Where's Nick The Crisp...

[esetest]

Sorry  to hear about your Dad , my thoughts are with you , I hope things work out for you .  I know how your feeling my Mums in a bad way at the moment .

[Dave48]

I have never met you Nick but always enjoy reading your posts & your pics are top class!
Sadly we all get older and something has to give. My Dad was 79 when he died and I knew when he decided to stop fighting his illness-that was 19 years ago and I miss his wise words.
My Mum is nearly 87 & moved in to my sisters house in Cornwall 2 years ago as she had become physically frail. Consequently my other sister & I regularly make  600 mile round trips to give 1st sister breaks.Not so bad this time of year but not so good in the winter months.
Lost my partner to the dreaded "C" 6 years ago-It was an indescribable experience-she was only 55 and my brother in law succumbed to prostate cancer 2 years ago-age 64.
Wheres this leading?-lifes tough sometimes as you know but for me now I try to live every day to the full-Im 66 and not in the best of health-but the things I see & feel when riding my beloved Rhondda Red-well briefly I become 16 all over again! Nil carborundum desperandum mate, & when you feel crap talk to us-no one escapes times of difficulty in this life. Best wishes to you & your Dad.

[Skippernick]

Noggy, you're just plain off your rocker mate! Think I must be getting old too, cos I don't understand half of what you younger folks say  :lol

I'm glad I was not the only one. :lol
All the best.
Nick

[HarryHornby]

Hey Nick,  I lost my parents within 10 months of eachother in 2011 and 2012, seems strange writing those years, in writing it seems a long time ago, in my heart it was only yesterday!  It's not easy seeing people who are your heros deteriorate.  Hang in there matey, take strength from those around you, battle on and come on here when you need some abuse to keep you grounded 


Maybe give the Europe trip a miss, your Dad needs you more right now and when the worst does happen you'll have a bike trip to plan and something to look forward to.....trust me, you'll need it!  Also, by postponing, you can stick a few quid a month into a little money box and then come the trip you can have the trip you really want rather than one on a budget and one that puts you in the red.


Looking forward to seeing you again on a LOFO ride soon (if I can get a pass from the wife LOL).


oh, PS, dump the yellow bike and get a red one.....the extra speed will make everything ok all the while you're on the bike!  :lol

[ogri48]

Thoughts are with you old son.
Lost my dad fifteen years back at 56. Tough old bastard, but Heart got him in the end. We had a terrible relationship all through my youth, he had made his mistakes, mostly drinking and fighting, and had been locked up a few times ( in truth me and me sisters loved it when he was "working away" as mum called it) and we finally made up a few years before he went. I was devastated, it was like I finally had a dad, then I lost him again. In truth and retrospect, most of the shit between us was my fault, he saw the bikes and bike gangs as me going down a road he was trying to keep me. Off so I didn't make his mistakes. I still miss him, just about every day, but I look back upon some of the things he did, and it makes me smile. He was a rogue..that pisspot helmet of his I wear on the triumph? He always reckoned he was wearing that the night I was concieved, behind the back of the gaiety dance club in Ramsey. Couldn't be bothered to take it off..paint a lovely picture of my mum dunnit lol. Dunno if it's true or was him winding me up, but Wearing that old lid means I get to take him with me on every ride, means more to me than all my bikes put together...all the best to you and your dad nick. Whatever happens, and  trust me on this, he will always be with you in one way or another..

[slimwilly]

Fokkin hell Ogri,, you wear a " fertility helmet!!"  :lol


Be home by 10 wont you