply (what a relief!). Been following the story and you've been put through the wringer, no mistake!:eek3: Carry on that man, etc...

Angry, who's angry? Don't take everything too seriously mate, seriously! BTW, angry is when someone spits their dummy out because someone types in bold.

"Don't make me angry - you wouldn't like me when i'm angry" - Dr Bruce Banner.:rofl:
Dummy firmly in place - Me:clap:

That was spitting out a dummy? You need to get out more. You know... meet some people.

Lois in TBM
 

I think this thread started with a comment about Lois Pryce's article in TBM just over a year ago. I had subscribed to TBM for quite a few years and was quite a fan of lois's but this interview with Charlie Boorman was a pretty nasty one and was badly defended in subsequent issues. It certainly put me off the magazine and its editorial staff and I have'nt bought one since. The whole LWR thing is what it is. It was made for TV by people who work in TV and it raised the profile of motorcycling in a fairly positive way I think. The interveiw by Lois had Charlie defending,yet again,the whole trip and the way he had done it which he must be completely bloody sick of by now. However he was polite enough to go through with it. She, I think,spotted that he was a little hacked off with her predictable line of questioning and she did'nt hold back from pointing this out several times in the article.

BUT she is better looking than Charlie B :thumbup1: isn't that what this thread started about ?

Where are the pictures ?

I'd let this topic drop if I were you. You really are coming across as childish.

This thread
 

First of all gents please get back to the thread

While we are here Baluchiman, Mollydog emphasised the generally known fact that it is seen as bad manners to use bold or CAPITAL's - it is seen as shouting. Try and accept it as advice and lets move on.

The Hubb is meant to be enjoyable and informative not for one or two people to rile and insult one another.

Thanks

ChrisC

Hear, Hear....

I have not read any of Lois' books, but i will now make them my next read.....and i only like to look at pictures when i read a book !!!!!

:thumbup1:

If CB is hacked off by the "not a proper trip"/"made for TV" thing why give the interview? TB Magazine weren't really going to ask what he thought about talking to Davina on Big Brother were they. We certainly didn't need another article with glossy pictures of BMW's parked on a bit of scrubb 200 yards from the Hilton, by some fawning idiot who thought no one had ridden further than Calais before.

It's old news now, so I'd wonder why some editor sent her off to do it too. Once you've been sent out, you can hardly come back and say "same old rubbish, don't bother to print it". You've then got to write something, but I am surprised LP wasn't more creative, her usual writing style is very good.

My advice (free and therefore worth every penny) would be:

CB; get on a bike, ride somewhere without the TV people, then write a book called "My way round/down/up" comparing the different experiences.

LP; More of the book stuff and less journalism unless you are sure it's going to be of the same quality. Don't be afraid to tell editors to get lost, one bad piece can ruin the brand.

Andy

My advice (free and therefore worth every penny) would be:

CB; get on a bike, ride somewhere without the TV people, then write a book called "My way round/down/up" comparing the different experiences.

LP; More of the book stuff and less journalism unless you are sure it's going to be of the same quality. Don't be afraid to tell editors to get lost, one bad piece can ruin the brand.

Andy[/quote]

Seems like good advice to me.

Just in case someone was intending to reply to my last comments, I have decided to respect the mods wishes and to allow this thread to remain on track. I will not comment on this thread again.

There's a certain irony in this whole thing though isn't there?

Lois, does it on her own, writes a blog as she goes and then gets a book deal out of it (and her blogs now gone I believe?), gets a second book deal and is now being paid to write pieces and have a dig at Charley boy. Both of them are bikers through and through, they'd nod or wave if they passed each other on the road with lids on. Whatever happened to the brother & sisterhood of bikers?

Still living in west London... no kiddies to be seen.

Austin recently took part in a trip down to Timbuktu which is being edited at the moment into a film. You may be pleased to learn he has ditched the insane sideburns he sported in the documentary he made about last years "Dawn to Dusk" enduro which featured on the Extreme Sports channel here in the UK a number of times over Xmas / New Year. (Touratech probably sell the DVD if you missed it)

Lois is thinking about a summer project with another well known female rider.

So business as usual for the Vinces.

Who? Who? Who?

Charley someone?

Charlie Dimmock?

http://www.hatelabs.com/cast/banquo/cd.jpg

I want to do more than "click" it :funmeteryes:

Although for those of us who are subject to the pleasures of daytime UK TV.. (Groundforce wasnt it ??) , will know that she is famous for not wearing the "over shoulder boulder holder"

http://www.cartoonstock.com/lowres/jlu0029l.jpg

surely not ........but ...............could it be..........................................



Mrs McGregor :innocent:

Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

There's always someone who leaks valuable information isnt there :oops2:

But Eve's not called Charley.

Mind you after the Boorman bashing isn't it selling out to join the MacGregor bandwagon?

I was only Joking....

Please tell me I'm wrong :eek3: