Why are we here? This site has now become little more than a diary, but really that's why it was created. At my last count and trawl through multitudinous search engines there were exactly 23 zillion and two All Terrain Cycle web sites, and many of them became commercial enterprises after starting out as club or hobby sites. Many offer help, advice, routes etc so go there for these. Yes, we have pages for help, advice and routes but really we're about telling stories and being as light as we can.

Our main push is to grab the attention of any fellow cyclist who might want company for the odd ride, and at this I can safely claim we've been extremely unsuccessful. But so what? We're here if you need us - easy-peasy.

We've picked up a few, lost a few and I'm sure that's how we'll go on. Doesn't matter, really. What I'm trying to say in as long-winded a fashion as possible, just to keep you here a bit longer, is that we're about riding mountain bikes for fun, and we want some record of it to look back on. As far as I know, none of us are deviants, unless you count Jason's mild obsession with e-Bay (and Andy's, and John's, and mine...) - OK, we're all deviants, but pretty harmless except to bank accounts, just a bunch of (fairly) ordinary blokes. (I refuse to use "guys" - Yankee crap spilling over into my beloved Geordie language). Long live the Bloke.

So, now that I've got that off my chest, here's a small selection of non-mtb piccies of other people's chests and utter drivel, just because I like them, and I can, and we're not in the 23 zillion and two.

This is Carmen Electra:     So, I like pinstripes.

This is Teri Hatcher:     So, I like big buttons.

This is Demi Moore:     So, I like big ties.

This is Pamela Anderson:     So, it's my age, and I like high fives.

This is Jeri Ryan (7 of 9):     So, I like big spaceships.

This is Jason the morning after:     So, I like big eyes.

Now, you may have noticed the ladies above have something in common (!). NO, you perv. They're all American. I certainly don't have a bias here - just that these ones stand out. One thing I don't like about the vast majority of ladies from the USA is the size of their - w a i t  f o r  i t - mouths. And there's one in particular that always got up my snout, although it's not her fault. She is Julia Roberts, and she's fine with her trap shut, and fairly watchable on the big screen. But when they started to proclaim her as "the most beautiful woman in the world" some years back, I couldn't restrain myself. So here is Gollum's little selection of why he thinks the monkey is more attractive than poor Julia:-

and finally, Julia as The Joker - 

And just to redress the balance, here's a wee Scottish lassie by the name of Gail Porter

More rubbish appearing here soon...