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  1. Get your free booklet this weekend* from the following distribution points...

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    Ace Cafe, London
    Doof Cafe, Ruthin, Wales
    Loomies Cafe, West Meon, Hampshire
    The Fossils Café, Clacton-on-Sea, Essex
    The Leadburn Inn, Penicuik, Scotland
    The Pitstop Café, Stretton on Fosse, Warwickshire
    The Watermill, Thirsk, North Yorkshire
    Whiteways Café, Arundel, West Sussex
    Woodleigh Coach House Cafe, Exeter, Devon

    Also from TwistMoto, when you purchase great touring equipment

    Along with the website (just the p&p) to pay, here

    * Whilst stock lasts

    Get your free booklet this weekend* from the following distribution points,

  2. ‘Reflections and Rust’ 2016 Calendar

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    2016 Calendar - Motorcycle Artwork by Talana GamahMotorcycle Artwork by Talana Gamah, featuring a different canvas for each month and a Sunbeam S7 cover. 

    A clear plastic flip cover, spiral wire bound A4, high quality 250gsm card. 

    Calendars: £16.50 inc UK P&P or £19.50 gift wrapped with a greetings card (RoW S&H at cost). PayPal, Bank transfer or UK cheque.

    See facebook page for details

    About Talana

    I’m a lifelong motorcycle enthusiast, who loves to ride and restore my ‘bikes, and to paint. Nowadays I work mainly in acrylics. All of my art is brushwork only, no airbrushing or digital techniques.

    I love mechanicals of all types, shapes, ages and conditions and painting same, although my art is not just confined to machinery, as I paint anything that interests me!

    I’ve always been interested in textures, and find mechanical rust and decay equally as fascinating as unblemished chrome and reflections. I enjoy painting a machine in context, rather than just as a clinical technical drawing. So, hopefully, the viewer can see a ‘story’ behind the artwork – hinted at by, for example, a pair of gloves left on a seat, a well used patinated saddlebag, or even the setting the ‘bike (or machine) sits in.

    My brushwork style tends towards what is nowadays called 'hyper realistic', but I also paint fantasy images, and produce sketches, and inkwork, as well as rust or chrome reflecting surfaces!

    Painting times. From commission to the 'tah dah' finish point depends upon the subject (obviously), but a rough guideline is around 3-6 weeks for a highly detailed image.

    When I’m not painting, fettling or riding, I’m starting to set up a website for my art work, but in the meantime, you can find me here

  3. Biker Climbing Kilimanjaro for Charity

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    At the ripe old age of 54 yrs and 11 months Carl Coombes will be climbing Mount Kilimanjaro.

    Biker Carl Coombes, climbing Kilimanjaro for Tenovus Cancer CareCarl, a Biker himself and like many of you, has lost friends and relatives to accidents, but so many more have gone to the awful disease, Cancer. He lost his younger brother three years ago and since then he has tried to do what he can to raise awareness and funds for those that are effected.

    So as part of his efforts to raise awareness and funds, he is taking part in the Kilimanjaro Challenge in November 2016. Between now and then he is hoping to raise a minimum of £4,000 for Tenovus Cancer Care. 

    The initial deposit of £390 has already been paid by Carl, plus the cost of visas, vaccinnations, insurance, travel to Heathrow, etc... and does not count as part of the £4,000 target.

    If you are a biker or part of a biking community please help by donating what you can, via JustGiving or by texting BIKR98 to 70070 followed by the amount you would like to donate. For example: BIKR985 if you wish to donate £5, to 70070

    www.justgiving.com/carl-coombes3/

    Donating through JustGiving is simple, fast and totally secure. Your details are safe with JustGiving - they will never sell them on or send unwanted emails. Once you donate, they'll send your money directly to the charity. So it's the most efficient way to donate - saving time and cutting costs for the charity.

    Carl Coombes is part of the team @ Extra Mile Bike Tours