Plymouth And Spain

My Plymouth to Santander ferry trips were booked last year after I got the money released from my trust, I was booking a few days in Plymouth at the end of the month just for no particular reason and whilst I was on the phone, I was asked if there were any other stays that I would like to book, so I booked a couple of nights before each Spain trip.

So, two trips to Spain and three stays in the hotel in Plymouth. Now only the train rides from Cam & Dursley to Plymouth are left to book. They can wait

 

Trains to Plymouth were all cancelled today, but my backup would be to drive there. So, I check that my driving license is still valid as the DVLA Medical Group want to ban me, because much hate flows around that department. The failed doctors, with the ones too thick to even get a place on a course, really don't get on all cooped up in the same office, so someone has to suffer! My license is fine (at the moment) and I can drive this:

Why the suck would I want to?

And the plan was to go to Fowlers tomorrow. But the bridge over the River Avon that we normally use is shut, as well as the scabby road by Fowlers is closed. So fook Fowlers and Brizzle for next option is Frasers of Gloucester who have the Royal Enfield Gueerilla that interests me. I tell my mate that is where we are going and I change my mind again. Now it is Riders of Bridgewater. The Ducati Scrambler is the best bike for me but the 18 inch front wheel offends me, so I want to see one up close. The Royal Enfield is about half the price of the Ducati and this has to come out of my savings. No way will I succeed in getting the money out of the trust unless I lie. That is not where I want to be. A trip to Riders to look at Ducatis is always a pleasure!

 

Just went to Frasers to look at the Royal Enfield 450 Guerilla. It is OK and I do really want to buy a bike off Frasers, as it is my nearest motorbike dealer and I've never succeeded in buying anything but a few Kawasaki parts, when I had a Kwacker and they were a dealer.

A couple of things that I don't like, but none are deal breakers. The bracket for the pillion foot rests cannot be junked, as it is welded in place to the main frame. Also, it has RWU forks, but as a mate pointed out, I would not push it hard enough to even notice!

Then, later, I looked at a review and although they said it was OK, the Triumph Speed 400 is better. I looked at one in Fowlers and did like it. I've never had a Triumph, as well as a Royal Enfield. It is about the same money as the Royal Enfield at around £5100 OTR.

This is where Ducati really fall down in my opinion. The Scrambler, that we were going to go to Bridgewater to see, before I changed my mind, is around DOUBLE the price of the two bikes I mentioned. For what will just be a toy, I really cannot justify the money to myself. And although there is hundreds of thousands in my trust, my solicitor - now my trustee - I doubt would be willing to release the money to buy a motorbike!

So, if I had the money, I could buy the Royal Enfield AND the Triumph for the same price a ONE Ducati Scrambler. I think that is insane!

 

Excuse being nosey Perry, but have you been deemed mentally incapable ?
I don’t understand why you can’t access your compensation ?[/QUOTE]

Right: long story (like everything in this case)

We had a meeting about one and a half years ago at my barrister's chambers. Only he was allowed to move between offices, as mixing was not permitted. Basically, we had my barrister, a clerk (trainee solicitor) my elder brother (whose case was in his name as he started it, when I was out for the count) and my solicitor. It was always agreed before that it would be my settlement plus they would have to pay my legal fees. So we got to about half past three and my barrister said that he doubted if we could get this done today and may have to come back for another day. My barrister was going for a million. But I said that I really did not want to do this again and at about four o'clock we settled on £790,000 I think that it was. Mr Useless Me did not realise that working ten until four is a long day for a barrister! When you are on £1450 and hour. you can afford to only work a few hours per day!

It sounded good to me but my solicitor only takes on serious case where people have had life-changing injuries, so she is used to getting well over a million per case. I had already said that I don't want to bother my little damaged brain in looking after the settlement but as my solicitor is used to much higher settlements with people so brain-damaged that they need a finance company to help. this was going to be the plan.

Trouble was that we had already started a high court action and my legal team had to go back to the high court to say that we have settled and can drop the case. Simple, I thought and the High Court in London would be happy to get rid of a case. NO!!! The judge got all pissy and would not let the case drop without out a meeting in his chambers in the High Court in London. So yet another London trip! At the meeting there was my barrister and solicitor, A barrister for the other side, my brother and a clerk again. I was never spoken to but I just amused myself by working out the fees being racked up by two barristers, a solicitor and my brother. I think that it was around £4000 per hour!

Basically the judge was just pissed because my solicitor had not addressed a query. She had but the judge was too thick to understand. What my team were trying to avoid is what the judge wanted and the money goes into a personal injury trust as it is the devil's job to get the money out. Anyway, my team asked for an adjournment with a chance to look into things further. As I had previously said that I want somebody else to mange the money for me, the new idea was to put the money in a trust with my solicitor as the trustee, so I can only get money out if she agrees,

I'm quite relaxed about it and I recently got out about £87,000 to buy out a cousin in Florida just because it makes my brother's life easier. He is the company secretary of a family business started by me Grandfather in about 1907. My elder brother and sister have bought out my younger brother who now lives in Hong Kong, so I said that I would buy out the Florida cousin so all of the shareholders and now resident in the UK. It has all gone a bit weird now and the default position is that you and they, are money laundering unless you can prove not. I had to visit a branch of Lloyds to get the money sent to my cousin in Florida and the staff damn near called the Police to get me arrested! We live in mad times! UK banks seem to have a default view that all their clients are money launderers unless you can prove otherwise. Such hate! This is your clients that you spend a fortunes to get and your default position is that they must be criminals! Weird.

And the banks are useless at stopping all of the camming going on. They think that the solution is just to make everybody's life hard - especially honest customer!


I also got out the money to pay for two Spanish trips this year, as well. So buying outa Florida shareholder from our family company and doing Spanish trips is fine, but asking for funds to pay for a new motorbike might be pushing it, Especially because the money came from a motorbike accident! I will fund it myself and I have now decided that the next bike will be a triumph. Not sure which one - possibly a Speed 400 or a 660 Trident but that is not a decision that I have to make for ages. And there was those Yamahas with automatic gearboxes. Fowlers can do both makes new but I will keep am eye on Frasers if they get in anything used. When I was last there, I did say that I would be part exchanging a KTM. They will take it just to get the deal, but then pass it down the trade. To them, KTMs are shit, but Fowlers can't be so rude as they sell them!

 

Reading between the lines and, like everyone else here, having been privy to the ins and outs of this matter for some years, and based upon the numerous random posts made daily I suspect there may be a train of thought amongst the stupid judges and ridiculously expensive legal beagles that poor old Perry may be incapable of making a decision let alone a rational or wise one and therefore it may be unwise to leave unfettered control over such a large sum of money to him.

To be serious for a moment, we live in a world full of scammers, whose ‘skills’ range from the blatantly obvious scam artists to the ‘you’ll never know until it’s too late’ type. It’s not uncommon when an individual comes into a lot of money, think Lottery winners, that some sort of protection is put in place for their own good (where required).[/QUOTE]
There was brain damage I think, but it was never really diagnosed. At the time, the focus was on saving my leg and then getting me walking again. Really, I did forget how to walk and had to be taught how to do it!

I did have the optic nerve from my left eye detached from my brain, I think and to start with I could not see on my left side. After many trips to Cheltenham Hospital, they finally admitted that nothing can be done, as they cannot operate there, but the human body is really good at repairing itself! Nowadays, it is only the left leg that is not going to get any better. But I still have it, so that's OK! I cannot walk very far but I am supposed to try everyday. Now my goal is usually to a coffee shop, or pub!

The goal now is just to stay happy1 Mulling over which motorbike to get next, makes me happy. And I think that is will be a Triumph, but just not sure which one.

The only thing that makes me unhappy is the bastids at DVLA. As the medical group never communicate, except to try and get you banned, I am not going to put in any money for a new bike for at least a year. I don't know what they are planning, but I don't want to worry about it. They might be on strike (their main occupation) but they wanted me to see my doctor, but after I made the appointment, as commanded to, they never communicated with the doctor to tell him what the appointment was for and so the appointment got cancelled. I wrote and told them this last year, but never received anything back and that leads me to suspect,

 

i am posting for no good reason. But that's me!

J am taking a mate to Fowlers on Tuesday and did have a list of bikes that they sell, to contemplate buying. But I have decided to do nothing. Still go to Fowlers because the food is good, The Totterdown Bridge is supposed to reopen next week, so we can celebrate that!

I am not going to be buying anything for a while. I will stick with what I have and get the Ducati ST3 back on the road (it is SORNED and the mirrors are broken) because that is what I should be concentrating on.

My primary goal for 2026 is to ne happy. I do not want to spend thousands on a new bile only to get a letter from the DVLA Medical Group next day, telling me again to see a doctor and demonstrate that I can touch my nose whilst standing on my head with my eyes shut, you fooking cripple! I don't need that.

It is also good therapy to wok on bikes whilst not losing my temper. If the DVLA ban me, then they ban me. I will appeal anything and explore any legal channels available, but it will not be allowed to spoil my life.

I have two trips to Spain booked and three to Plymouth this year, so what is not to like? None rely on having a driving license.

I've looked into house prices and although they are stupid, I did find some bungalows with garages that I could afford. But I don't find the stairs a problem here, so I will stay put for as long as I can.