Richie wrote:
as they say, "if it aint raining at Knockhill, give it 10 minutes"
<div align="left">To bloody true
Set of at 4:00am
![Eek :eek:](./images/smilies/eek.gif)
Sunday morning , funnily enough it was raining
![Big Grin :D](./images/smilies/biggrin.gif)
Forgot about the pipe work their doing on the A65 ie large lorry's leaving mud every where and had the front and back wheels slide out on a patch of mud on a left hand bend , in my defense it was raining so hard the water was running down inside my visor and I didn't see the mud until I hit it , managed to stay on but had to change into my spare clean underpants
Also forgot that you cant cross cattle grids in the wet with the bike even 1 degree lent over , no spare underpants so went commando
![Blush :blush:](./images/smilies/blush.gif)
Then on the A74M plodding along at 70-80 mph minding my own business and a bloody great heron takes off from the outside lane 10 feet in front of me , Did you know herons had blue eyes ? I managed a quick look before I shut mine
![whistling :whis:](./images/smilies/whistling.gif)
Fortunately it sailed over the top of me .
Arrived at Knockhill and promptly got sent the wrong way for the Ducati Glasgow tent , The slow pace of traffic and constant stop starts had the bike over heating and eventually it blew a coolant hose off so I had to dump it miles from the VIP tent
![Angry :angry:](./images/smilies/angry.gif)
Had a great time watching the racing but god did it rain , spent a good part of the day waiting for the track to be cleared of standing water but watching the BSB guys hammering down to the hairpin at 175mph + then breaking to 45mph to get round the hairpin in the wet was awe inspiring plus Leon Haslam (Yep Rocket Ron's lad Nelly ) managed to get Ducati a third place in the first race and a second place in the second race so I went home happy
The ride home was wet and standing water around blind bends on the A65 in the dark meant progress was slow but I arrived home tired and stiff a good 2 hours later than I thought I would but thoroughly enjoyed myself .</div>