Hi guys. Thanks for the comments. Lots of useless advice there, as well!
Joe. Squids may be slippery creatures and hard to keep hold of, but
clams! I invested a lot of money in the bearded variety when I was younger! Whoa - talk about biting your hand off
Jonesey. Yes, I could have bought a big sports bike, but I did all that when I was younger and have now ridden off into the metaphorical sunset! Trail riding gives me easily as much pleasure as my Honda VF750 did without the hassle of running another motor vehicle. I gladly hand the baton over to you youngsters (and no, DaveB, that
doesn't include you
). I want to spend my last few remaining years enjoying the countryside and not in plaster and traction, thanks!
Colin. Ah! I see you have the bike collection syndrome. I'm already thinking of ways to explain to the memsahib why the Kona is still in the garage alongside the Whyte when the new Canyon arrives ... I could either suggest that it isn't any of her business (which is true, but it's probably not a good idea) or I could explain the accepted formula for the optimum number of bikes. Which is n+1 (n = the number of bikes you already have). BTW, don't get too excited about the Whyte - it's not the exorbitant £4k titanium one, it's the merely extravagant steel look-alike! But with British steel and British design it ignores all the fancy oriental bits and has a discreet Union flag on the seat post. Which is about as British as you can get nowadays
Cheers me dears
Ian
I suffer from paranoid amnesia. I can't remember who I don't trust.
....nice scenery and photos as well 
