Hello! I'm off to town to rescue pugh from work so I have a short time to write an update.

What has been going on? Bits and bobs. Haven't been away for a while. It's actually a bit weird, been wondering what felt different about these last couple of months - worked it out - no air travel! Feel good as the environment has taken a battering from me this year but then again I love going away to places. Still - we have a bit left of this year to go. We'll see what happens. Someone joked that the answer to rising holiday costs is Scotland for the winter - maybe it'll be the year?

New bits arrived for the moto - switches, buttons, throttle and hopefully a new light soon and all. I promise I'll take some photos soon and stop going on about my bloody bike. Did you ever check out JVB-Moto? Aw man - so cool. Have a look at the scrambler and the flat red. Awesome.

Had a great night last sat with Tom, Stu and almost every london BMX related person ever. So nice putting faces to photos. Xav the man was in the house, as was Wadey and Kung. heavy. Sorry for spraying my beer over Craig Stevens - was trying to kick off a party but he looked like he was going to kick my head off. Took a loooonnggg while to get home from Camden. The kebab was a goody though. Sunday hurt.

Dunno if I mentioned... I shot some work for Arbcraft Tree care the other week. If you are in need of your bush trimming then give them a call. Safe, polite, tidy.



Worked for Richard Bradbury the other week on my first 'lady' shoot in 3 and a half years! haha Can't believe it's taken that long. Cover of Maxim in Feb I think. The real interesting bit was the gym we worked at is Repton ABC - the scene for the Lock Stock card game. Very cool indeed.

Met Danielle (less racist in the flesh) Lloyd too. Funny week. Plus I tried on a Ruby helmet - if anyone feels like splashing out £400 on a motorbike helmet, these are the ones to go for. Comfy comfy comfy - even though it was two sizes too small.

James Purssell had a great job on this week for Hi-Tec. Lots of water which was all new for me. Water plus electricity keeps you on your toes!



Thanks for the work - lots of fun. Oh and the Chinese on the Walworth road is amazing. The one with the big red doors near The Elephant.

Two mins to wrap this up. Come round to 60b and make lots of noise. Grumpy neighbors are dull. Who learns the clarinet at 22:30 and then moans at the noise a fan heater makes? Rowdyness please.

Speak soon y'all. Hope all is bonza.

RB

Would you believe Heiwa Motorcycles emailed me back and sent some photos of his cd250u. What a nice guy. Spent a rainy saturday at the garage where Ben welded my new support on the back and I tapped new threads for my indicators. After a week of sitting inside watching OCC it was exactly what I needed. Although rather than a plush, furnished, stocked, heated, light, spacious garage, the work is carried out in a couple of sheds in Grove Park. I wouldn’t change a thing though. Chrome mudguard I think to match the front. Matt says no but I think so.

Got a new computer and think I’ve finally set it up - replaced all the lost serial codes, email now works and two screens is way better than one. Geek geeeeeeek geeeeeeeeek!!!! The rest of the desk is a mess though so I’m going to have a big tidy up before I show it off. Almost as cool as this.



Went to the premier of ‘Dont stop Dreaming’ on Friday night in a Saffa bar in Fulham. Was definitely the smallest skinniest bloke there! Even Stu was dwarfed by DC and Warren who look like they’ve been photoshopped! Good work though lads. If only I could be bothered... The film was awesome and it was really cool to hang out with some of the Sheffield (massive) again. Lots of bodyboarding which I have to admit I don’t know a lot about. But I do admire them taking off on (massive) waves which they know they have no chance of making it out of. Some crazy guys out there.

We didn’t get to catch up on sat as I got back from the garage way too late and London proved itself bigger than the average city. So Fera and I did the next most rock and roll thing we could think of and stayed up till 2 playing monopoly! haha I won but she thinks she won. Good company. The vodka was a nice touch.

Saw Joff Summerfield return yesterday from his trip round the world on a penny farthing. Bit of a Greenwich legend - read his trip exploits here What a legend. Two and a half years and over 20,000 miles. Amazing. After that Simpson and I did some Ventoux training (training implies that you wear lycra and don’t enjoy the ride) I did both - although the lycra was hidden under some jeans. Need to get over myself. It was windy and wet and my heart wasn’t in it. fail. Big ride next time and I will enjoy it.

Get in touch if you’re in the market for a print. It’s approaching that time for buying stuff... (not going to say it out loud - it’s only November!)

Speak soon.

RB

PS: There is no Control button on Chuck Norris’ computer. Chuck Norris is always in control.

How good were Cypress Hill at Battersea!?!? That was a huge (smelly) tent at the power station last week. We headed down to see some awesome snowboard action and then were treated to sets by Sway, Trouble Andrew and the green legends Cypress Hill. So so good. It rained on saturday and the whole hill melted so that was a bummer but we were there for the best bit so it's all good.

Anyway, in the process of making my bike look something like this (HEIWA)

Thanks to the guys at Deptford Choppers we're getting somewhere. Yesterday was an awful day I don't want to talk about but today was a lot more productive. Managed to remove the side panels and relocate the battery under the seat. If it rains though my bike will very probably blow up. There's a lot of exposed wires going on... In any case, it's going to look mint.

Saw the new bond - he steals a lot of stuff throughout the film. One star review in the Times - deserves more than that. Also saw the new Forum Snowboard film (heavy) and the premier of a German film called Teenage Love Graffiti. also heavy. Got us so amped for the winter. Thanks to Henry & Jason at Revolutionz in Greenwich. Top night. And free Jagerbombs! Beat that.

Not really feeling the NEWS section tonight so gonna leave it there and say au revoire.

Well done Lewis - lucky bugger. If you didn't watch the F1 then check out Masser on the podium if you want to see a very emotional winner / loser... (The guy won the race, in his home country, thought he'd won the title as well but 30 seconds later, 2 corners from the line Lewis gets his all important 5th place and steals it back.) Owch.

Speak soon

RB

PS: I have a very exciting portfolio which is ready for viewing - call me up. It's a goody.