Joeys got dried out with a blow torch so the jam still went ahead. Have a picture:

More another day. I am off to finish my book – Pet Semetry by Stephen King. Scary.

It always rains on my days off. I did get a car on Friday though which was good so I can still make some trips, but now all the jumps are wet so there’s not much point. Went to Paddock Wood and fixed some drainage while waiting for the insurance people to finish ripping me off. Too wet for anything.

Today we just went to the mini ramp in Tenterden as everything else was so wet. Dean can go high on that ramp. I updated NOiD so go there for more pictures.

I have a busy weekend starting now really so this is my last chance to update for the next few days. My car failed it’s MOT yesterday.

Tonight I am off to help Gregory put up his ramp in a barn so that could be good. Then on Friday I have the day off to buy a new car – going to British Car Auctions. If someone wants my old car then it runs fine but our strict garage didn’t pass it’s MOT. If small things like that don’t bother you then you can have it for free.

Then Friday maybe do some riding although the rain is due then, and then off to Tenterden in the evening to see Nigel and Tom and make plans for the rest of the weekend.

Oh and it’s Joey’s jam on Sunday so hope to see you there.

In other news the A-Level results came out today. I hope you all did ok.

Apparently the pass rate has gone up again but I don’t understand that. When I was at school they always told us that there weren’t pass marks, they just took the top x% and they got an A then the next y% got a B etc. If that’s the case then how can the mark be getting better each year. Something strange going on there.

These happy people just passed their badminton exams.

Have a good weekend.

[gone but not forgotton]

Demise of Countdown Presenter
A month or so ago Richard Whitely, presenter of Countdown, died. Not such a loss. However, what really is a loss is that Countdown hasn’t been on since.

So here’s a news update: good news:

Countdown will be back in the Autumn with a new presenter who hasn’t been chosen yet but won’t be Richard Whiteley hooray. They think they might try out a few presenters a bit like Have I Got News for You but the key thing is it will NOT be Richard Whiteley.

Some key Countdown Facts:

On two occasions a contestant has scored 0 (zero points)
John Brooks – 0 points in August 1987
ie
Sylvia Pitman – 0 points in September 1998.

These are the letters they have in the piles:
Vowels

A 15
E 20
I 14
O 14
U 10

Total 73

Consonants

B 3
C 4
D 7
F 4
G 4
H 2
J 1
K 1
L 6
M 4
N 7
P 4
Q 1
R 8
S 9
T 9
V 2
W 2
X 1
Y 2
Z 1

Total 82

The best dictionary corner person is Susie Dent who has appeared 1199 times.

Bad news I am afraid. The planning permission for the Unreal skatepark move to it’s new premisis was rejected last night. This means that by November there will probably be no more Sittingbourne, since the current site will not be available.

It’s going to be a long winter.

We went to Mount Hawke about a week ago. Despite it only being about 2 miles from the campsite we were staying at we only went once. The most annoying thing was that the rainy days (Saturday and Monday) were also the days when there is no BMX. This quarter to flatbank wallride was fun anyway.

Just got another email from Lisa. There is a press release for some comp GBH organised for a new park here. I didn’t read it but you can. I didn’t like the use of the phase “rude awakening”. The last thing you want a skatepark to do to the residents is be rude or keep them awake.

The planning permission for the unreal move will be decided tomorrow. The comments on it are here (scroll down to item 3.1). At the moment it’s due to be rejected. This is bad news as the current lease runs out in Novemember and will not be extended so there will be no indoor park at all. I don’t really see what more can be done though. Good luck anyway.

Part of the report talks about a petition with names from as far afield as Guildford and Tenterden!

A few weeks ago I was working at the Kent County Show.

Here are some pictures of our stand. The idea was that the kids had to drive safely around the track but you can imagine what really happened.

There was also a maze that they had to fill out. I designed it. Have a go here.

I took some photos you can see here. There has been no riding on this site for ages.