Originally Posted by
peterperfect
The two 90 degree bends through Gatenby hamlet south of Leeming when RNEFTS was based there certainly filtered the sober from the drunk coming back to base late at night.
As did the Meon Valley road when on course at Lee-on-Solent. Mad biker took one Pax back to Lee after a very pleasant run ashore "up the Valley". On RTB, Pax looked like he'd been through a hedge backwards.
Seems that on a switchback section of the Meon Valley road, said biker nearly lost the back end on first bend, just about recovered it then .... straight into the second bend where, again, the back end was all over the shop. Once control had been regained the second time, he looked round intending to express just how close they'd come to disaster to the Pax ..... only to find an empty seat behind him! Pax had been ejected on the first bend and had, literally, been flung into the hedge!
Interestingly, biker mate continued to kindly offer lifts ...... however, thereafter, the takeup of his offer was Ziltch! He left the Navy not long after - once it was realised he was, in reality, a walking disaster area! Nice guy - just rather accident-prone!
