Another hot day makes a change from the cold wet rainy days we normaly associate with trials in sunny England...

I did swear I would never never do an Eastbourne Trial ever again after 2 years ago cock-up when most of the entry couldn't find the bloody trial due to crap route marking and the confusion with the farmer. Then it rained on the day and the sections hadn't been changed to compensate for the bad weather and Gary busted his rist on one of the stupid sections, I got to section 2 and put the bike back on the trailer for the second time…no no no never ever do a Eastbourne trial ever again was my words.. For the first time in ages I have decided to ride through the summer and forgetting two years ago I entered the trial by mistake and was reminded at the last minute what happened last time from the old man,O well lets give em one more chance I said.Gary was competing for the SE title not that he had much competion and that he had offered to pick me up I went along to give a bit of support and g him up to make sure he wipped the oppositions arses…..And he did!!!

Dave Plumb,Andy Ely,You what that's the competion I said might as well go back to bed I said there beyond it,no chance beat them in my sleep I said,We got to the venue about ten and waited for the opposition to arrive,First to arrive was dp hobbling from his motor like a geriatric on a downer,moaning like a demented woman,my back hurts my back hurts,Ae didn't turn up till the last minute and Gazza was bitching about the sections and the crap markers,(i make him right). When we finally started it was about 11.30 and the queue for section one was getting longer and longer being that it was spit distance from the start.Section two was my first problem when I went the wrong side the marker and got a five.it was one blue flag that was meant to keep you within the boundary that I went the wrong side of,sorry did I miss something what about being bothered to gate it off with tape or something loggy maybe.

Lets get on to section 4 where you came across half a dozen blue flags stuck in the ground all over the place,Excuse me mister marshal sir where the **** are we going… Marshals answer DON'T KNOW your guess is as good as mine.Yeah right. Even the route markers between sections were scarce and after one lap of follow the leader into an empty field it became a bit boring. Lets stop the moaning and get on with the report.After finding the route between and in the sections after one lap the going got easier,and taking a break between laps due to the heat the scores were coming down bit by bit….NOT!!!! Having missed most of the markers in the easiest of sections I was well behind Gazza who was on a mission to beat the cripple and Andy and scores was falling lap after lap ,He had no need to worry as Daves bike gave up the ghost on the third lap probably fed up with listening to him moaning like a demented squirrel and blew a oil seal.Andy seemed to be put off by the giant flood light I had attached to my camera and fived section ten and three-D section eleven just when I was taking a picture,he was on a good lap up till then,Woops sorry mate. Dave finished the day on Garys mont and you know what the Raspberry ripple reckons he beat me,if he beat me its only because I felt sorry for the poor sod and let him win.Roy wasn't giving anything away either,if he won the reds which I reckon he did!!!! I will see you on the blues next season Roy.Hate to admit it pretty good trial but crap marking.Cheers Eastbourne thanks for the moan..