Old man SV=Evil Kinevil

[dizzyblonde]

SO, I went up the lakes yesterday with my friend Mark. We did the magical mystery tour route. Skipton, Grassington via Burstall, Hawes via kettlewell somewhere around Dent then Kendal, and up to Ambleside Backpackers via Ullpah and Wynrose Pass


Not my pic, but yes that is a road

Anyway, on our way on the A590 or something, Mark had gone off ahead, and I start to pass a blue pointy SV facing the wrong way on the other side of the road, closely followed by an epic traffic jam. I carried on for a while thinking should I stop....then I see Mark passing me. SO I turned round, filtered through the line of traffic and parked up.
A few people on mobile phones, scratching heads. No rider..where is Mark? Where is rider? Theres a stone wall with a fence on top and I just see the top of Marks head. Oh plop, this ain't going to be pretty So off I go to help, not that I needed to as mark is an ex ambulance man. Theres an old geezer layed flat on his back on the other side of the wall(which is fairly lower than the road), concious. Mark does all the usual things of checking him over, and keeping him talking, so I popped over the fence, and said 'now then we seem to have an evil kinevil here' to which the man said he didn't know how he got there!

The man was called Alan and he was born in 1931 yes thats right 1931! he'd been riding since he were in his teens. He was very very chatty considering, we got his lid off, but even though he thought he'd be able to get up, we made him lay, until the ambulance came. He had no injuries as far as we could see apart from where his glasses had pushed into his nose. This young man was an extremely lucky man indeed.
The people that were standing around owned a car with a flashy light on top, and as we were on a bit of a blind bend, I asked for the owner if he could park behid Suzy.....didn't want her bashed from the rear, so I played traffic cop and held up the traffic and the car with the flashy light on top reversed, which really did slow the traffic down. Many many people stopped to help, which I found lovely, as round here nobody stopped.
I think Alan had just overcooked the bend, and crashed into the rocks at the side of the wall, which threw him into the field, however he'd done it was spectacular as he landed literally the other side of the wall, and didn't touch the fence. The police came and we moved the broken SV, which was only scratched on the can and the brake lever was broken, but also the gear lever had come off, but no evidence to how the bike had flipped. It was to us rider only accident nothing involved, as the people in the car with flashy light were first to attend, and they found the bike sat in the road.
The ambulance came, Mark handed over to them,

GWS old dude, you really are a lucky fella.

Sounds great fun Glad the chap's ok though, not a nice thing to happen to anyone Good thing Mark and you were passing

Don't think we've done the Wynrose Pass, looks fun

[dizzyblonde]

I think you may have on the Hardy bikers, although then again, I'm pretty sure the decline is far too harsh for it to have been on the route...in fact I'd have remembered the steepness.

Got a great road for Chris to bimble up there to, if you two are ever up there

Hmmm that picture looks more like Hardknott to me....

[Bluepete]

Wrynose is a pain in the butt! It's very technical, steep enough to wheelie without notice (just ask Amarko for the video) and cooks brakes!

I love it!

We met an old bloke on the tops above Settle a few years ago, he was on sticks, with a helmet in his hand. We all thought he would go to one of the old bikes knocking about the car-park, but NO. He had the yellow curvy with Ohlins front and rear! Off he went, I just hope I still have his vigour when I'm old! Just look at those fork legs Dizzy!



Good on you Dizz for stopping and helping, not that I would expect any different from you. I know how few peoplestop and help at RTC's, whatever help we get is REALLY appreciated.

Pete

Hmmm, I have a tendency to stumble accross RTC's and it is rather a pain in the backside! Glad the old dude was ok!

Originally Posted by Bluepete

Good on you Dizz for stopping and helping, not that I would expect any different from you. I know how few peoplestop and help at RTC's, whatever help we get is REALLY appreciated.

Pete

Plumbers need help at RTA's?

What kind of plumber are you?

[Bluepete]

Originally Posted by Sally

Plumbers need help at RTA's?

What kind of plumber are you?

The fast kind

MBK, get yerself a traffic car, more blondes wanted in the mosty male ranks of the persecutors of the innocent!

Pete

Eurgh, I hate traffic! No, I always come accross RTC's off duty, pain in the bum lying in glass half in an upside down car in the ****ing rain without a jacket on when you are on your way home from your nightshift!

[Bluepete]

Originally Posted by Milky Bar Kid

Eurgh, I hate traffic!

How to loose friends and influence people...

Some people!

Pete