Gent 6 Day Fri and Sat Night Middenplein tickets

ddraver
ddraver Posts: 26,660
edited November 2016 in Pro race
Evening

I tentatively bought tickets to this back in June but I'm not going to be able to make it this year. I have one ticket for each night.

If they accept you, there is a BR posse going, most of whom I ve met and can confirm that they are spiffing people. The erstwhile Disguntled Goat could be your tour guide of Gent and a better one you will not find! A night with his bike club is something to be experienced though you may experience the inside of a wheelie bin or two.

Let me know if you want them and I ll post them over. They re 21 Eur each with a free Beer token (they re not person specific or anything so no worries about that)

I'm guttted I can't go, but have a ski season to prepare for so...

DaveK
We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
- @ddraver
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  • dish_dash
    dish_dash Posts: 5,642
    oooh... tempting... I could probably only do the Sat night. But need to check with the other half first...
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,660
    DG has snapped them up (I thought you were going anyway dish?!?)
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
    - @ddraver
  • dish_dash
    dish_dash Posts: 5,642
    Shame. Am going to London 6 but vacillated too much about Ghent...
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,660
    Ah, well I'm sure DG is open to offers...you ve met havent you? I'll stop pimping him out though :oops:
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
    - @ddraver
  • dish_dash
    dish_dash Posts: 5,642
    Ja... DG and I have met... let me consult the other half first.

    Where you spending the ski season?
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,660
    Verbier, driving transfers for rich people...
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
    - @ddraver
  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,398
    One of my geologist friends just quit to do much the same thing... I'm going to go sleep on his floor.

    He spent 3 months bike touring round Europe first though, which I didn't get to join him for.
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,660
    Did he quit or was he pushed?
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
    - @ddraver
  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,398
    Quit. Put in for voluntary redundancy but didn't get it. This was in Aberdeen and the place is a ghost town these days.

    My girlfriend worked for one of the helicopter companies and got pushed. Hence the move back down south (yes Manchester is south as far as I'm concerned ;) )
  • dish_dash
    dish_dash Posts: 5,642
    Shame, it's tough atm. We took a hit on one of those helicopter companies...

    Verbier for the winter sounds fun though!
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,660
    Hmmm, it's the indiscriminate - ness of it that's most galling. It's one thing to question your self but then people who you KNOW are good get randomly sacked too...
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
    - @ddraver
  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,398
    ddraver wrote:
    Hmmm, it's the indiscriminate - ness of it that's most galling. It's one thing to question your self but then people who you KNOW are good get randomly sacked too...
    I think for my mate he didn't get voluntary because he was comparatively cheap compared to the more senior guys.

    My girlfriend, they decided to get rid of all/most of the HR function and share it with another part of the business (totally unworkable in practice, but hey ho). She was nominally responsible for recruitment so you couldn't really argue too much with her particular situation. The writing had been on the wall for a while.
  • Richmond Racer 2
    Richmond Racer 2 Posts: 4,698
    dish_dash wrote:
    Shame, it's tough atm. We took a hit on one of those helicopter companies...

    Verbier for the winter sounds fun though!



    Mmmm....the Mooswirt, Pub Mont Fort...flashbacks....
  • Richmond Racer 2
    Richmond Racer 2 Posts: 4,698
    Right, a few of us from the BR parish going out for Fri-Sun, including Jaune Peril and Above the Cows

    Gis a shout if you want to join up for beerage
  • jscl
    jscl Posts: 1,015
    Richmond Racer 2 wrote:
    Right, a few of us from the BR parish going out for Fri-Sun, including Jaune Peril and Above the Cows

    Gis a shout if you want to join up for beerage
    Join a bunch of southerners for a beer? Pfft.
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  • Richmond Racer 2
    Richmond Racer 2 Posts: 4,698
    JSCL wrote:
    Richmond Racer 2 wrote:
    Right, a few of us from the BR parish going out for Fri-Sun, including Jaune Peril and Above the Cows

    Gis a shout if you want to join up for beerage
    Join a bunch of southerners for a beer? Pfft.


    How would you know where any of us are from? Eh? EH?
  • Yellow Peril
    Yellow Peril Posts: 4,466
    JSCL wrote:
    Richmond Racer 2 wrote:
    Right, a few of us from the BR parish going out for Fri-Sun, including Jaune Peril and Above the Cows

    Gis a shout if you want to join up for beerage
    Join a bunch of southerners for a beer? Pfft.


    Southerner? They must have towed the Isle of Man around to the English Channel whilst I was asleep.
    @JaunePeril

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  • jscl
    jscl Posts: 1,015
    Yellow Peril wrote:
    JSCL wrote:
    Richmond Racer 2 wrote:
    Right, a few of us from the BR parish going out for Fri-Sun, including Jaune Peril and Above the Cows

    Gis a shout if you want to join up for beerage
    Join a bunch of southerners for a beer? Pfft.


    Southerner? They must have towed the Isle of Man around to the English Channel whilst I was asleep.
    One can only hope, might bring you some warmer climates :)

    RR: I reckon you're a Derbyshire man.
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  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,398
    JSCL wrote:
    Yellow Peril wrote:
    JSCL wrote:
    Richmond Racer 2 wrote:
    Right, a few of us from the BR parish going out for Fri-Sun, including Jaune Peril and Above the Cows

    Gis a shout if you want to join up for beerage
    Join a bunch of southerners for a beer? Pfft.


    Southerner? They must have towed the Isle of Man around to the English Channel whilst I was asleep.
    One can only hope, might bring you some warmer climates :)

    RR: I reckon you're a Derbyshire man.

    Pretty sure RR's a woman, no?
  • Richmond Racer 2
    Richmond Racer 2 Posts: 4,698
    Que?
  • jscl
    jscl Posts: 1,015
    bobmcstuff wrote:
    JSCL wrote:
    Yellow Peril wrote:
    JSCL wrote:
    Richmond Racer 2 wrote:
    Right, a few of us from the BR parish going out for Fri-Sun, including Jaune Peril and Above the Cows

    Gis a shout if you want to join up for beerage
    Join a bunch of southerners for a beer? Pfft.


    Southerner? They must have towed the Isle of Man around to the English Channel whilst I was asleep.
    One can only hope, might bring you some warmer climates :)

    RR: I reckon you're a Derbyshire man.

    Pretty sure RR's a woman, no?

    Probably.
    Follow me on Twitter - http://twitter.com/scalesjason - All posts are strictly my personal view.
  • twotoebenny
    twotoebenny Posts: 1,537
    Richmond Racer 2 wrote:
    Right, a few of us from the BR parish going out for Fri-Sun, including Jaune Peril and Above the Cows

    Gis a shout if you want to join up for beerage

    I know a guy who is a big fan of cycling at the weekend... I'm sure he'd love to join you guys. I'll ask him :twisted:
  • Richmond Racer 2
    Richmond Racer 2 Posts: 4,698
    TwoToeBenny wrote:
    Richmond Racer 2 wrote:
    Right, a few of us from the BR parish going out for Fri-Sun, including Jaune Peril and Above the Cows

    Gis a shout if you want to join up for beerage

    I know a guy who is a big fan of cycling at the weekend... I'm sure he'd love to join you guys. I'll ask him :twisted:


    Marv. We can show him what a bike looks like.
  • RoadPainter
    RoadPainter Posts: 375
    JSCL wrote:
    Richmond Racer 2 wrote:
    Right, a few of us from the BR parish going out for Fri-Sun, including Jaune Peril and Above the Cows

    Gis a shout if you want to join up for beerage
    Join a bunch of southerners for a beer? Pfft.
    I'm out there Sat & Sun. Wold be good to meet up with you Northerners from the forum.

    I also have a couple of spares. Both are seating but I'll mainly be across in middelplein on Saturday. Sunday, less sure, am driving home after.
  • Richmond Racer 2
    Richmond Racer 2 Posts: 4,698
    RoadPainter wrote:
    JSCL wrote:
    Richmond Racer 2 wrote:
    Right, a few of us from the BR parish going out for Fri-Sun, including Jaune Peril and Above the Cows

    Gis a shout if you want to join up for beerage
    Join a bunch of southerners for a beer? Pfft.
    I'm out there Sat & Sun. Wold be good to meet up with you Northerners from the forum.

    I also have a couple of spares. Both are seating but I'll mainly be across in middelplein on Saturday. Sunday, less sure, am driving home after.



    Great :D Drop me a PM...
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,159
    You're all a bunch of gits and I hope you have a terrible time!

    Definitely fancy going next year, it can double as a birthday weekend.
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,660
    Yeah, I may have to boycott myself from this or else i'm going to cry. If any of your order something from amazon that ends up in my van, I'm keeping it...
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
    - @ddraver
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    JSCL wrote:
    Richmond Racer 2 wrote:
    Right, a few of us from the BR parish going out for Fri-Sun, including Jaune Peril and Above the Cows

    Gis a shout if you want to join up for beerage
    Join a bunch of southerners for a beer? Pfft.

    Ghent ligt ten zuiden van Amsterdam!
    Correlation is not causation.
  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,398
    Is this going to be on the telly? I've been really enjoying the London 6 day and track world Champs coverage on the turbo (although the sprints do mess with my power targets...).

    The Madison in particular - big favourite.
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,660
    All the action happens in the middle of the track in a Gent 6 Day Madison...

    I'm a bit worried about AtC, she's prime wheelie bin fodder ;)
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
    - @ddraver

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