….. another dollar. yea ok I cba too think up a clever title that has some bearing on the post , but hey, shit happens , its only the depths that vary 😉
So whats been happening ?, for those in the know I can happily say the flipping QUAD behaved itself yesterday… thankfully. For those wondering what happened, well the quad should be renamed and called “Christine” because after Saturdays 2 incidents I swear it may be possessed.

I didn’t mention it yesterday as I was waffling on about the great British obsession of weather talk, but I swear the scooter is haunted or summat, thank fk its being given back hopefully as soon as tomorrow! On Saturday as I approached the east side gate I was greeted by the cafe’s two dogs with “Pepsi”(the black one” jumping up onto my lap hunting the dog biscuits I carry and so, a gentle roll too the gate & the mutt jumps off I take my hand off the accelerator/reverse lever and the scooter starts too slowly roll backwards!
The cafe owner’s quick thinking saw him stick his hands on the back of the seat to stop it as im thinking WTF perhaps the “free wheel” plunger on the scooter had worked loose hence the roll back. A swift check to realise it was fine but for some reason it haddnt applied brakes as it should when the motor is as such in neutral.

And thus having rolled back a bit I pushed the lever on scooter to go again forwards a little so I can get off and unlock the side gate… all well and good & smug me figured turn the thing off so it wont roll and then open the gate.
now at this point you just know something’s gonna happen dont ya.. unlike muggins here! Me, I go too turn the scooter off and succeed but did it turn off ? well yes followed by the biggest BUT/WTF in my life because the scooter gained a flipping life of its own and while turned off shot backwards, yes in revers but at the speed it goes forwards at full pelt… fooooookkkkkkkkkkkk get out the bloody way ppl this things gone mad. never ever has the scooter gone reverse at 8mph and trust me in fractions of seconds the freakin thing was firmly aiming at the cafe tables spooking the 2 people sat there, myself, the cafe owner and the lady in the cafe and anyone close by as I shouted warnings (or at least I think I did, hope I did) As this 5 seconds of absolute mayhem was happening and people scattering ive got my feet on the floor drying to stop the beast or at least slow the thing down while grabbing the brake lever.(yes its got a brake lever similar too a bike)

Im fairly sure it was the first time ever that I had grabbed the brake in earnest and as the scooter came too a halt I swear you could not only hear my heart thumping but could also see it hanging out of my gob..wtf, jebus creepus I think the scooter managed too shit about 10 people up in 2.5 seconds. After a rapid turning of the key on/off a few times I carefully let the brake go and the flipping thing thankfully stayed still. How did it happen ? fek knows but even the cafe owner said it was clearly off as he saw the power lights go off so even this morning I have no idea what happened. After that bit of fun I went onto the wall as normal and on way back looked at the ramp out & thought … well here goes and as normal went halfway up the ramp n let the lever go as normal aannnnnnd yep it slowly started rolling backwards & the bloody motor again kicked in at full throttle in revers… ooohhhhhh feeeeekkkk nooooo 2-3 seconds of panic as again I had too grab for the brake and stop “Christine” before it hit the wires on the “V” ! bloody hell why me ! Some dude on the upper level saw it happen and asked if I was ok etc and a bit shaken up parked the scooter on the ramp sideways on taking no chances as I got off & opened the gate too get off the wall. Do I trust the scooter ? no, do I keep using it , well yea little choice as I cant walk far without blowing my lungs but thank fek its finally going. What happened and how I have no idea and I swear the damn thing is cursed !

Why am I telling you all of this ? well tbh the fishing report is not exactly much worth reading.

Lovely clear water, quite miraculous for mid November . only a handful of people on the wall and the entire catch report is summed up in 2 words and no its not “fek all”, its ONE SQUID. I have no idea if anything else was caught but no doubt once it got dark the squid and possibly conger & sole got active as Mark again last minute(posted Sat evening) sorta thing set a 10pm close which is why at weekends in particular it is worth checking for last minute updates either here or facebook.
And with that I will sign off in the usual manner and thus, until the next one… I bid you all ADIEU
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