What happened to bluebird 85 ? what went on that's keeping me on the edge of my seat ? hurry up tell the story
Retro Andy
Sadly , Sunday was not one of Scotts happier days
. The motor on Bluebird 85 was not happy, the brushes aren't doing their job so he couldn't start the run.
To salvage something from the day for him, I gave him the keys to my garage and sent him off to collect "Dave" .The idea was for him to meet us at the half-way lunch stop and then take part in the second half of the run,using Dave.
Unfortunately his car broke down as well and the AA had to take him home - so Scott never got the chance to take part
It was just the start of things getting "interesting" ; during the stop at the Bax Castle (our 2nd pub stop) we was stood in the beer garden enjoying a cold one when we heard a loud bang. Turns out it was the rear inner tube exploding on the brake side of Martins C5
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While the c5's were lined up ready to be carried over a small footbridge onto a cycle path, there was a second loud bang and another inner tube exploded,this time it was on Umpa's C5 and on the brake side rear wheel as well
Most odd
, still debating why it happened - very strange that it was the same side on both C5's and within a few minutes of each other. Plus both tubes had split at the same place, right by the valve.
Despie a few challenges, it was a really great run. The sun shone brightly, the scenery was great , the pubs very friendly and the traffic virtiually non-existent - a very good c5 run
Here are a few of my piccies from the day;
Big thank-you to Martin for sorting out a top route
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