Blogs Re-Visited

Long time no post, as is standard for me. The other day I got an e-mail from a relative of mine who lives in New York. Susan has started a blog all about her family so we can be kept in the loop. This is great news because the Atlantic provides a slight obstacle for us just nipping over to see them every now and then so it'll be nice to be on the update. As a result I've decided to try and be more pro-active with mine. We shall see about that one. Anyway check it out here mindandmatter.vox.com

So over the last few months lots has happened. I've moved into a new house in Broom Hill for those of you that know Sheffield. It's all good, good peeps and a good location. Crap washing machine but we'll gloss over that... At the start of the summer me and seven mates went to Ibiza for Warren's stag do. Heavy! It was so good and I think we are all saving for next years trip as I type this. We hit some bars, hit the beach, toured the island on 50cc monsters and I blaster around the bay on a hired laser, the only bit of sailing I've got in since march now which is a poor show but bare feet no shirt planing along with my sunnies on put a smile on my face.


UK got Ibiza on lock. Pete named this street The Gaza Strip, he wasn't exaggerating. I think we added the friendly touch.

Since Ibiza all is quiet. I've started a new job working for Apple Retail. It's the bomb and while I'm full time at the moment when I go back to uni I'll be working part time to tick me over in term time. Great stuff. When I've not been at work I've been riding here and there but the weather has been so bad. The list of jobs to do on my car is getting smaller but not by much, there is a long way to go, dents to pull out, rusty tailgates to replace as well as just getting her to run right. Busy times. But she looks good in the rain, in the dark, from a distance, hahaha.


Mine on the left and Baz's on the right. Wakeboarding '08.

So that brings me about up to date in the world of blogspot. More pictures up soon, I'm going to get my mobile me gallery on the go soon so I'll get the link up.

Peace
AT x

The Last Day at Junction Road.

Well, tonight will be my last night at Junction Road. The end of an era. I will no longer be a resident at 51. This was a decision that was not taken lightly but I'm confident my new house will be good for me. Beaufort Road in Broomhill will be the new residence. Plenty of sound people will be there with me, I hope this will be a good environment for studying in what will be my final year. I'm pretty sure this will also be a good environment for some parties too, so all good.


Junction Road Christmas Day. I hope I will be at the next one!

Good times guys, JR represent.

A belated winter snap.

Well, I don't know what happened to April showers but it seems all we are getting is a bit of a poor attempt at snow. I do know it's cold though. I've been labouring in a factory and when I went outside to drink my tea it was freezing! Tomorrow I'm working on some building site so I hope the sun is out.

On Friday it was my birthday and for once I was in Sheffield. This was the perfect excuse for a party and we had a BBQ at Junction Road then hit the town. Laughs were had and rum and coke was sunk. Lots of friends made it and some of them had big journeys to get here. Thank you very much guys, I loved it.



I have pretty much just got back from a month working as 2nd Engineer on Lord Nelson. It was amazing and I saw loads of mates, some that were new and some I hadn't sailed with in a while. Treats all round. Below is a photo of me at Meersbrook on Saturday. Will and I went there for a quick session in the bowl. It's rad, we had a mint time and we'll be hitting it again soon.



Till next time x

France Roadtrip '08 Baby.

Well today I am in recovery mode. The past week has been amazing. 17 of us made the trip over to France for the BMX trip of a lifetime. A whistle-stop tour around the finest tracks in the south of France.



I could go into detail and do a daily rundown but I won't. This is for two reasons, the first being that I was too stupid to think to write a diary of the trip so I can't remember what happened each day and the second reason is it would be boring for anybody other than myself to read.

So the weather was perfect, up to 22 degrees one day and fresh as you like. Only one windy day but we got on it anyway. The French certainly know how to build a terrifying BMX track. They were all the business but a few stood out. Montelimar was my favourite and there was an amazing flowing third straight and a super fast first straight. Perfect.



Another outstanding place was Cornillion, with tech trails, a mint track and a downhill track it was off the chain. All in an amazing setting. They have it lucky! After breaking myself trying to get through some trails and eventually giving up on the fifth at Cornillion I then shoulder checked a take off on the track and that was me out for the next day. So a few beers followed in the evening sun. Could have been worse! By this point in the trip I was getting tired, both from riding and laughing all the time. Our bus was the best. Cheers guys.

Here is a photo of Joey I took and I think it came out pretty super. I love the lighting. Better than Kenny's one hander, haha.



An obvious shout out has to go to Tuffs who is a simply amazing rider, and a proper sound guy. What more do you need?

All in all it was a treat. Here is a photo of me on the last track we rode. Cheers Joey.



What a week, I'm already saving for next year. Cheers guys I loved every minute x

She lives!

Well last night I got the bike fired up. I modified the wiring loom with the help of Coopers old one so I got rid of the battery, starter and one or two other little bits. Including an ignition key, what the hell! After kicking it for a good five minutes and it not firing I was wondering what was up, so I disconnected the kill switch and she fired first try. Dodgy switch then! All the plastics are back on and I can't wait to ride it.

On with engines I went to look at a new car today. A MK2 golf with a few nice touches, I have to get mine sold then I'll be rocking the GTi 8v. Should be good fun. I'm looking forward to it.

As for the work it's becoming a drag but I'm still going strong. When the 6th Feb comes all hell will break loose. Get my fill of parties then back to reality I suppose and back to work. Pay those bills. Tonight I'll watch some of The Wire then it's up early doors to revise. Final big push.

Till the next time x

Simple things...

So today was a good day. It's the first day in a long while that there has been a blue sky when I woke up, this was a good start. At about 10am my new tyre and grips arrived from Millsy's shop, HardcoreHobbiesHQ.com. I got an Aitken tyre and some Stricker grips in white. Now this may not sound like a big deal but I can't remember the last time I got anything new for my bike that wasn't a tube so it was awesome. I eagerly fitted my new bits and pumped my tyres up super hard so I could go fast on my way to uni.

It was pretty windy but I got to the IC about 11 and did some work before meeting Pete at Dev for a long overdue ride. Even tho it was blowing hard and still a bit wet, there were loads of people at the park as if it were summer, thankful that even if the weather wasn't that good, if wasn't that bad either. I tried to do some fast 180s hoping my new tyre would help but alas, I am still not Aitken. Once we had had enough of being blown over every manual we went back to do some more work. I managed to leave and get back to JR just before the rain started again, as well as being in perfect time for Hollyoaks. Timing!

Lets hope spring isn't too far away! I can't wait to ride Dev in the hot sun again.

Peace x

New Year Son!

Once again it's been forever since I've written this. May as well then I can read it back even if everybody else has stopped checking it. Well, Happy New year. 2008 sees changes for the Townley family with my old man getting a new job up north so they're moving to Wakefield with Phil staying in Ipwich boarding. He's stoaked but Ollie isn't so happy with moving, but I tell him he'll love it once he gets into it. As for me it's all good, only a half an hour drive beats the A1 grind, urgh.

That aside after a real nice time at home with my folks and mates as well as a bit of riding with Pete it's back on the revision. But Christmas was good and I even made it to church on the 25th after a healthy portion of tally ho in my favourite pub christmas eve. Short IC revision session today is the start of many sadly but I'm on with it. Got to pass these and I see no reason why not.

Before christmas I saw The Mountain Goats again, this time in Manchester. For a second I thought maybe it wouldn't be as good as the Norway gig. Er well it was, best live show you will ever see. Easy.

That's it really, I just got a small 110F pit bike, no doubt I'll have some pictures of me falling off it to follow as soon as I get it running.

Peace
AT x