StreetFighters Gathering Whitchurch

Today was just a beautifully Sunny Day. We had lots of boot sales to go to and can home with a full car more than once.

After our first return home we collected Rockin and headed out to Whitchurch for the Street Fighters Gathering at the Raven Cafe. As Soon as Rockin pulled in it was swamped with people asking questions and taking photos, We could not get near it until the meeting was over.

There were lots of great bikes at the meeting some which where more unusual than others. As time slipped away we headed home, where we enjoyed a lovely afternoon playing with our wonderful children.

The evening we still warm and sunny so we had a lovely Barbecue supper for a change before the Autumn brings in the cold weather.

mot time

That horrible time came around all to quickly the dreaded mot test,after checking rockin over and fueling up again aghhhhhhhhhhh well that v8 loves its juice we headed to shrewsbury along the A5 better take it steady dont want anything to go wrong how lucky i was two cars overtook me having a good look at rockin what they should have been looking at was the lay by ahead were there was a nice speed camera van click click lucky for me not for them.
Anyway pulling up at the mot station nerves starting to set in stomach rumbling is rocking going to pass, as usual all the mechanics know rockin very well and we all had a good chat and then the dreaded word came ok can you bring it in oh well no going back now the only good thing is i am the only person who can drive it no one else wants to something about scary or lethal weapon.

First job check all lights etc they were all fine next bit was the worst ok lets take it on the ramp as he was laying a piece of metal for the front wheel to go on even though he was watching were the front wheel was going i still had visions of it falling off the ramp ok left a bit right a bit straighten up oh my god hurry up and say ok all done rockin was lifted into the air and had a thorough check underneath all fine next step lowering rockin and taking it off the ramp which was a bit easier as we were now going forward one final check over and those words you are longing for are said ALL SEEMS FINE phew am i hearing things ok 3 rd time in a row its passed first time no failure wow not bad for a modified 35 year old reliant robin that does have a hard life,well new mot in hand time to head home going back i looked in my mirror to see a police car catching me up very quickly oh no stomach starts going driving gets worse that inocent look appears on your face you know what i mean you all do it as he comes along side has a quick look and speeds off into the distance great back to normal foot to the floor oh no not a good idea i am catching him up very quickly better ease off dont want those immortal words he,s crashed he,s crashed he,s crashed anyway home was getting nearer and the rain was starting to pour but hey i got a new mot on rockin and i was singing in the rain.