2024 Subscriptions Darryl Gunson Posted January 12, 2022 2024 Subscriptions Report Share Posted January 12, 2022 Sunday 16th: planning on a wee spin along the back roads in memory of our dear friend Davie Borland. Davie was a big fan of ‘farm watch’ rides so we’ll be seeking out some of the worst roads in the area 😅 All welcome to join me - including gravellers 😀 9.30 Miller Street. PM me if you know of any bad roads Davie would have liked (or did indeed like) and we’ll try and incorporate them! chung, Ramsay and DavidC 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark O Posted January 15, 2022 Report Share Posted January 15, 2022 I was saddened to read Darryl’s post, above, and learn of Davie B’s passing. Davie was a wheeler at heart. The man who went to Italy with blue tinged legs and came home with blue tinged legs. Many a time he would appear out of the murk on a Sunday morning, to meet me on the track at Kilbirnie, with his grimace on and greet me with a ‘Morning - shite weather’ and barely miss a pedal stroke. We also limped home down the track to the Garnock Valley numerous times, sucking each others wheels to save what little was left in the tank after a long day in the saddle. The best of times. Davie was the most modest down to earth bloke, who loved to get off the main drag and head for the rural lanes and tracks. The more rutted and mankier the better. He had a pragmatic almost bleak outlook on life but was a dependable, generous individual with a wry sense of humour. Never particularly vociferous, yet spoke his mind when the occasion arose. I don’t know if Davie’s passing, and indeed his life, has been marked on the Club’s Facebook page (I don’t do Facebook), but it seems remiss that there is nothing on the the Bunch to pay tribute to the man. If this thread is it then this is my contribution. Davie B your were and always will be a Joansin Wheeler. You sadly ran out of farm tracks way too soon. You’ll be missed. Mark O Darryl Gunson, Ramsay and thejanullrichdietplan 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2023 Subscriptions thejanullrichdietplan Posted January 15, 2022 2023 Subscriptions Report Share Posted January 15, 2022 There was a thread with condolences after he died (although i cant find it just now to link to) plus another one with some photos and stories after his diagnosis. Some good photos and memories @ https://www.johnstone-wheelers.co.uk/thebunch/index.php?/topic/11776-farewell/ Darryl Gunson 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2024 Subscriptions Darryl Gunson Posted January 16, 2022 Author 2024 Subscriptions Report Share Posted January 16, 2022 Great turnout today from the senior club and the Jets. Mud, gravel, punctures, coffee and cake, and a nice social pace was the order of the day. Just as Davie would have liked it thejanullrichdietplan, chung and DavidC 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2023 Subscriptions thejanullrichdietplan Posted January 16, 2022 2023 Subscriptions Report Share Posted January 16, 2022 Enjoyable ride today good to see such a big turnout! DavidC and chung 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark O Posted January 17, 2022 Report Share Posted January 17, 2022 Nice one. We’ll done every one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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