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Rode to Devon along the A303 last night in the rain, spent some time cleaning it today with my old man's limited collection of cleaning bits and bobs.

PS: every time I go on the A303 I have some sort of 'run-in' with a boy racer or twat executive type in a BMW/Audi/VW. Last night it was a boy racer in Seat.

Boy racer are there for your enjoyment when you leaving them for dead.
A few years ago I took an S1000RR for a test ride, a Boy racer in an M5 was acting the idiot in front of me. I decided to over take and foc off. Just as I went to overtake Boy racer dropped a gear (obvious from the puff of black smoke from the exhaust) to take me on. I dropped 2 and was gone My friend behind me on and R1200GS pulled up along side him and said he was looking dumbfounded in the M5. My friend looked in at him and shook his head, passed and met me at a petrol station 5 miles up the road and told me what had happened. The M5 guy pulls in and get out and asked "Whats that" I just said "one very fast motorbike" and rode off. 

Here is a one thats more down to earth  taken in the Gap of Dungloe Kerry.

I would be interested in the side rails, do you have a picture of them?

Any tyres I would never buy again are gone off the market 

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On the point of isn't it normal for people to pay others to collect rubbish - yes, but most refuse collectors don't work in excess of 20,000ft!

And most divers do not dive deep in the North Sea  to weld oil pipes 
A few to keep you happy
Les Houches from the the ridge to Mount Blanc du Tacul in pic 1  and the reason we finally call off the climb, notice  no bergschrund at the cliff base in pic 2. and every crevasse was snow bridged.
Pic 3 and 4 are just the alps

When 2 of our expedition made the top of Everest and 2 made the south Col and 2 made camp3 but succumed to the altitude. over 90% of our rubbish was removed as part of the expedition. I say over 90% as some was blown away by some severe huricane force winds and was unretrivable.
Is it not common practice to pay other to pick up your rubbish in all areas of life? Some see it as a way of making a living, I remember when I arrived back in Lukla to get our flight back to Kathmandu I shook hands with the porter who caried some of my gear amd gave him a 10euro tip as a thank you for his help and only later realised that it was the equivalent to two and a half days pay to him. The same porter was asked how far his home was from Lukla and his reply was "3 days walk". The biggest problem in the hi altitude areas is polution of the glacier rivers by the rubbish left in the mountains. They forget so easily that many of the communities they passed on the way and the porters they employed to assist them depend on these rivers for their survival.
A debate that will go on and on.
Back down to lower levels Biarritz from the top of the 248 step lighthouse and the beach at sunset

A little love affair going on there methinks

Do you have to have a red bike? 

Push the piston back as far as they will go. Hold the pistons in the fully home position (I use clamps) and then bleed it again, now as CRH says put pressure on the lever and leave it overnight, should be fine in the morning.

Have to agree with some of the sentiments on Chomolungma, it had been cleand up shortly before I was there, but still trekers drop rubbish. We had a few 'words' with trekers who were dropping coke bottles and wrappers. I'm a great believer in leave only footprints because of my love for the outdoors. Could never really seperate my love of rock climbing and motorcycling. As a rock climber, K2 was what I would have loved to climb because of it technical difficulty where as Chomulungma is more of a serious trek at high altitude. Anyway back to pictures, this is on Cruagh Mhor in the MacGillyacuddy Reeks in Kerry where the clouds came rolling in beneath us .