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Re: The riding challenge game. Pic of your bike 'somewhere'
Posted: Wed Jun 18, 2025 7:56 am
by Jody
Count Steer wrote: Wed Jun 18, 2025 7:50 am
Jody wrote: Wed Jun 18, 2025 7:42 am
Count Steer wrote: Tue Jun 17, 2025 12:46 pm
I'm intrigued though. Where is it? Is that a public area or is it in someone's garden? Just wondering what the story behind it is.
To be honest, it's in the garden where I'm working at the moment. I don't know this area at all, and figured my chances of stumbling across a genuine sports statue out in the wild were pretty slim. So I kinda cheated in order to move the game along as there'd been nearly a whole page of replies with no picture.
Still fits the brief.
Is your elderly gent a cricketing man? Nice idea for a garden statue. Shame in a way you aren't there longer, there's a few of us on here with some knowledge of that area.
He's much more a horse guy. We were talking last night and he showed me his racing colours. Orange and white, so he's KTM really
. He's also written at least one book "Politics of the turf". I was really hoping that I'd be able to get a copy and have him sign it as I thought it would make a great present for my winter boss (who is also a horse guy). Sadly the only copy I can find is £85 on Amazon!!
There's a few other statues in the garden which relate to his time in Africa.
Re: The riding challenge game. Pic of your bike 'somewhere'
Posted: Wed Jun 18, 2025 8:15 am
by Jody
Re: The riding challenge game. Pic of your bike 'somewhere'
Posted: Wed Jun 18, 2025 12:58 pm
by Sunny
Jody wrote: Wed Jun 18, 2025 7:56 am
Count Steer wrote: Wed Jun 18, 2025 7:50 am
Jody wrote: Wed Jun 18, 2025 7:42 am
To be honest, it's in the garden where I'm working at the moment. I don't know this area at all, and figured my chances of stumbling across a genuine sports statue out in the wild were pretty slim. So I kinda cheated in order to move the game along as there'd been nearly a whole page of replies with no picture.
Still fits the brief.
Is your elderly gent a cricketing man? Nice idea for a garden statue. Shame in a way you aren't there longer, there's a few of us on here with some knowledge of that area.
He's much more a horse guy. We were talking last night and he showed me his racing colours. Orange and white, so he's KTM really
. He's also written at least one book "Politics of the turf". I was really hoping that I'd be able to get a copy and have him sign it as I thought it would make a great present for my winter boss (who is also a horse guy). Sadly the only copy I can find is £85 on Amazon!!
There's a few other statues in the garden which relate to his time in Africa.
£32 on eBay:
https://ebay.us/m/ohOtoQ
Re: The riding challenge game. Pic of your bike 'somewhere'
Posted: Wed Jun 18, 2025 1:43 pm
by Count Steer
Closer to home, AbeBooks have a signed copy listed at £34 (+£5 p&p) from a seller in Farnham.
Re: The riding challenge game. Pic of your bike 'somewhere'
Posted: Wed Jun 18, 2025 3:28 pm
by Jody
Sunny wrote: Wed Jun 18, 2025 12:58 pm
£32 on eBay:
https://ebay.us/m/ohOtoQ
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Awesome, I've bought it.
The irony being that the seller won't know that they are posting it to the house of the Author
Fly fishing by JR Hartley.
If you're not old enough to get that reference, how the hell are you on this forum?!
Re: The riding challenge game. Pic of your bike 'somewhere'
Posted: Wed Jun 18, 2025 3:51 pm
by Count Steer
Jody wrote: Wed Jun 18, 2025 3:28 pm
Awesome, I've bought it.
The irony being that the seller won't know that they are posting it to the house of the Author
Fly fishing by JR Hartley.
If you're not old enough to get that reference, how the hell are you on this forum?!
Cool.
I thought that copy must be in the USA from that link but it takes you to eBay UK.
(I was looking at a s/h book in the USA this morning and the book was £30.......p&p was £29.40.
).
Re: The riding challenge game. Pic of your bike 'somewhere'
Posted: Thu Jun 19, 2025 7:37 am
by Nobby
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Next, your Bike with some Royal connection.
Re: The riding challenge game. Pic of your bike 'somewhere'
Posted: Sun Jun 22, 2025 3:24 pm
by Jody
How vague can we be?
This is Jodie Kidd's pub.
She has mixed with royalty at some stage in her life??
Re: The riding challenge game. Pic of your bike 'somewhere'
Posted: Sun Jun 22, 2025 8:22 pm
by David
Mixed or Mingled?
Re: The riding challenge game. Pic of your bike 'somewhere'
Posted: Mon Jun 23, 2025 10:02 am
by Nobby
A German car too, just like the Royal Family.
Re: The riding challenge game. Pic of your bike 'somewhere'
Posted: Mon Jun 23, 2025 10:59 pm
by Jody
Nobby wrote: Mon Jun 23, 2025 10:02 am
A German car too, just like the Royal Family.
Is it a pass ? as challenge setter, you get the final say !
Re: The riding challenge game. Pic of your bike 'somewhere'
Posted: Mon Jun 23, 2025 11:18 pm
by Pirahna
Jody wrote: Mon Jun 23, 2025 10:59 pm
Nobby wrote: Mon Jun 23, 2025 10:02 am
A German car too, just like the Royal Family.
Is it a pass ? as challenge setter, you get the final say !
It's a bit tenuous.
Re: The riding challenge game. Pic of your bike 'somewhere'
Posted: Tue Jun 24, 2025 8:26 am
by Jody
Pirahna wrote: Mon Jun 23, 2025 11:18 pm
Jody wrote: Mon Jun 23, 2025 10:59 pm
Nobby wrote: Mon Jun 23, 2025 10:02 am
A German car too, just like the Royal Family.
Is it a pass ? as challenge setter, you get the final say !
It's a bit tenuous.
It's weak af mate.
but no other attempts in over a week .......
Re: The riding challenge game. Pic of your bike 'somewhere'
Posted: Tue Jun 24, 2025 12:21 pm
by Nobby
Jody wrote: Tue Jun 24, 2025 8:26 am
Pirahna wrote: Mon Jun 23, 2025 11:18 pm
Jody wrote: Mon Jun 23, 2025 10:59 pm
Is it a pass ? as challenge setter, you get the final say !
It's a bit tenuous.
It's weak af mate.
but no other attempts in over a week .......
I think it's a bit lame.but maybe it was too tough a task.
Let's call it a Win and move on.
Re: The riding challenge game. Pic of your bike 'somewhere'
Posted: Tue Jun 24, 2025 12:26 pm
by Jody
Nobby wrote: Tue Jun 24, 2025 12:21 pm
Jody wrote: Tue Jun 24, 2025 8:26 am
Pirahna wrote: Mon Jun 23, 2025 11:18 pm
It's a bit tenuous.
It's weak af mate.
but no other attempts in over a week .......
I think it's a bit lame.but maybe it was too tough a task.
Let's call it a Win and move on.
Your bike with a Chinese car
Re: The riding challenge game. Pic of your bike 'somewhere'
Posted: Tue Jun 24, 2025 12:29 pm
by KungFooBob
You should add that it can't be your own car... Or I'll just wheel the bike out the garage and park it next to my Volvo.
Re: The riding challenge game. Pic of your bike 'somewhere'
Posted: Tue Jul 01, 2025 12:35 pm
by Gregor
Never heard of Jaecoo until today
Re: The riding challenge game. Pic of your bike 'somewhere'
Posted: Tue Jul 01, 2025 1:37 pm
by Skub
What's next? @Gregor
Re: The riding challenge game. Pic of your bike 'somewhere'
Posted: Tue Jul 01, 2025 1:57 pm
by Gregor
Skub wrote: Tue Jul 01, 2025 1:37 pm
What's next? @Gregor
Your bike outside a factory .
Re: The riding challenge game. Pic of your bike 'somewhere'
Posted: Tue Jul 01, 2025 3:57 pm
by David
And where in the uk might you find one of those......
. He's also written at least one book "Politics of the turf". I was really hoping that I'd be able to get a copy and have him sign it as I thought it would make a great present for my winter boss (who is also a horse guy). Sadly the only copy I can find is £85 on Amazon!! 
