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  • The Boat that Guy Built
  • PeterPoddy
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    Some time ago I posted this thread:
    http://www.singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/attention-guy-martin-fans-and-if-youre-not-you-will-be

    Well, the programme starts next week:
    http://www.guymartinracing.co.uk/?cat=138

    Woo-Hoo! 😀
    (Prime time BBC1. I do hope it’s good!)

    PeterPoddy
    Free Member

    Bump!

    Pigface
    Free Member

    Got it on season record looking forward to it, hope I dont think he is an arse because he is great on a bike.

    PeterPoddy
    Free Member

    When I’ve seen him interviewed, he seems to be a really decent chap, if a bit, err, mad!

    andycs
    Full Member

    As I just posted elsewhere he could be the next Fred Dibnah!!

    Northwind
    Full Member

    From what I’ve seen of it, it’s trying slightly too hard and a bit too posed but still good. Guy Martin’s pretty much the boy in my eyes so it’ll have to be pretty awful before I admit there’s anything wrong with it at all, but, doesn’t look like it will be 😉

    PeterPoddy
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    Guy Martin’s pretty much the boy in my eyes

    He is pretty much a legend in his own lunch-hour, I agree!

    We’re cycling the Walney to Whitby C2C this year, and then on to Scarborough to catch some racing at Olivers Mount. I’m hoping he’ll be there..!

    ski
    Free Member

    Mug of Tea at the ready, milk in first mind, as he likes it 😉

    As I just posted elsewhere he could be the next Fred Dibnah!!

    LOL

    freddyg
    Free Member

    Thanks for the heads-up 😀

    I’ve just done the remote record thing, does anyone know if it is possible to series link remotely too? (Sky, by the way.)

    hora
    Free Member

    Tick (**** all idea what hes saying though) 😆 :mrgreen:

    z1ppy
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    well that’s going on the sky+, never heard of the guy before but with quotes like

    “i don’t own a house, i don’t own a car, I own four push bikes and two tool boxes” (**** big ones!)

    “reet”

    “you know”

    I believe I might be a fan.

    Though I violently disagree with his theory on tea making, milk and the tea bag should never be in the cup/mug at the same timethe gospel according to z1ppy.

    speaker2animals
    Full Member

    A real racer – never going to be a super star but a real working man’s hero IMHO. Really looking forward to this. Hope that it pans out.

    PeterPoddy
    Free Member

    milk and the tea bag should never be in the cup/mug at the same time

    Correct.

    The milk should be in the mug, the tea should be in the pot, under the tea cosy.

    I think that’s whathe means!

    DezB
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    Sideburns? I like him already 🙂

    neninja
    Free Member

    Spent a day with Guy a few years ago – he’s one of the most genuine and funny people you could wish to meet. He really is in the Fred Dibnar vein and was very enthusiastic about his love of stationary engines.

    freddyg
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    milk and the tea bag should [/b]never be in the cup/mug at the same time

    Quite right too. Anything else is just plain wrong. 😉

    PeterPoddy
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    Youtube is banned here at work, but can someone please try and find the interview Guy gave at the TT (last year I think) when he was very pissed off.

    It needs watching 2-3 times before you can understand it all, but it’s the reason I can’t miss this tonight! 🙂

    Northwind
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    I can’t find that one but this one makes me laugh… All the glitz and sheen of motorbike racing

    [video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Qs2ZGhqc0U&feature=related[/video]

    DezB
    Free Member

    I’ll be tuning in after that 🙂

    Northwind
    Full Member

    [video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0845Vgy99E&feature=related[/video]

    mboy
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    He’s as mad as a box of frogs!

    But by all accounts, a real decent genuine bloke.

    I like the way they’ve not even advertised anything to do with his (slight) fame from road racing, and that the show is advertised as being just about him and the boat.

    Oh, and anyone who saves up his winnings from TT racing, and goes and blows £160k on a brand new Aston Martin V12 Vantage when they were first released (he’s interviewed in EVO magazine last year about it), rather than a house of his own (he lives with his GF and her parents, the Aston is kept in a barn!) is cool by me… “We’re here for a good time, not a long time” he quoted to the interviewer when questioned about his purchase! LOL

    Northwind
    Full Member

    Mountain biking relevance:

    Muke
    Free Member

    Top bloke…
    Has had his Orange Alpine stolen as well…guymartinracing.co.uk

    MulletusMaximus
    Free Member

    Bump for the night shift. Only 45 mins to go. 🙂

    bazookajoe
    Free Member

    Looks good ….

    … oh wait, ‘Scotland’s Clans’ on BBC Teuchter TV. Marvellous.

    And a search comes out with Friday at 7.30pm for viewers in Scotland and Wales.

    rOcKeTdOg
    Full Member

    Ha ha, great programme

    cullen-bay
    Free Member

    that was great!!!!

    momo
    Full Member

    I thought that Guy came over really well, very natural on screen, looking forward to the rest of the series now.

    julianwilson
    Free Member

    pottery win. 😀
    smelting fail 😕

    nice programme, I loved the unspoken irony of him trundling about the countryside at walking pace.

    hora
    Free Member

    I was sceptical about cups/pot making…. Post-prog I’ve bought into the series thoroghly.

    ton
    Full Member

    yeah, thmbs up here too.
    seems like a good bloke too.
    and i always liked fred dibnah.

    Drac
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    Cracking a great British eccentric, never realised before how man Lincoln words sound the same as Georide words.

    MoreCashThanDash
    Full Member

    What a great show – never heard of him before but his whole relaxed manner, enthusiasm and love for the project and doing it with a mate made it compulsive viewing.

    hora
    Free Member

    Yorkshire more like.

    rewski
    Free Member

    Just caught the end, what a breath of fresh air – top bloke – series recorded straight away.

    I_Ache
    Free Member

    Just watching this now +0.5 and its bloody brilliant. Looking forward to the rest of the series.

    Drac
    Full Member

    Yorkshire more like

    Well Guy himself said he’s from Lincoln so I’ll think I believe him.

    GlitterGary
    Free Member

    Yep, he’s a Lincolnshire lad.

    hora
    Free Member

    No no. I mean sounds like

    Drac
    Full Member

    Oh right sorry, hmm sounded Lincoln to me but it’s saying things like “Wahta” for water but yes there very similar accents.

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