NED’s World

As many of you know (well the 6 of you that now read this blog) I bought a BMX a little while ago when I was living in Perth.

This Sunday 2 of my good friends came down with their BMX’s and we went out around Brighton and Hove for a bit of childish fun.

Now, as you will see from the title I am now 35, the youngest of the 3. Jim is the oldest, but I must say the most accomplished of BMX riders…. 5 10 (I have been told by Jim, although I didn’t see it, it was a longer wheelie than 5 metres)  metre wheelies is one of his tricks

Anyway we tooled around Brighton, drunk a couple of beers on the beach and enjoyed the sunshine. We rode from mine in Preston Circus to the higher level of the road at Kemptown to watch the extreme sports festival (or the biggest recruiting drive by the armed forces I’ve ever seen!); then to Hove (actually) lagoon and all the way back again via the marina.

It was an amazing day, one I hope to repeat again. It ended at the Open House, near where I live, with a beer and a chill.

It wasn’t roasting, as Jim said, “Perfect BMX riding weather”….. So I look forward to the next time, I hope it’s not too soon in the future

PS, bugger did my knees hurt in the morning….. 35, not 14!!

So my 2nd new post to the resurrected Ned’s World is about the loss of another one of my heroes

Keith Floyd past away last night, age 65 from a heart attack, I was gutted. He has been a major part of my childhood and teen years.

He wasn’t always that special to me, in fact he fucked me off something rotten when I was growing-up. Sundays with my Dad (a more massive Floyd fan than me) watching him again and again and again……… to the point of despair… (Hence why I read so much and am great at computer games)

But as I grew older (or was it some kind on brainwashing) I grew to enjoy his shows, his love of food, wine, international culture, wine, the shambolic nature of his shows, wine, “back to me Clive” and, does it need mentioning again, wine!

So here we are, the best fucking Chef in the world….. Rugby (we should’ve been wearing clogs);The Theme Music and Langoustine in in a pinquante tomato sauce

This is for you Dad, thanks for making me love this drunken bugger; I think I’m as gutted as you and the rest of us are (sorry couldn’t find zee little doog with zee little nooze zat findz zee truufles video)