John Foster
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RE: When did morning practice end?
There is nothing else to match the memories of marshalling morning practice.
Sneaking out of the house so as not to wake the dog, or the wife.
Spotting a youth making off with milk from the doorstep as I passed the Co-op.
Arriving at the Gorse Lea Shelter on footsteps muffled by a liberal coating of squashed black slugs.
The smell of fresh dung from cattle in the nearby fields.
Being overwhelmed by breakfasting midges.
Being told after an hour of purgatory that the practice was cancelled due to mist on the mountain.
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ian huntly
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RE: When did morning practice end?
Put up a large-ish old army-style tent -get all of us nostalgia freaks up and out of bed at 4.15AM, dressed in our clothes over our Jimjams, lay on proper tea, thick coffee, tomato and oxtail soups, and Cadburys choc drink, - allow people to smoke the old ciggies, spray the scent of wild garlic in the tent, and then someone play loud recordings of the good old machines such as the Honda -4s, the MVs etc etc screaming past.
Everybody could cough deeply, chat wildly, drip rainwater on the next person to you and put their hands in a fridge nearby then flap them like a group of seals. (What is a "group" of seals called ?) Then go back to bed.................................................and dream about when it was just like that !!!
Cor, we would end up standing in a deep pool of tears.
I like it !!! Let's do it !!!
In 2015 I celebrate 68 years as a devoted TTFan
Bookingfor 2016 !!
(This post was last modified: 13-06-2010, 12:57 PM by ian huntly.)
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13-06-2010, 12:55 PM |
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