OUT AND ABOUT 2023

[McCabe-Thiele (Ted)]

1976 was a mega hot summer,...

I was a soldier in Gibraltar at the time. I came back to the UK ( Hastings) for two weeks or shooting (no proper ranges in Gibraltar, no room for one!) It was hotter in England than it was in Gibraltar! They weren't screaming about global warming though.

I have no idea why but I have always liked Gibraltar, I first visited The Rock when I was crewing on a small (45/50ft)motor yacht circa summer of 1967 we put into the harbor to take on fuel but it was a bank holiday August so we had to wait a couple of days.
I swam in the harbor with my spear gun in hand - lovely clear blue water. We set sail to leave & were caught in the Levante as we entered the Straights into the Mediterranean, we had to put into a small fishing Port named Motril iirc where we waited until the wind had subsided.

Fast forward to around 1983/4 & we enjoyed a two week holiday staying at The Rock Hotel, we were luck enough to visit a special event where the RAF had flown in some WW2 & Modern Planes.
Then of course there was the ritual event on a Sunday where the locals drove to the still closed border only to be refused crossing. Traffic Lights on the Runway !!

At that time scrap cars that littered the roads were pushed into the sea at the far end of the rock.

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Out at East Kirkby. meet up with a few forum members from the Lincolnshire clan 



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[Johnwebley]

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No Merlin powered bikes?

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[Bryanj]

Bet there were 6 merlins there, just not in bikes!

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This was found by a local lad dumped in a skip with only 8,465 miles on the clock.




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[Johnwebley]

Bet there were 6 merlins there, just not in bikes!

I believe they also have a pair of P&W radials as well

A B25 infact

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[Nurse Julie]

Specially for John and Bryan 😘😘😘
She was looking fantastic tonight.
Brilliant evening, somewhere between 2500-3000 bikes turned up.
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[Johnwebley]

Specially for John and Bryan
She was looking fantastic tonight.

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What about the wooden wonder?


Thanks nurse

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