tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8704984.post6493738492714050943..comments2023-09-25T12:03:00.637+01:00Comments on Tom Morton's Beatcroft: Last rideUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8704984.post-73731550834290140472011-10-15T15:02:11.605+01:002011-10-15T15:02:11.605+01:00You'll never forget the ones with motors in th...You'll never forget the ones with motors in them Tom!!!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16419518589351680935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8704984.post-32746177876780266252011-10-10T11:12:39.241+01:002011-10-10T11:12:39.241+01:00Interesting point about the “high-speed motorway d...Interesting point about the “high-speed motorway dodgems on the M6”. I’ve never ridden (or driven, or whatever it is you do) a motorbike in all my 50 years of puff. But I’m just back from a long weekend down seeing my mum in Derbyshire, which involved driving (in the comfort of a VW Polo) 300 miles each way, almost all of it on motorway or high-grade dual-carriageway: M74, M6, A66, A1, M18, M1. <br /><br />Went down on Thursday afternoon in foul weather when one presumably wouldn’t expect to see many bikes; came back on Sunday afternoon in much better conditions. And the number of bikes on these roads? I wasn’t counting, but can only recall one zipping past me yesterday, and none on Thursday. Compare that with, say, going up the Loch Lubnaig road or the Highland A9 (or, in Derbyshire, the Cat and Fiddle road), when bikers stream by near-endlessly on any summer Sunday, and it does appear to suggest that they actively avoid the dodgem-like motorway system, at least in the northern part of the UK.Dave Hewittnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8704984.post-90414845277196018942011-10-10T09:50:18.097+01:002011-10-10T09:50:18.097+01:00Sad day. Still, welcome back to the exciting and a...Sad day. Still, welcome back to the exciting and at times terrifying world of cycling in Shetland. Sucked to death by a passing salmon juggernaut, or instead just potter about the byways and freewheel downhill and walk uphill. My ageing style now. Summer on a bike is good. Sledging takes over in winter.<br /><br />Thoroughly enjoyed your 'In Aboot Da Night' with Mary Blance this week. Excellent start to the new series, and good tunes too.Magniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14063363584507592592noreply@blogger.com