Posts Tagged ‘Oxford’

why greetings. my name is yak of the vale and i hate people who use song lyrics as their msn names.

so heres another shocking update from me. soon you’ll learn to skip over these ones, until then, read them. it makes me feel worth something. heres 25 things that have happened recently:

1 > in oxford at about 4am on a saturday night a tramp asked me if i had any spare change. i told her i didnt want to, but saw she had a cute dog with her called tiny, who was very little as you may of guessed and lived in her jacket. this isnt tiny, but here aidan models a dog that looks similar although slightly more scared.

2 > aidan smelt so bad he gagged on his own smell and a bit of sick came out on the fireplace so he had to run to the bathroom to clean up.i swear this is true.

3 > a few months ago i made a bet with the landlord of the flowing well alehouse that i wouldnt smoke in his pub ever again. he gave me ?20 not to. the other night he busted me smoking in his pub. i didnt give him his ?20 back.

4 > aidan went round squirrels house when squirrel wasnt there, to eat some cookies they made, then came home.

5 > this is dot. we folded back her ears because we thought it was funny.

6 > noel edmonds hosts deal or no deal on channel 4. he has a very groomed head of hair. we bet his pubic hair is just as well groomed.

7 > theory tests are hilarious. heres 2 questions with a ridiculous possible answer they asked.

Q - WHY SHOULD YOU BE MORE CAREFUL WHEN FOLLOWING ELDERLY DRIVERS?

d)- THEIR CAR MAY BE VERY OLD.

Q - MOTORCYCLISTS SHOULD WEAR BRIGHT CLOTHING MAINLY BECAUSE…

c) - THE COLOURS ARE POPULAR.

ridiculous.

8 > me and aidan made a flapjack cake for my brothers 25th birthday. it was rad.

9 > i have a hair on my arm that is about 3 inches long. its my source of power just like samsons hair was to him.

10 > aidan can fart better than you. he brutally farted on my arm then we had a fight. whilst watching The Friday Night Project he farted 15 or so times. i think it was more.

11 > aidan went through a period where he didnt brush his teeth for 4-5 months. vile.

12 > we went to the zodiac one night. pipe flattened me to the floor near the end and my white t-shirt now looks like this.

13 > there was an old bloke in blue and white checked leggings in there. when it was closing time i talked to him and found out he was 62. he was one of the most amazing people ive ever met and said he just wanted to do fun stuff.

14 > the legend that is couch chatted up a girl who once tried to strangle pipe on new years. she gave him a blowie then he banged her with a strap on. good couch.

15 > daz drove us home. he was so drunk that he could barely talk or walk but managed to drive fine. i hugged pipes leg all the way home whilst couch and aidan sat on deckchairs.

16 > aidan now wears girls pyjamas with nothing on underneath. i dont know why. he doesnt either.

17 > me and poll agree that girls with fat legs that you cant see daylight through are fucking disgusting.

18 > we met a jon robinson lookalike.

19 > aidan met a girl called heather who was pretty cute. whilst dancing with her he got a bit um…pumped and prodded the poor girl in her flowergarden with his trowel. i met a girl called zoe who liked to shout 1-2-3-4! alot. i didnt prod her with anything.

20 >this is the trails monkey. he sits and guards our trails while we’re away. aidan found him and looks after him.

21 > we’re planning to learn girls aloud - love machine lyrics perfectly so then we can impress people with out lyrical rhythmical genius.

22 > when i work in hampshire doing woodland work i operate the chipper amd feed big trees into it. the other day a piece of wood flung out the wrong way and smacked me in the lip.my lip was so fat i looked like aidan for a while.

23 > a bit of blackthorn got stuck under my skin and made this orrible blister thing. aidan popped it and loads of white puss came out of it.

24 > me and aidan sit down once a week and look at where our relationship is going and how we could change it for the better.

25 > if you made it this far, then i suggest you do your own 25th thing and let us know what it is in the guestbook. i’ll like you if you do.

take a moment to see whether this was worth it.bye bye xx

Hello. My name is not Yak in the Vale. However, I did receive a text message from him yesterday. Something about Cothill, dogging and lubrication. Who knows?
Here are a bunch of random snaps, mainly from last weekend.

So Friday I went up Iffley and met up with Jib from Epsom way, who’s at Brookes uni. Here he throws the T-bar pencil in a 180 degree rotation. Snapped brake cable meant some squirelly moments from him. I don’t know Jib too well, but decided over last weekends festivities that he is definetely one rad dood.

Saturday Jib came to Banbury, but unfortunately I have no snaps from that. He did however get nuts on the worlds best jump box.
Sunday was the best day in aaages for me. Picked up Jib from Oxford station, and went to meet Aidan aka Aidzilla at Cotdeath. He has built so much by himself it’s obscene, summers sizing up to be a good one in those woods. Real motivating to go to the woods solo more often. Here Aidan points out some doggers lurking in the distance, all naked and stuff. Perhaps.

Riding jumps early February is definetely not something to take for granted. Only a couple were working, but that was plenty of fun. Everything was a little slow, so the day consisted of a large mount of hucks and tucks. Here Aidzilla makes the latter of the two look jolly good.

This berm is rad. So big and wafty, and you can go whatever line round it you like. Aidan strikes a mid berm facial expression for media’s sake.

This photo was real dark, so had to play about for ages with it to make it look alright. Jib with a turndown, which may or may not be mistimed. Pretty kooked whatever the weather. A bit like the colours in the shot really.
After taking Jib to the train station and saying our goodbyes, me and Aidzilla bought pizza and went back to see Yak. We watched videos, ate pizza and chips, and read theshovelload on paper. Hopefully it won’t be too long til the next rendezvous. Cheers for being so hopitable guys.

Here’s a snippet of what we’ve been playing with this winter. Shaping up to be rad. Ollie and Jesus were digging Sunday whilst Aidzilla entertained me. Upon arrival, they were greated by about 15 kids, some of whom were riding our unfinished and wet jumps. From what I gather, G had stern words involving spade purchasing, which the kids weren’t stoked on. This picture is by no means an open invitation to the skatepark rats of Bournemouth area to turn up spadeless with bikes. We are by no means salty or old men. Turning up uninvited during winter with bikes not spades, however, does not leave you particuarly welcome in future. Here Marcus and Ollie work on seperate jobs, for the sake of our summer.

On a final note, heres a photo I had forgotten about from a drop in last weekend. RIP Kiddy. This place is home to many, many good memories. Probably 7 years ago when I started riding, we would get the train to Oxford, ride to Kiddy, ride all day, back to Oxford and train home. Those were the days. Always an obscenely hot day at Kiddy too. Although many locals have moved on to other projects and places, this place always ruled. Nostalgia.
If you’ve read to here, you have persevered relentlesly. Congratulations. Hopefully many more rad updates to come with my new camera. Blewbmx for president. x

Random snaps I got at the Iffley / OWP jam a while ago, Easter time. Some quite decent ones, mainly of Lima getting rad, plus one of Matt Jones. Crazy Pete’s down to visit uni/skatepark Tuesday, should be good if it doesn’t rain like it does constantly at the moment. Have a little play. Heres some treats anyway. Last ones proper nuts.

this is my friend’s band cotton blond, they’re pretty good. supposed to be making a website for them soon. plans for this weekend:

friday go to grove for rev’s birthday madness

saturday ride with shovelload somewhere?

sunday ride corby and epic with didcot people.

wow updates two days in a row. went to oxford for the legendry thursday night session, this is rich doing a footplant on the wall extension thing.

a different angle.

some wallrides.i wish a could do these good.did do some 540 taps which i was stoked on, not sure if rich was. he should of been though. only two more weeks before i quit work and rejoin the uni lifestyle.can’t wait, getting up before 8am is killing me, also the boringness of my job.my dad said it sounded like supermarket shopping, so its not that bad. but its like going to a supermarket and putting loads of expensive things in your trolley and then not taking them home. i do get to drive round motorized pallet trucks sometimes though which are fun.