{"id":72,"date":"2013-02-07T06:10:24","date_gmt":"2013-02-07T06:10:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/splodzblogz.co.uk\/gvhride\/?p=72"},"modified":"2013-02-07T11:47:40","modified_gmt":"2013-02-07T11:47:40","slug":"rider-profile-rick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/splodzblogz.co.uk\/gvhride\/2013\/02\/07\/rider-profile-rick\/","title":{"rendered":"Rider Profile: Rick"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><span style=\"line-height: 1.714285714; font-size: 1rem;\">Rick feels he\u00a0was very fortunate to be a very good friend of Graham They spent a lot of time together and if he\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 1.714285714; font-size: 1rem;\">was still here they would have gone over this trip in their minds and on paper many many times to get all the fine detail sorted. He and many others are <\/span><span style=\"line-height: 1.714285714; font-size: 1rem;\">really missing Graham, who would have enjoyed all the preparation and\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 1.714285714; font-size: 1rem;\">the camaraderie that is taking place.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/splodzblogz.co.uk\/gvhride\/files\/2013\/02\/DSCF1103.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-73\" alt=\"Graham and Rick outside Dublin, August 2011\" src=\"https:\/\/splodzblogz.co.uk\/gvhride\/files\/2013\/02\/DSCF1103.jpg\" width=\"620\" height=\"456\" srcset=\"https:\/\/splodzblogz.co.uk\/gvhride\/files\/2013\/02\/DSCF1103.jpg 620w, https:\/\/splodzblogz.co.uk\/gvhride\/files\/2013\/02\/DSCF1103-300x220.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Rick has had a bike licence for over 50 years but didn\u2019t start riding a <em>real<\/em> bike until 2003. He bought\u00a0a BMW R80RT about six months before Graham bought his. They spent many happy hours together\u00a0riding around the Wolds or into Norfolk. The good thing about this was that most of it was\u00a0unplanned and it just took a phone call and then they were off. Rick still has (just) the RT having failed\u00a0to convince his wife that he really needed another bike as well&#8230;! He is really looking forward to the trip &#8211; when we go he will be in his 70th year &#8211; he says he&#8217;ll slow down and wait for the youngsters to catch up!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/splodzblogz.co.uk\/gvhride\/files\/2013\/02\/DSCF1189.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-74\" alt=\"The two BMW RT80s\" src=\"https:\/\/splodzblogz.co.uk\/gvhride\/files\/2013\/02\/DSCF1189.jpg\" width=\"620\" height=\"465\" srcset=\"https:\/\/splodzblogz.co.uk\/gvhride\/files\/2013\/02\/DSCF1189.jpg 620w, https:\/\/splodzblogz.co.uk\/gvhride\/files\/2013\/02\/DSCF1189-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/splodzblogz.co.uk\/gvhride\/files\/2013\/02\/DSCF1292.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-75\" alt=\"Arriving at Hardside Top, July 2010\" src=\"https:\/\/splodzblogz.co.uk\/gvhride\/files\/2013\/02\/DSCF1292.jpg\" width=\"620\" height=\"397\" srcset=\"https:\/\/splodzblogz.co.uk\/gvhride\/files\/2013\/02\/DSCF1292.jpg 620w, https:\/\/splodzblogz.co.uk\/gvhride\/files\/2013\/02\/DSCF1292-300x192.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Rick has been retired now for around ten years but is still very involved with the Salvation Army at Boston.<\/p>\n<p>Please support in any way possible in memory of a super bloke.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rick feels he\u00a0was very fortunate to be a very good friend of Graham They spent a lot of time together and if he\u00a0was still here they would have gone over this trip in their minds and on paper many many times to get all the fine detail sorted. 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