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Thanks with trying to find info. And its ok to give your mum my email address. I have been searching the net to try and get info but nothing seems to be coming up even if there are web links or something that would help thanks again for the reply.
A colourful collection of local clientele makes this an interesting place on Friday night; much like the cantina in Mos Eisley.
There used to be a chippy there when I was a kid (it's a Chinese take away now!) and the car park was a hang out for the young Niall MacKenzie, who lived just down the road.
For those not in the know, Niall was the three times British superbike champion. There was an article last year in "Bike" where he returned to find the area considerably more run down than twenty five years ago.
I agree, sadly.
The following was, of course, not copied from www.visordown.com in any way whatsoever and is purely my own guess at Niall's opinions:
"It's been a few years now since I moved from Scotland to south of the border but, as any ex-pat Scot will tell ye, the draw back home can be strong. The wind (and, yes, rain) in your face, coupled with the smell of the heather brings it all back.
Well, almost. For me the smell of freshly fried chips and spilt Irn Bru beats it as it reminds me of my background back home in Scotland. If you were a teenage bike nut in the '70s, the chances are a chunk of your life revolved around a chippie and its car park.
Mine was called the 'Ochil View' and was a freshly built, white pebble dashed building on the edge of a new council estate - and we loved it. Sadly, it's now a grubby shadow of its former self, but happy memories still linger; memories of sausage suppers smothered in brown sauce, eaten while watching and listening to a huge variety of bikes.
On a typical evening you would savour SS50s, Fizzies, AP50s, all the air-cooled RD Yamaha range and all the GT Suzukis plus the odd Laverda, Tiger Cub and Bonneville.
A favourite run on a Sunday for the 'big yins' was the 100-mile trip from nearby Stirling to Fort William, a twisty run through the forests and alongside the lochs of Stirling on some of the best Tarmac in Scotland. So 30 years on, I thought it was time to revisit my youth (and my chip shop) on four quite different bikes to see which would work best on a variety of roads and in the fickle Scottish summer weather. "
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Thanks with trying to find info. And its ok to give your mum my email address. I have been searching the net to try and get info but nothing seems to be coming up even if there are web links or something that would help thanks again for the reply.
In regards to the previous message if u do have info could you please send it to my e-mail account theweejambo1985@hotmail.co.uk Thanks Again
I remember eating in this place when it was a swish, wood pannelled resturant owned by Mathiesons in the early 70's. "The Tudor" it was called.
Bit of a shame the state it's in now.
Lovely shot.
wow amazing! we stayed in a cottage by the side of the loch in january it was amazing. BO definately a wall hanger. gix
I see this snap is now in Google Earth, good.
31 views too!
Looks a nice and clean beach and a great place to be on a sunny day. This picture would inspire me to come up to Embo Beach.
A colourful collection of local clientele makes this an interesting place on Friday night; much like the cantina in Mos Eisley.
There used to be a chippy there when I was a kid (it's a Chinese take away now!) and the car park was a hang out for the young Niall MacKenzie, who lived just down the road.
For those not in the know, Niall was the three times British superbike champion. There was an article last year in "Bike" where he returned to find the area considerably more run down than twenty five years ago.
I agree, sadly.
The following was, of course, not copied from www.visordown.com in any way whatsoever and is purely my own guess at Niall's opinions:
"It's been a few years now since I moved from Scotland to south of the border but, as any ex-pat Scot will tell ye, the draw back home can be strong. The wind (and, yes, rain) in your face, coupled with the smell of the heather brings it all back.
Well, almost. For me the smell of freshly fried chips and spilt Irn Bru beats it as it reminds me of my background back home in Scotland. If you were a teenage bike nut in the '70s, the chances are a chunk of your life revolved around a chippie and its car park.
Mine was called the 'Ochil View' and was a freshly built, white pebble dashed building on the edge of a new council estate - and we loved it. Sadly, it's now a grubby shadow of its former self, but happy memories still linger; memories of sausage suppers smothered in brown sauce, eaten while watching and listening to a huge variety of bikes.
On a typical evening you would savour SS50s, Fizzies, AP50s, all the air-cooled RD Yamaha range and all the GT Suzukis plus the odd Laverda, Tiger Cub and Bonneville.
A favourite run on a Sunday for the 'big yins' was the 100-mile trip from nearby Stirling to Fort William, a twisty run through the forests and alongside the lochs of Stirling on some of the best Tarmac in Scotland. So 30 years on, I thought it was time to revisit my youth (and my chip shop) on four quite different bikes to see which would work best on a variety of roads and in the fickle Scottish summer weather. "
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