Fazer Owners Club - Unofficial
General => General => Topic started by: Hedgetrimmer on 18 January 2015, 06:08:07 pm
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Right, here it is for 2015. As mentioned, I'm not going to be scoring this year, so someone needs to pick it up. I suggest dazza sets the first challenge, as he won the last round.
A reiteration of the rules.
1. All challenges must be of YOUR bike and a landmark, or something obscure or creative, something most people can ride to in their area.
2. Picture has to be taken after challenge is made.
3. Challenge is good for a week; if it is not met after that time, the previous picture poster picks a new challenge.
4. Nothing illegal to be challenged.
5. Keep comments to a minimum; if you comment, post the current challenge in bold type after your comment.
6. No repeat challenges.
7. No other bikes can be used, eg, your bike next to a Ducati. Some exceptions will be allowed, eg, your bike next to a bike cop.
8. Only 1 person can win each challenge; any other entrants will not be counted, due to throwing the whole game off track and adding challenges that don't stand.
9. If any dispute about a challenge occurs, 3 oks from others settles the challenge.
Remember, this thread is supposed to get people to want to go ride straight away and beat others to the challenge - be creative, but be sensible about it.
Have fun Foccers!
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Never entered this before , so YOUR FZ beside a Honda 900 or 600 Hornet.
Sorry should have read the rules
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I suggest dazza sets the first challenge, as he won the last round.
A reiteration of the rules.
7. No other bikes can be used, eg, your bike next to a Ducati. Some exceptions will be allowed, eg, your bike next to a bike cop.
10. No ex-pats who don't read the rules and jump in before the double champion gets chance to set the first challenge. :lol (Yes, this means you lew) :D
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OK, Don't worry Lew, you'll get your chance. FIRST CHALLENGE....YOUR BIKE ON A ROAD AND RAILWAY BRIDGE
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week off, sun's out, time for a little blast over to The Island (sheppey).
(http://i1003.photobucket.com/albums/af157/harryhornby/IMG_1755.jpg)
Next challenge, seeing as we all like beer and these seem all the rage at the mo. Your bike outside a MICRO PUB.
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Micro pub or do you mean micro brewery
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micro pub :-)
If you've not been to one and you like ale and cider you should look out for your nearest one. :-)
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micro pub :-)
If you've not been to one and you like ale and cider you should look out for your nearest one. :-)
Sussex Foccers - the smallest pub in England is in Bury St Edmunds - The Nutshell. About as micro as you can get! :lol
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http://micropubassociation.co.uk/ (http://micropubassociation.co.uk/)
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Wow now theres my shame and ignorance, they sound and look great
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anyone going out this weekend..... know any micro pubs? There are some lovely ones around some of the Kent coastal towns if you're this way of the world......
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We have one not far away in Leintwardine,,The Sun INN, I think, oldest parlour pub in the country? I wonder
http://www.suninn-leintwardine.co.uk/page.php?Plv=1&P1=4&P2=&P3= (http://www.suninn-leintwardine.co.uk/page.php?Plv=1&P1=4&P2=&P3=)
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The idea folks is not that you just sit and point out to each other where things are. You get on your bike, quick as you can, ride to the subject, take a snap, get home and post it up. It's a competition, supposed to get you out on your bikes. I have just Googled for micro pubs in Oxfordshire and, alas, couldn't find any :\
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Say again?
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Say again?
That's the amazing thing about they new fangled internetz forums. I don't have to, cos what I said is still up there^ :D
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a that's a nice pub. I bet it has some nice ciders in the summer. :lol
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OK, no takers on the pub, so sticking with the beer theme.
YOUR BIKE AT A BREWERY
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Ok, next challenge: your bike next to a duck pond (must have ducks)
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OK, no takers on the pub, so sticking with the beer theme.
YOUR BIKE AT A BREWERY
hey surely a challenge should remain for one week, that is 7 days. Denied a win :'(
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Have I messed up (for a change) I thought it had been a week :o
sorry Neil, post it anyway so people can see what a micropub looks like.
Right I'm gonna stop typing before Nick tells me off.....
your bike next to a duck pond (must have ducks)
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There's a good micro pub in Scarborough, Stumble Inn .... in case anyone cared ;)
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your bike next to a duck pond (must have ducks)
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Get out in that countryside Foccers...Next challenge....YOUR BIKE WITH BLUEBELLS IN THE BACKGROUND.
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I thought the felinfoel brewery was demolished in llaneli , and a aldi put there.?
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I thought the felinfoel brewery was demolished in llaneli , and a aldi put there.?
That was buckleys brewery, in the town.
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your right, :D
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bump. maybe almost time to set another challenge dazza? not many bluebells about here anyway (and lets face it, Nick has gone to rather extreme lengths to find some :rollin :o)
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Well now, after a failed detour to Prestons "Bluebell Way" (in the rain the other day) which includes Bluebell Nursery (plants), the Bluebell garage, Bluebell bluebell bluebell! there wasn't a single bluebell to be seen.
Then, this morning as I emerged gingerly from the undergrowth, pushing back the tropical shrubbery I came across these quite by chance. Luckily I didn't scare them off as I feared the stampeding bluebells might have bowled over the Fazer!
The glove on the seat is there to give a sense of scale...
(https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8702/17339171701_97f0b266ec_c.jpg)
Next challenge:
Your bike in in front of a muck spreader (or at least one in the background...) bonus point if the spreader is.....spreading. Tiz spreading season!!
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^^ I stand corrected :lol
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Does Katie Price sitting on yer bike count as a muck spreader?
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That's more of a muck flinger
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BUMP... it's been over a week since the last one was posted, time for a change of challenge........
Some ideas could be:
Your bike in a hedge
You having a kip beside the road with your bike having a lie down too
Your bike with a stick modification on it
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BUMP... it's been over a week since the last one was posted, time for a change of challenge........
Some ideas could be:
Your bike in a hedge
You having a kip beside the road with your bike having a lie down too
Your bike with a stick modification on it
Watch your step young fella, or I'll get red98 to come and point out more problems on yours :lol
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NOOOOOOOO anything but that....... I'm so sorry, please *crosses fingers* I'll never say anything about your crash again *uncrosses fingers* just don't tell Red, that will be 4 hours of my life I@ll never get back!! :)
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Happy to help nick ;)......think I might be heading east this weekend :D
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^^Harry? Do we have an understanding? ;)
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At this rate we might struggle with "your bike outside your house" :)
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(http://i1003.photobucket.com/albums/af157/harryhornby/IMG_1828.jpg)
Next Challenge - YOUR BIKE AT A RACING CIRCUIT
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Horse?
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no, I always talk like this.... :rollin
YOUR BIKE AT A (any kind of) RACING CIRCUIT
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What are the chances I was popping here this morning.....
Dropping off 3 horses, managed to get them all in the top box which I thought was pretty clever until I realised they had trampled my Chorley Cakes on arrival :(
Haydock Park!
(https://c4.staticflickr.com/8/7680/16929458033_a90dcfc591_z.jpg)
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next challenge?
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Next Chalenge: Your bike next to a countryside fence stile (stye?)
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think a new challenge is needed
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Ooh ooh I can do this one, found a style earlier but phone was dead!!! Can get pic about 7.30am Fri morning??
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Sounds good :)
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Ok, some ropey pics but it is a style (just)
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Next Challenge?
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Ok, after the VE celebrations. How about your bike next to any kind of military vehicle?
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Forgot this until today. Waiting at the lights I spotted Wild Willy!!
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/533/18557082390_342c3e0e14_z.jpg)
Think this is the first pic of my bike from this side!!
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Excellent, looks like a winner to me!
So....... Next challenge??
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Well it's summer now so lots of these about... Your bike next to a local fair with a bit if info about it.
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Not the best piccie in the world.....marlow regatta, always seen as a warm up for henley royal regatta , better in my opinion you get a better view of the racing without paying ridiculous admission prices, a visit to the fair with my parents as a small boy was something I looked forward to.....happy days :thumbup
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nice!
Next Challenge?
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Cheers northwestern...not sure if that one was good enough, got me out though :thumbup.......a few years back it would have been packed,, they moved a lot of the racing to dorney reach a few years back, killed it really. .shame as I have lots of happy memories of years gone by......best one, was probs 9 or 10 and we used to go down when the fair was packing up and search the ground where the dive bomber used to be for loose change that had fallen out of peoples pockets, always found something ;)
anywhos.......next challenge.........YOUR BIKE AND SOME STREET ART....example below taken at windsor a few weeks back.
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Not quite as intricate as your example but this was the largest one I could think of:
(https://c4.staticflickr.com/4/3804/18666333678_9808ecc64b_c.jpg)
Adelphi Street, Preston (the unofficial "student quarter").
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I would say that's a spot on picture. Next challenge...
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ok, next challenge, your bike outside a library.
Extra points if there is a strict looking bespectacled librarian frowning at your bike from a window (preferably someone Sid James might have leared at).
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OK here goes, this is the library at the University where I work. It doesn't look like a library but we did get a Library Services sign up in the window that's been doctored to read "Just DON'T ask". Beside the poster is one very angry and very real librarian :) Hope it's ok.
(http://i1003.photobucket.com/albums/af157/harryhornby/IMG_1878.jpg)
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Looks OK to me...
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Nice one northwestern :thumbup.....foc me harry,10 mins.....you got something going with northwestern ? :lol
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Yeah we want to share the spoils of victory :) my rear wheel bearings went on way home today so will be in the car for rest of week :(
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No scheming going on, promise. I just happened to have parked right outside a library yesterday :D anyway, makes a change frmo Dazza getting them all within 10 minutes. ;)
Next challenge - your bike next to a Cathedral.
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come on guys, the picture challenge has been very quiet this year......
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I got the cathedral one last year in Blackburn I could pop over there to take another snap but its not a great ride...
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I'm heading past a cathedral on my way home tonight... I'll see if I remember to get a photo.
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As promised, Peterborough Cathedral. ..
(http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l109/risticuss/Mobile%20Uploads/20150625_163649_zpsa1rec4nd.jpg) (http://s94.photobucket.com/user/risticuss/media/Mobile%20Uploads/20150625_163649_zpsa1rec4nd.jpg.html)
Next challenge, your bike next to an ice cream van with you holding an ice cream in the photo.
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Lovely pic!
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I reckon a few of us should be able to get this one on Sunday......
Your bike next to an ice cream van with an ice cream in hand
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OK, been a while now.
How about a new challenge...
Your bike next to a tourist information centre, that's not in your home town.
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Come on, the weather's not that bad. There's got to be at least a couple of people still riding, and carrying cameras.
New challenge just to get it rolling.
You're bike outside a pub with a number in the title.
Or if no one wants that, you're bike with some clouds in view.
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Ok I'll post this cos I can....... But I still like the challenge of. Your bike outside a pub with a number in its name!
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Right..lets get this thread moving again.....the three horseshoes just outside marlow, bucks.....
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Next challenge....you bike outside a shop with a funny or amusing name......example below..
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Just the one??. I managed to find 3 in Cambridge :D
A Cycle shop.
A Fish & chip shop.
A Launderette.
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Just the one??. I managed to find 3 in Cambridge :D
A Cycle shop.
A Fish & chip shop.
A Launderette.
Bloody brilliant!!! Excellent way to close a challenge.......... Next???
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Nice one yamfazfan....I spotted this one on the way home today.....we're on a roll now, next challenge please :thumbup
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we're on a roll now
Like it! :lol
OK, next challenge...Your bike with a museum in the background.
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Good challenge yamfazfan......be quick foccers, iam off to the rowing museum in henley tomorrow ;)
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Just been out on a local,64 mile bimble and took a few piccies.
1.....henley river and rowing museum
2.....high wycombe chair museum
3.....roald dahl museum, great missenden
4.....amersham museum.local history
5.....chiltern open air museum, rescues + re-erects historic buildings from medieval to modern day
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no 5....
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looks good to me, NEXT......
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Cheers harry...next challenge....your fazer next to a national trust sign....examples below....only two of them though ;)
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Ok, this probably isn't going to count because it's not the same type of sign, but there wasn't one at this property.
(http://i1291.photobucket.com/albums/b550/nicknicklxs/DSCN0433_zpslchw8vir.jpg) (http://s1291.photobucket.com/user/nicknicklxs/media/DSCN0433_zpslchw8vir.jpg.html)
(http://i1291.photobucket.com/albums/b550/nicknicklxs/DSCN0443_zpsrcyay8xl.jpg) (http://s1291.photobucket.com/user/nicknicklxs/media/DSCN0443_zpsrcyay8xl.jpg.html)
So then rode to another place which Google said was NT, just to make sure, but turns out it wasn't NT at all :grumble
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before you ride off Nick, give that hedge a trim (the one on the left) seems a little overgrown.....
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before you ride off Nick, give that hedge a trim (the one on the left) seems a little overgrown.....
I assure you, I trimmed all the hedges along the way :D
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Just been out on a local,64 mile bimble and took a few piccies.
1.....henley river and rowing museum
2.....high wycombe chair museum
3.....roald dahl museum, great missenden
4.....amersham museum.local history
5.....chiltern open air museum, rescues + re-erects historic buildings from medieval to modern day
10/10 for that red98! :eek
That certainly trumps my 3 shops :lol
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Thats not the same as mine :wall :lol.....good to see you out and about, you just dont get out enough :rolleyes
got to let you have that one, keeps the challenge going ;)....so, whats the next challenge ?...please bear in mind iam off to the ace cafe tonight for the german car and bike event ;)
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Ok Paul, I'll make this one easy for you then...
Your bike next to a sign for a national trail, e.g., West Highland Way, South West Coast Path, Essex Way, Wye Valley Walk etc.
Hmmm, not sure any go near the Ace Café though :lol
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:lol mmmm....looks like ive got a bit of homework to do.......the challenge is on ;)
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Ok...homework done...one for DAZZA I think, but hes got to be quick, I can do this with a small detour on the way to the ace tonight ;)
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too slow DAZZA :lol......thames path at boulters lock,maidenhead..
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:thumbup Next challenge then.
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ok...lets keep things going ,next challenge....YOUR FAZER AND AN UNUSUAL ROAD SIGN....example below
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2 for the price of 1 :D
(http://i1291.photobucket.com/albums/b550/nicknicklxs/DSCN0444_zpswsopnpri.jpg) (http://s1291.photobucket.com/user/nicknicklxs/media/DSCN0444_zpswsopnpri.jpg.html)
(http://i1291.photobucket.com/albums/b550/nicknicklxs/DSCN0449_zpse8i5azm5.jpg) (http://s1291.photobucket.com/user/nicknicklxs/media/DSCN0449_zpse8i5azm5.jpg.html)
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2 for the price of 1 :D
([url]http://i1291.photobucket.com/albums/b550/nicknicklxs/DSCN0444_zpswsopnpri.jpg[/url]) ([url]http://s1291.photobucket.com/user/nicknicklxs/media/DSCN0444_zpswsopnpri.jpg.html[/url])
([url]http://i1291.photobucket.com/albums/b550/nicknicklxs/DSCN0449_zpse8i5azm5.jpg[/url]) ([url]http://s1291.photobucket.com/user/nicknicklxs/media/DSCN0449_zpse8i5azm5.jpg.html[/url])
Fail you took them on Sunday, so before the challenge was set. :deal Rules.
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:rollin
Oh, that is just uncanny! :rollin
I knew some smart arse was gonna say that, so I took a little precaution:
(http://i1291.photobucket.com/albums/b550/nicknicklxs/DSCN0447_zpsndghe9zw.jpg) (http://s1291.photobucket.com/user/nicknicklxs/media/DSCN0447_zpsndghe9zw.jpg.html)
(http://i1291.photobucket.com/albums/b550/nicknicklxs/DSCN0451_zpsgivz18kg.jpg) (http://s1291.photobucket.com/user/nicknicklxs/media/DSCN0451_zpsgivz18kg.jpg.html)
:rollin
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You have too much time on your hands. :'(
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Nick !!!!! you need to get a job
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nick !!!! you need to set the next challenge
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Ok, next challenge:
Your bike next to a pill box, dragon's teeth (tank traps) or other concrete WW2 fortification.
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nick !!!! you need to set the next challenge
Nah - he needs to not admit to reading the Sun (or his he looking at the pictures :rollin :rollin :rollin )
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Ok, next challenge:
Your bike next to a pill box, dragon's teeth (tank traps) or other concrete WW2 fortification.
Well that should give those of us in the South a distinct advantage :thumbup.
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:lol :lol.....iam off out shortly and going to visit a few sites that I know off, the biggest problem will be getting close enough to get the fazer in the picture......i do know of one thats right next to the road but not very impressive looking though and possibly not original, I'll let the judge decide :rolleyes........will get me out though :)
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Ok, next challenge:
Your bike next to a pill box, dragon's teeth (tank traps) or other concrete WW2 fortification.
Well that should give those of us in the South a distinct advantage :thumbup.
Yeah, that occurred to me after I set this challenge. But maybe those further north could find something along the coast? Ah well, not many people seem to be getting involved in this just lately anyway.
And @ fazerscotty: no one who buys the Sun can read anyway, but it was cheaper than the others :lol
YOUR BIKE NEXT TO A CONCRETE WW2 FORTIFICATION
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What, like this?
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Yeah, something similar to that dazza. Know of any near you? :lol
Go on then, next challenge.
EDIT: Hang on a minute...isn't this supposed to be your :faz next to the subject? :deal
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Well, if you read rule no.1, which I believe you wrote, it says, your bike. No mention of fazer :D.
But.....I don't care, winning this two years on the trot becomes tiresome. :lol
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Actually, that was copied from Fizzy Pies rules from the previous year, but you're right. I think you should get this one, this time, but should we change the rule to say Fazers only?
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you bunch of cheating bastards.ive ridden my FAZER 80 foccin miles to get these piccies .....
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forgot to mention.....pershore bridge in ...... ummmm.pershore......tank proof but not FAZER proof :D
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you bunch of cheating bastards.ive ridden my FAZER 80 foccin miles to get these piccies .....
That's decided then. Dazza definitely wins this one :rollin
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right thats it.youvd done it now.....iam on strike.no more posts from me.....
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iam not joking...i mean it.....
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:nana
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:moon
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Now this^^ is more like FOC-U :lol
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:lol
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Threat or promise, Paul???
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nasty red dont make promises... :2guns
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Next challenge......Your bike next to a bikini clad woman :D or to give red a chance....A bluerinser
well it is summer
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Well I am now in a disciplinary meeting for suggesting that my co-worker should strip down and lay over my bike... apparently I was "inappropriate" and "out of order" :rolleyes
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next challenge...your FAZER next to a big bridge.......easy.i win :lol
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next challenge....your FAZER at weston suoer mare bike night....30 mins away :nana
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Next challenge: your bike next to a tied up and gagged red98 :lol
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Where's he live......... :lol
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Ok ok a jokes a joke......can someone please untie me now :\
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Mmmmmmmm...iam sure deadeye said he works in an all male office :pokefun :lol
Dazza....iam struggling with this one, went down to see my mum and shes not too keen on the idea... :rolleyes
pick another challenge to keep things moving along...... :)
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:lol Shame Red, it's gonna be a scorcher weekend, apparently :rolleyes But in the interest of keeping it moving....
It's that time of year.....Your bike with a combine harvester in view.
I may have a ride down to Rye and Camber this weekend and show you how it's done with a sneaky stealth shot 8) :lol
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nice easy challenge dazza...lots out at the moment and a nice summers day here in south bucks :)
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Just to show you red how possible the bikini shot was :D
Think we're going to have to repeat that one Foccer's.
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Go on then :rolleyes...whats the story behind this one, or is it the old dazza charm working overtime ;)
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Go on then :rolleyes ...whats the story behind this one, or is it the old dazza charm working overtime ;)
Will tell you when I see ya, can't divulge my secrets on a public forum :lol All, I will say is, as I pulled into Camber sea front car park I just missed a perfect 10 in the tiniest bikini you've ever seen. By the time I had stopped, ripped my gloves off and fumbled about for my phone, the opportunity had gone......then the moral dilemma bit hit me as we waited for her to come back feeling and probably looking very suspicious, not helped by our fits of laughter and trying to stand casual and inconspicuous. :evil
Obviously, you have to have their consent, otherwise it just feels wrong.....But, I still think a good challenge for a Foccer to get of a random bikini clad beauty(with her consent) just got to be a bit creative on how you approach them. :lol
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Mmmmmmmm...iam sure deadeye said he works in an all male office :pokefun :lol
Wait what... I missed something somewhere :\
My office is currently a 50:50 split on gender...
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Mmmmmmmm...iam sure deadeye said he works in an all male office :pokefun :lol
Wait what... I missed something somewhere :\
My office is currently a 50:50 split on gender...benders and weekend cross dressers
:eek :eek :eek :b
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:rollin :rollin :rollin
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So..... Where are we with this?
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I would tell the sexy blonde with a bikini on that my mum wont give me the 100 million fortune until I have settled down with a beautiful princess and become a family man,,,,,,can you sit on my bike so I can get a picture of you,,princess,,,,mum will love you........me too................oh and my pervy mates on their laptops with a can of fosters in their sweaty hands
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Will be at Brands Hatch KFB ride skills, on 24th, perhaps I can get a hunky Fireman draped across my bike, of if I am really lucky Shakey! 8)
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Already got that one Christine :D
(http://i1003.photobucket.com/albums/af157/harryhornby/IMG_1305_1.jpg)
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Mmmm would of thought some foccer would of got this by now :rolleyes.....lets see what I can find........
nope....tooooo late...
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No no no......too late again :\
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:o definitely too late here........
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Ahhh haaa.....iam getting warm :).......too early but getting close now :thumbup
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Come on, I know your out there somewhere....can hear a distant rumble not far away, must be close now ;)
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Look closely foccers.....think ive found one :D
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Last piccie not close enough for you ?......think thats a point too me :D :D :D :lol
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Dont count -- as its only half a combine harvester, it hasnt got the bit on the front
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Ouch....thats a bit harsh, not so sharp, fazersharp......the yellow ones complete ;) :lol
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agreed, looks like a tractor to me. :b
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Blimey some people are hard to please when it comes to agricultural machinery aint they!! :lol. I'd say you have convincingly nailed that one red:thumbup
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Yeh I was only having a little poke.As it was already nailed with the photo before it --- well done
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ok.....lets move on :) ....next challenge YOUR FAZER WITH SOMETHING THAT PUTS THE "GREAT" IN GREAT BRITAIN. can be anything you like,old,new as long as its british .......example below,thinking caps on foccers ;)
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Shame it has to be my Fazer in the photo - here's my GSX in front of something that put "Great" into Britain :lol :lol
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I drive past the spit and hurricane every day paul, did you get questioned for pulling up outside strike command. ?
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well spotted stevie ;) .....gatehouse keeper was keeping a close eye on me,theres a couple of boards telling you about the BRITISH ICONS so no reason to moan about people stopping to have a look....ive seen quite a few of these copies around the country...great to see and make a great picture :D
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Shame it has to be my Fazer in the photo - here's my GSX in front of something that put "Great" into Britain :lol :lol
nice piccie FAZERSCOTTY :thumbup .....are you related to DAZZA by any chance ? :pokefun :lol
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Shame it has to be my Fazer in the photo - here's my GSX in front of something that put "Great" into Britain :lol :lol
nice piccie FAZERSCOTTY :thumbup .....are you related to DAZZA by any chance ? :pokefun :lol
Dazza - never met the man - why?
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Shame it has to be my Fazer in the photo - here's my GSX in front of something that put "Great" into Britain :lol :lol
nice piccie FAZERSCOTTY :thumbup .....are you related to DAZZA by any chance ? :pokefun :lol
Dazza - never met the man - why?
Refer to reply #106 on....I think :lol
Is that Vulcan XH 558 in your photo?. Great pic :thumbup.
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:lol :lol :lol just pullin your leg FAZERSCOTTY :lol....tell you what, if nobody posts a better picture by the weekend your the winner ;)
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Shame it has to be my Fazer in the photo - here's my GSX in front of something that put "Great" into Britain :lol :lol
nice piccie FAZERSCOTTY :thumbup .....are you related to DAZZA by any chance ? :pokefun :lol
Dazza - never met the man - why?
Refer to reply #106 on....I think :lol
Is that Vulcan XH 558 in your photo?. Great pic :thumbup .
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No its not XH588, its XM655 :rollin
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Xm655 is based at wellsbourne in warwickshire... visited it when xh558 did the v force tour the other month.
( closet plane spotter ).... ;) :rollin
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Worth mentioning that 2015 is the last flying/display season for XH558, the only airworthy Vulcan, before it is grounded. Never fails to impress :).
http://www.vulcantothesky.org/appearances.html (http://www.vulcantothesky.org/appearances.html)
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Xm655 is based at wellsbourne in warwickshire... visited it when xh558 did the v force tour the other month.
( closet plane spotter ).... ;) :rollin
I took a picture the same day of XH588 flying over XM655 :D
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Go on then FAZERSCOTTY........set the next challenge...
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Thats a cool pic !
I was there when it first took off after its rebuild - there as in in, the road at the edge of the aerodrome on my fazer. I was talking to people who had traveled miles and miles and was a bit embarrassed when they asked me how far I came when I said err "down the road"
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Ooooo......
Now lets see :lol :lol :lol
Your Fazer, in the close company of Harley Davidson's... :rollin :rollin :rollin
(Two wheeled ones - we've covered combines etc..)
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Ooooo......
Now lets see :lol :lol :lol
Your Fazer, in the close company of Harley Davidson's... :rollin :rollin :rollin
(Two wheeled ones - we've covered combines etc..)
Isn't that against rule number 7? using other bikes.
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Good point.....I tend to forget about the rules quite a lot :lol :lol
Give me a few hours and I'll come up with another challenge.
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Had a thought - your FAZER pictured with the strangest named pub in the background.....
Will be off line for a few days as off to the Ogri - hee hee may even catch a snap or two on the way...... :lol :lol
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One man's strange is another man's normal :rolleyes Just look at Exupnut, we all think he's strange but to him, he's perfectly normal. :D
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One man's strange is another man's normal :rolleyes Just look at Exupnut, we all think he's strange but to him, he's perfectly normal. :D
:rollin :rollin :rollin I think there are a few others as well...............
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Bit late now for the challenge but this is cool https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=zJoGZd3-Qg5U.kTPfHSkobhU4 (https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=zJoGZd3-Qg5U.kTPfHSkobhU4) from the vulcan to the sky facebook page they do it for all the shows so you could have a ride out to any point on the line and get a shot of your bike with this in the air
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Had a thought - your FAZER pictured with the strangest named pub in the background.....
Will be off line for a few days as off to the Ogri - hee hee may even catch a snap or two on the way...... :lol :lol
This be my entry :D
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Nice entry YFM :eek.....thats going to take some beating, out on the fazer after sunday roast, will see what I can find ;)
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I wish to claim victory :D.
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I think its yours YFF.....go on, set the next challenge...
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Agreed, it's gotta be yours YamFazFan.
Looking forward to the next challenge!
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It's surprisingly difficult to think of things that are challenging but achievable, as opposed to challenging nigh-on impossible isn't it! :rolleyes.
How about this one..Your bike pictured with a decommissioned old red telephone box that has now been put to a different use.
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A public toilet?
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Mmmmmmm...seen a couple that have been converted to showers.....bloody hard getting my fazer in the picture though :lol.....going t search the interweb for this one ;)
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does it count if its in someones garden and you can just about see it over the fence :D
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Here's an example that's now a miniature library :book
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Defibrillator one
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nice one val....looks like a winner to me....this is all i could find.still in use as a call box.thought they stopped using them years ago...
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Yep that's a definite winner Val :thumbup. Well done :).
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Thanks next challenge your bike and woman statue monument
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cant it be a bloke.. theres like no women round here
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cant it be a bloke.. theres like no women round here
Can be a bloke that plays dame :lol
http://www.kentonline.co.uk/canterbury/news/dave-lee---to-be-16676/ (http://www.kentonline.co.uk/canterbury/news/dave-lee---to-be-16676/)
Where exactly in South East Paul?
I am sure we can find some woman there :rollin
Seriously:
http://www.shutterstock.com/pic-56991397/stock-photo-mary-anne-rogers-memorial-southampton-monument-to-mary-anne-rogers-a-stewardess-on-the-stella-who.html (http://www.shutterstock.com/pic-56991397/stock-photo-mary-anne-rogers-memorial-southampton-monument-to-mary-anne-rogers-a-stewardess-on-the-stella-who.html)
I think we can relax the challenge and also accept any female pet statue :)
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If I sort the axle washer, this one's mine by the end of the week!
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How's this?
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Looks good, Mr Crazy!
NEXT.........
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Not for me im afraid as that is not a statue of a woman -- it is a Frese of a child and woman. The challenge was a statue of a woman for which I have got nailed tomorrow.
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lol worth a try :lol
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This is a statue of Bertha, Queen of Kent, Princess of the Franks. AD597
(http://i1003.photobucket.com/albums/af157/harryhornby/IMG_2076.jpg)
And as a bonus pic, for those that care this is Ethelbert, King of Kent, Bretwalda of the English AD597
(http://i1003.photobucket.com/albums/af157/harryhornby/IMG_2078.jpg)
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i snoozed--- i loozed.
looks good to me
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Cheers Mr Sharp, I did say if I got the bike fixed last night I had a good one lined up, I was convinced you would get there first.
This week, Wayne Rooney became the fattest and shittest England player to score 50 goals, to mark this "amazing" achievement the next challenge is:
YOU FAZER IN FRONT OF FOOTBALL GOAL
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Being scored or goal post only
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ooooo good thinking, I was just going for a goal..... hang on I'm changing this one...
YOUR BIKE BEING THE GOALIE AS YOU RECREATE FAT BOY'S 50TH GOAL FOR ENGLAND (IT WAS A PENALTY IN CASE YOU CARE (FOOTBALL POSTS OR JUMPERS FOR GOALPOSTS IT MATTERS NOT, IT'S ALL ABOUT THE RE-CREATION)).
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I wish I never fecking asked :fish
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I wish I never fecking asked :fish
:lol :lol
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ooooo good thinking, I was just going for a goal..... hang on I'm changing this one...
YOUR BIKE BEING THE GOALIE AS YOU RECREATE FAT BOY'S 50TH GOAL FOR ENGLAND (IT WAS A PENALTY IN CASE YOU CARE (FOOTBALL POSTS OR JUMPERS FOR GOALPOSTS IT MATTERS NOT, IT'S ALL ABOUT THE RE-CREATION)).
Ok here is mine recreation. The garage gate is the football gate, my bike is Wayne, the paper roll is the ball after the shot in the right side, also I am using a flashlight torch to recreate the Tuesday's night 50th goal night stadium lighting. Seems legit?
(http://i62.tinypic.com/e0hcba.jpg)
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ooooo good thinking, I was just going for a goal..... hang on I'm changing this one...
YOUR BIKE BEING THE GOALIE
:deal
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Can we let him have it as it is a stupid challenge.
(im still crying from having the last challenge stolen from me )
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Iam with you FAZERSHARP...vals gone to good effort there, but its not got him out on his fazer......let VAL win and set the next challenge.......something like...your fazer at the seaside with half a dozen other fazers and a few thousand other bikes ;)
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teee heee, I thought it was fun and a bit different, and not all that hard :b
Do try harder guys.
Mr Sharp, you're just bitter because you lost out on the statue :lol
Sigh..... go on then, yes Val, you "win" that one!
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BITTER !!!
I havent stopped crying
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teee heee, I thought it was fun and a bit different, and not all that hard :b
Do try harder guys.
Mr Sharp, you're just bitter because you lost out on the statue :lol
Sigh..... go on then, yes Val, you "win" that one!
Thank you guys. I am not sure how hard we are supoosed to make these challenges you know?
I have prepared few pretty nasty ones. So here we go you choose from these 2:
Your bike next to the Her Majesty the Queen and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
OR
Your bike next to the river lock
Which one is to be??
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A river lock or a canal lock or the actual river Lock (dosn't exist)dose it ?
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next to THE river lock? You mean there is only one, where is it?
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A river lock or a canal lock or the actual river Lock (dosn't exist)dose it ?
next to THE river lock? You mean there is only one, where is it?
Obviously I need to polish my grammar:
Your bike next to any river/canal lock
For example This is the lock on the River Thames (https://www.bing.com/images/search?q=River+Thames&FORM=IDBBCQ) upstream of Henley.
(http://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/02/72/02/2720241_da3c51b1.jpg)
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That will be MARSH LOCK then.....wont get you fazer anywhere near there, pedestrians only.....iam close to the thames and bolters lock at maidenhead runs parallel to the road so easy to get a piccie, out with the lofo's tomorrow but could take a detour, an early piccie of the misty thames could make a good piccie...
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there you go....boulters lock on the thames at maidenhead.
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Clear win Paul :lol
What is next than?
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Cheers VAL...took that at 8.00am this morning before meeting up with the lofo's and riding to brighton.not a bit of mist in sight, will try a bit earlier next time :o........anyway, next challenge........your fazer at a place of OUTSTANDING NATURAL BEAUTY........riding across the south downs I stumbled on this view, looking west towards the A22 which is the road I should have been on :lol
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Cheers VAL...took that at 8.00am this morning before meeting up with the lofo's and riding to brighton.not a bit of mist in sight, will try a bit earlier next time :o ........anyway, next challenge........your fazer at a place of OUTSTANDING NATURAL BEAUTY........riding across the south downs I stumbled on this view, looking west towards the A22 which is the road I should have been on :lol
Here it is nice vista near Windsor this morning:
(http://i57.tinypic.com/nq9t05.jpg)
(http://i62.tinypic.com/afkmbo.jpg)
(http://i57.tinypic.com/2k28ep.jpg)
(http://i57.tinypic.com/verti9.jpg)
INB4 the challenge says "your fazer at a place of OUTSTANDING NATURAL BEAUTY" which can be any nice vista :lol
The challenge does NOT say Area of Oustanding Natural Beauty which is AONB and it is defined as specific areas and is completely different story :eek
I claim my 5 spondidos now :rollin
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Guys are you still there? :lol
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ooooops....sorry val,not checked this thread since i set the challenge :o .......yep,that looks like a winner to me.....go on,set the next challenge :)
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thank you Paul,
so Next challenge is your bike next to tatched cottage :)
something like that:
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/32/Thatched_Cottage,_Cockington_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1769523.jpg)
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OK fellas, I know these recent challenges have been completed and I know my bike isn't in the pic, but can I have a Brucie Bonus for getting something that puts the Great into Great Britain, a combine harvester andpossibly??a concrete WW2 fortification all in the same photo? ;) .
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OK fellas, I know these recent challenges have been completed and I know my bike isn't in the pic, but can I have a Brucie Bonus for getting something that puts the Great into Great Britain,
Well in that case if we are doing old challenges I have one also for the something that puts the Great into Great Britain, only my bike is in the shot, Vulcan Bomber taken last week
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The weather is fine I hope we can do that till the end of the week, because I can't mak it easier that that :)
Just to remind you the Next challenge is your bike next to tatched cottage
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ta daaaaaa.......a few miles south of loomies on the A32....
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ta daaaaaa.......a few miles south of loomies on the A32....
Spooky :lol and it is a winner :lol
What next Paul?
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Ummmm arrrrrrrrrr errrrrrrr.......getting harder to think of a new challenge, let me have a think and I'll post in time for the weekend ;)
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can you post today, Red? I've got the bike out today! :b
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Still got your bike out HARRY ?........the next challenge....YOUR FAZER AND A "BEST KEPT VILLAGE"SIGN.......this one taken today in MARLOW, BUCKS.......a town :lol
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It's far too pikey where I live to get anything like that! LOL
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It's far too pikey where I live to get anything like that! LOL
"It's a local pub for local people." :lol
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HARRY......thats why we play this game :pokefun ....get on your bike and go and find one :rolleyes
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a helping hand for HARRY....get yourself on the A2 down to "coldred"....not to be confused with "cool red" ;) ....dont tell DAZZA he plays dirty and will pinch the challenge off you :rolleyes ......i expect to see a piccie by the end of the day ;)
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Here it is guys enjoy :)
(http://i58.tinypic.com/sxp4ls.jpg)
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I have an idea for a challenge :lol
How about Next challenge your bike next to a sternwheeler or a paddle steamer
Hint: its easy for Red ;)
Like this ones...
Sample sternwheeler:
(http://media-cdn.tripadvisor.com/media/photo-s/04/4f/d8/94/sternwheeler-columbia.jpg)
Sample paddle steamer:
(http://aluminiumpaddlesteamer.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/K4CB4AED0C97_1000017.JPG)
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Nice one val :thumbup....see HARRY its easy, your too slow, but I knew that already :pokefun
VAL.... you going for the boat challenge then ?
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Nice one val :thumbup ....see HARRY its easy, your too slow, but I knew that already :pokefun
VAL.... you going for the boat challenge then ?
Yes I am Paul, the boat challenge is easy if you know where the boat is :lol
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Ok....was thinking "African queen"which is moored on the thames somewhere, but thinking about it I dont think its a paddle jobbie :o....will have to do some homework ..
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Mmmmmmmm day off tomorrow but what to do......think I might take a bimble to windsor ;)
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Mmmmmmmm day off tomorrow but what to do......think I might take a bimble to windsor ;)
Wrong direction the code word is Henley...on Thames ;)
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Hobbs of henley, bit tricky getting the bike close enough, was thinking french brothers in windsor.....good excuse to do both ;)
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:D :D :D :D no one else playing then ?....ive been out and about this morning... :D :D :D :D
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:useless
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I'm out on the bike this afo, but don't hold much hope of finding one of those boats out on the fen drains :lol
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:lol....got to give the lazy foccers a chance... :lol
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:lol....got to give the lazy foccers a chance... :lol
:lol. I blame the rugby last night ;)
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Was there a match on ? :rolleyes..........went to windsor this morning, no paddle steamer here :\......mmmmm where did I go next ?....
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Well my search for a wheelypaddlesteamerthingy boat was a lost cause :(...as expected :lol
Did you actually find one on your early morning jaunt Red??
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ooooohhhhhhhhhhhh yeeesssssssssssssssssssss
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Well done Paul :thumbup
Go on then, next challenge. Not sure I'll take it up, but out and about soon, so need to know what it's going to be, just in case ;)
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ooooohhhhhhhhhhhh yeeesssssssssssssssssssss
Good job Paul I am glad you found the "New Orleans" sternwheeler :lol
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Those piccies make the mighty thou look clean,not washed it for a few months :o....
an easy one for me, I spend a lot of time messing about on the thames, only one thing I enjoy more ;)
So, next challenge.........lots going on with the battle of britain anniversary celebrations, which is always great to see, but what about the other armed forces, seen a few tanks on here so......YOUR FAZER WITH SOMETHING ASSOCIATED WITH THE ROYAL NAVY....can be anything, got to be worth 2 points if anyone can get a aircraft carrier in the picture...... ;)
on your bikes foccers.............
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So, next challenge.........lots going on with the battle of britain anniversary celebrations, which is always great to see, but what about the other armed forces, seen a few tanks on here so......YOUR FAZER WITH SOMETHING ASSOCIATED WITH THE ROYAL NAVY....can be anything, got to be worth 2 points if anyone can get a aircraft carrier in the picture...... ;)
That's an excellent challenge, particularly for folks like me- I don't think I could be any further away from the coast!
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Carlton barracks, leeds......on your bike, CELTICDOG..... :pokefun
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So, next challenge.........lots going on with the battle of britain anniversary celebrations, which is always great to see, but what about the other armed forces, seen a few tanks on here so......YOUR FAZER WITH SOMETHING ASSOCIATED WITH THE ROYAL NAVY....can be anything, got to be worth 2 points if anyone can get a aircraft carrier in the picture...... ;)
on your bikes foccers.............
Dammit, went past RNAS Culdrose yesterday :\
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I've got this one covered on Thursday (unless I get beaten to it)
YOUR FAZER WITH SOMETHING ASSOCIATED WITH THE ROYAL NAVY
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Best hurry harry :lol....nick crisp is on his bike travelling up the north coast of cornwall heading towards bristol....my guess , hes got the piccie already ;)
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Best hurry harry :lol ....nick crisp is on his bike travelling up the north coast of cornwall heading towards bristol....my guess , hes got the piccie already ;)
I had thought of heading down to Devonport, but it didn't work out that way today. However, there is a possibility for something tomorrow on the way home ;)
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HARRY........the clock is ticking...... :lol
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HARRY........the clock is ticking...... :lol
Yes beter hurry Harry I am filling my petrol tank tomorrow :lol
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You didn't hurry up Harry; too late :D
(http://i1291.photobucket.com/albums/b550/nicknicklxs/DSCN1507_zpsc6ob0qr6.jpg) (http://s1291.photobucket.com/user/nicknicklxs/media/DSCN1507_zpsc6ob0qr6.jpg.html)
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I couldn't hurry up, I've been in Canterbury all week, but heading to Chatham for work tomorrow (thursday), would have been the Dockyard.
Nice one, Nick
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You didn't hurry up Harry; too late :D
([url]http://i1291.photobucket.com/albums/b550/nicknicklxs/DSCN1507_zpsc6ob0qr6.jpg[/url]) ([url]http://s1291.photobucket.com/user/nicknicklxs/media/DSCN1507_zpsc6ob0qr6.jpg.html[/url])
Obviously neither me or Harry has made it, I was planning to go to Sea cadets tomorrow :'(
Anyway give us the next one would you?
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Ahhhh fleet air arm museum, right on my doorstep but I was too busy picking mine up from the garage floor grrr
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Ok, keeping with a nautical theme, next challenge is your Fazer and a sea-fishing boat.
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You didn't hurry up Harry; too late :D
([url]http://i1291.photobucket.com/albums/b550/nicknicklxs/DSCN1507_zpsc6ob0qr6.jpg[/url]) ([url]http://s1291.photobucket.com/user/nicknicklxs/media/DSCN1507_zpsc6ob0qr6.jpg.html[/url])
Dubious link to Royal Navy! bloody WAFU's lol
good shout, mine in with mechanics otherwise I was gonna stick my Beret on it and post that lol
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Nice one nick :thumbup.....80miles to the seaside for me, could be a trip at the weekend if weather permits ;)
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Rode past RNAS Yeovilton yesterday and Tuesday. Both times I planned to stop, both times I forgot!!!! Damn.
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There you go......at least one of those tugs must belong to a fisherman..... :thumbup
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There you go......at least one of those tugs must belong to a fisherman..... :thumbup
Tugs aside are you not forgetting something here Paul...the bike :lol
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Ah,thought I'd forgotten something :o :lol.....how about this one then, if you look closely you can see richard Branson dangling his rod in the salty water :thumbup
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FAIL!
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:'(................................ :lol
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It's been a while, can we have another challenge?
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It's been a while, can we have another challenge?
:agree
Yes give us another one please can't bear the wait no more :lol
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Good grief! Can no one get to somewhere with a fishing boat? Perhaps if you all tell me what's right on your doorstep, I can make it a bit easier for you :pokefun - it is after all, Bike Picture Challenge!
Ok, new challenge:
Your Fazer with trees in autumn colours. Bonus points for putting some effort in :rolleyes
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For foc sake you set the rules Nick...... please see below
3. Challenge is good for a week; if it is not met after that time, the previous picture poster picks a new challenge.
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[/size]Just saying! :pokefun :kiss
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For foc sake you set the rules Nick...... please see below
3. Challenge is good for a week; if it is not met after that time, the previous picture poster picks a new challenge.
Just saying! :pokefun :kiss
See what? Sorry, I don't own a foccin microscope.
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oh for foc sake, stupid focing cut and paste on this site!!
Your rules from page one...
3. Challenge is good for a week; if it is not met after that time, the previous picture poster picks a new challenge.
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1. I didn't make the rules.
2. It was 20 days after expiry of the fishing boat challenge before you asked for a new challenge. In a hurry Harry? :lol
3. I absolved myself of all responsibility for this challenge when I started this thread :D
4. I'm infallible, and therefore accept no blame for being lazy not resetting the challenge after 7 days :b
5. I couldn't quite believe no one was capable of completing the challenge I set.
6. Done the latest challenge yet? :rollin
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I don't know what the next challenge is, you've not followed your rule number 5 :book :pokefun :deal :lol
5. Keep comments to a minimum; if you comment, post the current challenge in bold type after your comment.
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TREES!! FOCCIN AUTUMN TREES!! ALRIGHT?
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Mmmmmmmm...surprised no one got the boat challenge, I did try but the nearest coast for me is 80 ish miles :\.....more suited to a foccer who lives close to the coast.........now let me think...where does mr hornby live :rolleyes :rolleyes :rolleyes
lets speed things up a bit, iam off on my fazer now, give me a few minutes and I'll have a piccie for you :thumbup
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phewwww......there you go.....my fazer and some foccin trees.easy :thumbup
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phewwww......there you go.....my fazer and some foccin trees.easy :thumbup
Hmmm. They don't look very autumnal :b
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A little peak at the image data says this
Shooting Date/Time 18/10/2015 16:56:03
lets speed things up a bit, iam off on my fazer now, give me a few minutes and I'll have a piccie for you ([url]http://foc-u.co.uk/Smileys/efocicon/thumbup.gif[/url])
Should read----- Iam looking at what shots I already have to trick everyone that I have just done the challenge
So the photo was taken BEFORE the challenge was issued, rules state the pic has to be taken AFTER the challenge is issued (me lud ) :deal
Should be banned from 5 future challenges
( I am sill crying from having the woman statue one stolen from me my someone getting up at 6am )
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:lol....you took your time... :lol
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A little peak at the image data says this
Shooting Date/Time 18/10/2015 16:56:03
lets speed things up a bit, iam off on my fazer now, give me a few minutes and I'll have a piccie for you ([url]http://foc-u.co.uk/Smileys/efocicon/thumbup.gif[/url])
Should read----- Iam looking at what shots I already have to trick everyone that I have just done the challenge
So the photo was taken BEFORE the challenge was issued, rules state the pic has to be taken AFTER the challenge is issued (me lud ) :deal
Should be banned from 5 future challenges
( I am sill crying from having the woman statue one stolen from me my someone getting up at 6am )
I am with fazersharp on that :lol
Red posts at 6:28pm that he is gonna do a picci for us, forgets that sunset today was at 4:41pm so at at the time "he was taking" the picture it was already proper dark LOL :rollin :rollin :rollin
phewwww......there you go.....my fazer and some foccin trees.easy ([url]http://foc-u.co.uk/Smileys/efocicon/thumbup.gif[/url]) Posted by: red98 « on: Today at 06:28:59 PM »
Mmmmmmmm...surprised no one got the boat challenge, I did try but the nearest coast for me is 80 ish miles ([url]http://foc-u.co.uk/Smileys/efocicon/undecided.gif[/url]).....more suited to a foccer who lives close to the coast.........now let me think...where does mr hornby live ([url]http://foc-u.co.uk/Smileys/efocicon/rolleyes.gif[/url]) ([url]http://foc-u.co.uk/Smileys/efocicon/rolleyes.gif[/url]) ([url]http://foc-u.co.uk/Smileys/efocicon/rolleyes.gif[/url])
lets speed things up a bit, iam off on my fazer now, give me a few minutes and I'll have a piccie for you
IMO we should do with Red what they have done with Rossi :eek
So I am afraid the challenge is still unchallenged :lol
Your Fazer with trees in autumn colours.
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Well done val.....bit bloody slow though :lol....check my history and you will see ive used that piccie before :lol
I'll be out and about this weekend looking for the perfect piccie, no cheating I promise ;)
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Fresh off the press this morning!
This is the entrance to the famed Norton Priory walled garden which is part of the abbey complex dating back to the 12th century, apparently containing the most important monastic remains in Cheshire ( info courtesy of wikipedia...)
I wanted a wider shot but some bloke walking his dog was loitering to the left of the pic and after waiting for a bit I got the impression he thought he was stopping some organized crime and wouldn't budge. His dog assumed the "I'm about to vacate my bowels" pose seconds before this was taken so I zoomed it in.. In hindsight it might have been better with it!
(https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5684/22380372079_ea5b68d6f5_z.jpg)
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That'll do it NW. Interesting story too :lol Next challenge please!
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Next challenge:
your bike next to a dog assuming the pos... :)
Lets keep it festive, Your bike with something Haloweeny in the background. Spooky!
And please, a self carved turnip balancing on your petrol tank won't be good enough.
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Lets keep it festive, Your bike with something Haloweeny in the background. Spooky!
It is spooky I found scary pumpkins today :eek
(http://i64.tinypic.com/fbdiye.jpg)
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Shall we give it till Saturday?
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Not to dis your pic there val :)
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Not to dis your pic there val :)
Would you collaborate why not? You have said Halloweeny in the background found a neighbour with scary carved pumpkins
Would you be more specific what exactly is your challenge then? Can't go more Halloween then spooky carved pumpkins.
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It's just a bit dishearteningly poor, looks like four rotting pumpkins by the roadside. I guess it ticks the boxes.
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It's just a bit dishearteningly poor, looks like four rotting pumpkins by the roadside. I guess it ticks the boxes.
That is the best I can do here. I live in Bracknell. We are so poor here people from the church would run over animals in front of my house to help with food :eek
If that is really fine with you Next challenge will be your bike with bonfire or people dressed in Halloween costumes.
This way we can have some really fancy festive photos. Not from me though :lol
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Fair do's, fine with me.
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guys today is the day to do this one :)
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guys today is the day to do this one :)
You've obviously not been to Barnsley!
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a few displays on this weekend,could be our last chance ;)
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What about a picture of a hedge
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Hmm I have a fence
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Next challenge will be your bike with bonfire or people dressed in Halloween costumes. Or Sainsbury Halloween poster ad.
Anything scary really. No excessive stuff like hedges, fences or lamp posts though. Try not to potato yourself doing the challenge... :)
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I tried, cruises round Preston looking for a bommy but they are all paid entry, no photo opportunities :(
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Can we have a new one then now bonfire night is all over
I am about to nip off for a quick spin
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Next Challenge: YOUR BIKE NEXT TO ANYTHING THAT MR SHARP MIGHT BE RIDING PAST TODAY.
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what's his travel radius?
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No idea, he said he's out on his bike this afternoon and I know he still cries into his cornflakes at the thought of missing the female statue one because I beat him to it, so I'm just trying to make it nice and easy for him! If he fails this one there is something very very wrong with the man! :b
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I'm heading out on mine shortly, heavy rain all the way home..... joy
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Can we have a new one then now bonfire night is all over
I am about to nip off for a quick spin
ok then we have missed all the scary stuff :lol
Next challenge is your bike with swan or canada gouse in the background
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Well its no fecking use to me at 7.30 pm when I was out at 12.30
Started raining so I came home soon after anyway
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ok guys the weather is perfect today any chance we can have:
Next challenge is your bike with swan or canada gouse in the background?? Any bird in a lake or a pond will do honestly :lol
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Well no swans around but here is a lovely pond...
Moor Park this morning. Couple of ducks came to inspect the bike, one just to the right of the offside mirror and there is one causing the wake above my top box.
(https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5686/23238487555_bef59a10c3_z.jpg)
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ah, one must have walked by for a frame...
(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/673/23238936515_cb215a21bf_z.jpg)
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ah, one must have walked by for a frame...
(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/673/23238936515_cb215a21bf_z.jpg)
:thumbup Sounds real to me :lol next challenge please?
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Must have been a really cold day...that swan's got icicles hanging off it's beak! :eek.
How comes the pond isn't frozen? :lol
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:) OK next challenge, your bike next to a concrete milestone marker.
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:) OK next challenge, your bike next to a concrete milestone marker.
Here it is concrete milestone marker grade 2 listed in Ascot :)
(http://farm1.staticflickr.com/737/23284682531_616a7454e0_b.jpg)
Next Challenge your bike next to a Christmas tree
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Nice one!
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Nice one!
Thank you today was a perfect sunny day not bad for winter :)
Next Challenge your bike next to a Christmas tree
Here is an example one in Windsor:
(http://farm1.staticflickr.com/658/22835261719_06a372af93_h.jpg)
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Lovely wet day for a piccy!
This morning, Deepdale Retail Park.
(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/750/23407376981_5a2f64b665_z.jpg)
Next Challenge:
Your bike outside a shop with a festive display in the window.
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(http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5674/23470135286_c53201415b_k.jpg)
Next challenge your bike and Santa's sleigh Rudolph is a bonus :lol
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Guys apparently sleigh is hard to find so
Next challenge your bike and Santa's sleigh Rudolph is a bonus or any Christmas market.
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No sleigh I'm afraid (or elvses...)
Had to pop to town on way to work to collect a missed parcel which turned out to be an R1 rear wheel that I couldn't get in my top box :( will have to get it tomorrow in the car!
Prestons Internationally acclaimed Christmas Markets, talked about as in as far flung places such as Lancashire.
(https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5807/23043827653_ecaede8e51_z.jpg)
As this forum seems to be religiously diverse lately...
Next Challenge, your bike next to a mosque
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festive Christmas mosque it is:
(http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5679/23612272182_9396e4a82d_h.jpg)
Note minaret's dangling Christmas lights :lol
now to keep the festive spirit Next challenge is your bike next to a Christmas fair with playgrounds etc
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Its been a while - is this one still active or can we have a new one, I think it might be dry and sunny tomorrow
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Its been a while - is this one still active or can we have a new one, I think it might be dry and sunny tomorrow
Ok changing it
Next challenge your bike next to a synagogue
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How's this
It was after the foundation of the partnership between Israel Hart of Canterbury and Joseph Levy of Leicester that the community began to take formal shape. Israel Hart moved to Leicester and in 1874, the Leicester Hebrew Congregation began to be mentioned in the Jewish Chronicle.
The synagogue was built and formally opened in 1898. Built largely thanks to the generosity of Sir Israel Hart, and has recently become a listed building.
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Very nice building :thumbup
next challenge please...
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I think we should keep the theme so
Next challenge - Your bike next to a Sikh Gurdwara (temple)
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I think we should keep the theme so
Next challenge - Your bike next to a Sikh Gurdwara (temple)
Here it is:
(http://farm1.staticflickr.com/684/23862729041_629fa518b1_k.jpg)
(http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5660/23649579720_9409f46955_k.jpg)
(http://farm1.staticflickr.com/642/23945185875_da6e97386c_k.jpg)
Next challenge your bike next to a state house
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Ok well done
You mean like Checquers/ Number 10, or will the local council offices do
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Ok well done
You mean like Checquers/ Number 10, or will the local council offices do
Any will do
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Will a house in a right state suffice?
(http://i1.wp.com/dirishpub.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Rushes-Dump-2.jpg?resize=752%2C561)
:lol :lol
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Nope, you're bike's not in the picture!!! :pokefun
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Nope, you're bike's not in the picture!!! :pokefun
Or maybe it is there, but we do not see it under the plastic bags
:nana :lol
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Its behind the house :lol
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An Ex Cold War Tank? On way back from Slovenija this summer, top of the Wurzen Pass
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My Fazer don't like swimming how about an Italian Mountain Lake? and another from Austria into Italy[Plocken Pass?]. 31 Aug
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How about Welsh Mountain sheep? and one from my own country Wales, 2nd Aug [and dry]
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and one from my own country Wales, 2nd Aug [and dry]
You've got it all wrong mate. This thread is NOT to post your photos -they are nice BTW :)
This is a game we play, do read the first message for the rules, for example:
A reiteration of the rules.
1. All challenges must be of YOUR bike and a landmark, or something obscure or creative, something most people can ride to in their area.
2. Picture has to be taken after challenge is made...
Anyhow:
Next challenge your bike next to a state house.
and no picture with a mountain and your bike will not do the job :lol
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Here you go then
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Here you go then
Looks legit to me :)
you can set up the next challenge than...
Here is some counting do correct me if I am wrong...
Val x8
YFF x2
fazerscotty
red98 x6
dazza
hedgetrimmer x3
risticuss
HarryHornby x4
NorthWestern x8
clayt74
panthor
fazersharp x2
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Ok great.
Im not sure how difficult this is going to turn out to be, but -
Your bike next to a sign saying they sell LEADED petrol
I think it is still sold for use in vintage cars
Like this
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Here it is:
(http://farm2.staticflickr.com/1668/23893013652_b4ca521a43_b.jpg)
(http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5813/23893003702_c16da7bb04_b.jpg)
(http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5787/23373051934_b936a7d009_h.jpg)
Next chalenge your bike with water tower
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Wow - well that was quick, well done
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How's this, top of Hollingbourne Hill, between Sittingbourne and Maidstone.
(http://i1003.photobucket.com/albums/af157/harryhornby/IMG_2262.jpg)
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Yeiks - could that be a record for the fastest challenge done at 1 hour 20 mins.
Next
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How about your bike and a bell?
And when I say bell I mean one of a fair size, up a tower, outdoors, etc i.e not one off your mantlepiece LOL
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How about your bike and a bell?
And when I say bell I mean one of a fair size, up a tower, outdoors, etc i.e not one off your mantlepiece LOL
Fair size bells do not grow on trees, do the tower that has the big bells inside do the job?
Note all big bells are inside a tower and not visible from the outside I doubt the local clergy will let me get inside with the bike :)
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there are places where bells are exposed, I can think of one local to me. So no, a church tower will not suffice. You've got a week lads, a picture of a bell and your bike.
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there are places where bells are exposed, I can think of one local to me. So no, a church tower will not suffice. You've got a week lads, a picture of a bell and your bike.
No problemo Harry I am on it already found it :lol
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so whats the rules ?
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Not too many exposed bells up this way that I can think of. On the breakfast run this morning waiting at the traffic lights and saw this!
This is one of the Bell-Boat "Nelson Buoys" that used to mark the meeting of the Ribble estuary and irish sea. Now it marks the entrance to Preston Docks...
Bell is clearly visible.
(https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5792/23937812051_0899e8bba6_z.jpg)
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That's spot on!!!! oooo we are busy foccers this time of year, the chalenges are coming thick and fast.
Next one please.
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Nice, unusual piccie NW..........iam out today so next challenge please ;)
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OK, I passed one of these this morning. Next challenge, your bike next to a spiral telescopic gas holder
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Here it is:
(http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5708/23414438893_ebb2ccdd5e_h.jpg)
(http://farm2.staticflickr.com/1703/23413006214_fd61921f30_h.jpg)
And that is my 10th one exactly on time for the Mew Year celebrations :woot :photo
Never played this game is there a prize to collect and from where :rollin :lol
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The prize is getting to ride your fazer :lol....go on then, set the next challenge I want an excuse to get out on my fazer :thumbup
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The prize is getting to ride your fazer :lol ....go on then, set the next challenge I want an excuse to get out on my fazer :thumbup
Fair enough see the next one here:
http://foc-u.co.uk/index.php/topic,19011.0.html (http://foc-u.co.uk/index.php/topic,19011.0.html)
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So you've declared yourself winner and took the ball home? Fair enough
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Its not 2016 yet
And there is plenty of time to get more challenges in
challenge is your bike next to a donkey
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Meh, I was in lakes, devil's bridge etc today on the bike, plenty of donkeys etc but the fun has gone with a display of poor sportsmanship... I'm out
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So you've declared yourself winner and took the ball home? Fair enough
You have confused me now. My count shows I have done the 10. The rules say the game is to 10 and we start a new one?
If I'm missing something do tell?
Meh, I was in lakes, devil's bridge etc today on the bike, plenty of donkeys etc but the fun has gone with a display of poor sportsmanship... I'm out
Not sure what that even means?
Anyhow it is just a game. And I've won it :lol
Its not 2016 yet
And there is plenty of time to get more challenges in
challenge is your bike next to a donkey
No problemo I have removed the 2016 thread and the Next challenge is your bike next to a donkey...
For example:
(http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5647/22850221877_16e73dd5c2_c.jpg)
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Will a picture of your bike next to Val count? :pokefun :lol
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Where does this ten pics rule cone in? I must have missed it if so then my remarks are incorrect.
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Where does this ten pics rule cone in? I must have missed it if so then my remarks are incorrect.
Actually you are perfectly right. The ten pics rule is from BCF forum where I also tend to play the same game. No such rule here :wall
You are perfectly right and I am wrong, sorry :fish
Will a picture of your bike next to Val count? :pokefun :lol
I have to say that - probably it will count :eek
I declare myself available for whoever wants to do the picture :rollin
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Will a picture of your bike next to Val count? :pokefun :lol
A five pic penalty in think, I need that winners gold top box dagnabit ;)
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Anyway, back to the plot, isn't that Donkey in Val's pic a horse?? Don't think we can give him that one....
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Looks like a horse to me
challenge is your bike next to a donkey
I think there should be declared a winner at the end of the year and then a new one started in 2016
Maybe also an award for the best challenge picture, Mr Chrisp would be the best judge for this as he started the challenge.
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Maybe also an award for the best challenge picture, Mr Chrisp would be the best judge for this as he started the challenge.
:eek Don't involve me in this viper's nest! I said at the start of the year I wouldn't be running it anymore. I can do without the stress, I've gone back to the comparatively relaxing pursuit of herding cats! :lol
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No you are not running it - we all do. But you started it -- All you have to do is scan through the photos and pick one, I have seen that you have an eye for an image.
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Then you'll all just argue about who should pick the winning photo, and which photo should have won :rollin
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Can some one do this one because I cant find any donkeys, then set a new one and maybe I can get 9 in before 2016 and win
Is it raining tomorrow !
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Can some one do this one because I cant find any donkeys
^^ FOC-U quote of the year? :lol
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Can some one do this one because I cant find any donkeys, then set a new one and maybe I can get 9 in before 2016 and win
Is it raining tomorrow !
I am sorry that I have to say that but you are will need to do two donkyes in order to win :rollin
The weather looks fine just one light rain around 10am.
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Can some one do this one because I cant find any donkeys
^^ FOC-U quote of the year? :lol
Finally ------- Ive focin won something
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The weather looks fine just one light rain around 10am.
No good as that's when I get up. And then I refer you to my quote below
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ok guys the time is ticking you've got about 3 hours left to find that donkey :lol
http://www.timeanddate.com/countdown/newyear?p0=136 (http://www.timeanddate.com/countdown/newyear?p0=136)
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Right here you go you Focers.
All it said was a Donkey
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You win, Mr Sharp, given the amazing effort that Val put into my challenge involving Rooney's 100th goal for England you're one is just as good! :lol
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Can I have it then !
I will see if there is an agreement
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:thumbup
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Actually, you win the whole focin lot for 2015 Mr Sharp and you're prize.......... drum roll.......
You get to organise this competition next year!! :b
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Fine if it is agreed that mine will do then stand by for the 2016 brand new picture challenge, but just as Mr Crisp said " I will start it but I ain't running it"
It is in fact run and policed by us all-- I think that Val has got the most in the year 2015 - well done.
If it is agreed that I have the last one of the year then stand by after midnight and if I can still type by then, there will be a brand new 2016 challenge thread
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Aye, well done val
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Aye, well done val
:thumbup :woot
And cheers to Nick for organising this year's one :)
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I do think that the one who got the most should be the one to set the next years--- thats Val
What say you all ?