Right, here's the NEC summary: Worked until 22:00 in the press room on the 26th. Since I was basically waiting for a slow FTP connection I edited loads of babe pictures whilst waiting. Rupert Williamson at Capitalize kindly waited whilst I transferred images. Great stuff and organizing again at the NEC press room. When I finally left the whole area was sealed and barriers out so that no car could leave without help from security. On the nimble Aprilia RS125 I could easily sneak past. Fuel light had been on since a few miles before I arrived at the NEC so I was a bit worried about how long the reserve would last. The M6 through Birmingham was closed as it had roadwork everywhere so had to do an alternative route through the outskirts of the city centre and the traffic was horrendous even at 11 O'clock at night. So I headed up the only road I know towards Sutton Coldfield and found services just before running out of fuel. When I finally got back to Manchester after pinning the throttle on the RS125 pretty much the whole way (100mph max) I burnt the midnight oil and finished the NEC work. Today I rode the Cat & Fiddle road with Carlos and did a few shots that turned out very dark. The day has been gorgeous, but had to stay in to watch the MotoGP from Valencia before heading out. What a race in terms of surprises! Great to see Troy Bayliss on the top of the podium! And great to see Nicky Hayden claiming the world title too! He's a good guy and can probably live up to the world champion status better than most next year on the 800. TS
26/10/2006
Hello from the NEC in Birmingham. I am now in the press office. I have uploaded some high resolution images to the editors that I work with on this one and then I updated the site with some pictures of the new CCM's and one of the many gorgeous bikebabes walking around. Much more later. 2: at 20:15 I am the only journalist left and I just had to get security to open up the bike park again as it was closed. Still about an hours worth left of FTP'ing images to a server on the other side of the globe. TS
