Farming yesteryear and a bit of a rant

 We ended up at farming yesteryear at Scone Palace, not in the Palace obviously but in the grounds, a nostalgic weekend of a few thousand people living and recreating the past. I wondered why we all try to live in the past, what is it that makes us hang onto days gone by. For myself I think that I haven't actually moved into the future which may sound strange for someone who has worked in an industry at the forefront of technology for most of my life. By that I mean although I've kept up with technology all of my working life with regard to telecoms and computing I haven't wanted to keep up with the latest tech with regards to Vehicles, in fact I like to think of the good old days when we used to take off after work on Friday and pitch a tent in a fields with other motorcyclists and drink copious amounts of beer, sleeping soundly until the next morning to start again and then on Sunday ride home feeling hungover but happy and invariably poorer.

The good old days when you could get 5 pints for a pound, a fish supper didn't require a mortgage and a hotel for under £20 a night. The good old days when insurance was cheap and you could afford to buy a house and cyclists were just people too poor to afford a motorbike rather than the entitled arseholes they have become. 

The reality is though most of us have never been better off, most of us have realised 12 pints isn't good for your body or your mind. I think society in the UK has moved on in the over 200 years since the industrial revolution and wages have moved upwards which is why everybody from Africa wants to come here and why as an island we are sinking due to the massive increase in population. Politicians have always been arseholes, most of them on the take or with a sordid background in their cupboard. We forget though and think about yesteryear as a happy place where everything was nice and happy and affordable which was not the case.

So I am a realist, modern cars and bikes are in the main more reliable, in reality everything is cheaper than it ever was (apart from housing) Politicians are still thieving conniving scumbags but when I ride an old bike, go to an old bike meeting or even farming yesteryear I wallow in the nostalgia and only think about the good old days, like taking some magic potion, I'm 17 again and look at life through rose tinted classes, whats not to like!

Enjoy the photos and keep on keeping on!

Grahams nice transcon (That we went to Italy to get spares for!)

Roddy's Foden

Roddy looking pleased

A bit damp on the Sunday

My first car!

Some effort went into this

Old cars in front of the big hoose

Plenty tractors

Steve's A10

Dougie broke out the scooter

The Wormit lads showed up!

Part 2 of our Scandi trip

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First Part of our Scandi trip Video

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September already

 The weather has changed, to be honest still not bad although there seems to be a bit more rain about but after the great summer we have had no complaints. The roses have suffered a bit but really who cares and the grass has been only growing very slowly but that's a bonus. 

The last weekend in August we managed a wee trip out on the R100 and the T3, two very well matched bikes, we took turns and we both overall preferred the T3 although the R100 was a close second. 

Some bad news with the deaths of two friends, Russel Clink from the borders who used to organise the Scottish Guzzi rally and George Peddie from Perth, a long time member of the Norton club and a regular attender of many overseas Norton events, RIP lads you will both be missed. 

We had a Guzzi meeting in Dunkeld after Russels funeral in Melrose (which had a big Guzzi contingent) with 4 of us camping at the campsite at Inver (Only 12 miles from the house but we couldn't let the side down) Liz came up in the car to join us on Saturday night. 

I met Steve from Aboyne on his nice MK5 Lemans who it transpired was local to Perth before he moved away to more exotic climes, small world, we had many friends in common which is always the way, on Sunday I met up with an old pal Andy Cameron and his wife Elaine who were caravanning on the same site, once again a small world.

I have met many people through our hobby and hopefully will meet many more, meanwhile keep the sunny side up and just keep on keeping on.

Worth a Photo

Not what it seems

Front wheel drive with a 2 litre Skoda engine

Still sunny

Steve with his MK5 and Gavins 1400 Audace

Gavin and Fi

Steve

Fiona enjoying the Ford

Steve worried about his electrics

And Gavin, just worried

August so far

 It's been brilliant weather and I've been quite lazy in the workshop, preferring to ride my bikes instead of working on them. In between times I have been looking at various news feeds which are depressing, when did this country become so left wing?

Anyway just to prove I have done a bit here are some photos, including the chain which came off my Z1000 on a test run, no harm done but some stress, no phone coverage so a bit of pushing and walking before two ladies asked if I needed help, minutes later after using their phone my breakdown service was winging my way to get me, thanks Fiona. The Z1000 is almost ready to sell, just a wee oil leak to fix hopefully.  

Yesterday I happened across a VMCC meeting at Blackwater, good crack and even managed to get some advice on my Velo from an expert, thanks Peter, I will persevere, nice day out in nice weather.

Keep on keeping on

A Commando day

Down to see Tim for a breakfast

Carbs off again

Chain recovered

A Guzzi day

A BMW day

Out on the V85's day 

Geoff appeared on his new Harris 

And some photos from the VMCC midweek meet