not spending any money not
Posted: Thu Oct 21, 2021 7:37 pm
I went to Brands for the end-of-season BSB round last weekend.
It was a good day, but as we arrived I said to the wife "just for a change I don't need to buy anything this time". I thought I might get away with just the ten quid burger and six quid a pint pisswater lager.
It was coming up to lunchtime when I noticed my old fabric jacket had a tear on the side where the belt is stitched on. I thought I'd found a new pocket I hadn't found before, put my wallet in and it dropped straight out onto the ground- luckily I noticed.
So I hit the stalls, and found an RST Adventure 3 jacket that fitted, for 189 pounds. A bit of haggling ensued, and I got it for 139. Not too bad, but I look like a right Charlie. And Ewan....
Bloody heavy though; I couldn't believe it when I first picked it up- it felt like someone had emptied their pound coin jar into it! Ah well, it'll keep the front end down in the rain. It's apparently four-season so various bits of liner come out if it's not raining in winter.
I can't share a picture, as my mobile is currently on its way to Poland to be repaired- no, it didn't fall through my jacket pocket, the battery level meter stopped working and it started crashing every few hours. I hope I don't do the same, now I have a new jacket...
Found one: https://images.app.goo.gl/8c9zUJXyhCSBPHdu8
Trouble is, I now need the matching trousers
-and a BMW that's twice the size of an ordinary bike for no apparent reason, fitted with three massive sandwich boxes.
It was a good day, but as we arrived I said to the wife "just for a change I don't need to buy anything this time". I thought I might get away with just the ten quid burger and six quid a pint pisswater lager.
It was coming up to lunchtime when I noticed my old fabric jacket had a tear on the side where the belt is stitched on. I thought I'd found a new pocket I hadn't found before, put my wallet in and it dropped straight out onto the ground- luckily I noticed.
So I hit the stalls, and found an RST Adventure 3 jacket that fitted, for 189 pounds. A bit of haggling ensued, and I got it for 139. Not too bad, but I look like a right Charlie. And Ewan....
Bloody heavy though; I couldn't believe it when I first picked it up- it felt like someone had emptied their pound coin jar into it! Ah well, it'll keep the front end down in the rain. It's apparently four-season so various bits of liner come out if it's not raining in winter.
I can't share a picture, as my mobile is currently on its way to Poland to be repaired- no, it didn't fall through my jacket pocket, the battery level meter stopped working and it started crashing every few hours. I hope I don't do the same, now I have a new jacket...
Found one: https://images.app.goo.gl/8c9zUJXyhCSBPHdu8
Trouble is, I now need the matching trousers
-and a BMW that's twice the size of an ordinary bike for no apparent reason, fitted with three massive sandwich boxes.
