tdr1nka said:
Ian is, as is said round our parts, a 'Diamond Geeezer', and was a patient and charming 'Tail end Charlie' when I made the error of going on the Essex ride with my old MTB and with a steaming headcold.

I have to take issue there tdr1nka me old mate.
Remember February? Billericay? I rode it (early onset mouseketeeritis) just to make the then 'bigtallfatbloke' listen to Bob Dylan (bet he didn't),
Fat Ian was there bossing people about. He was a tail-end Charlie but not at the back - surely you remember the conversation.
New forum member recumbent man: "I thought you were supposed to be a tail end charlie - at the back?"
Ian: "Yes, that's right..." (Ian was doing something helpful etc at the time...)
Nfmrm: "Well - get to the f*****g back then."
Recumbent man storms off in a huff, never to post again...
Ian upsets everyone. He even got upset


when we pulled up outside the Tottenham Hotspur Club Shop on the way back from Newport - 100+ miles in the bank.
Misery our Ian.
