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EVENT FEATURE SUICIDE FROGS CUSTOM SHOW
WORDS & PHOTOS: YODA
SUICIDE FROGS CUSTOM SHOW
ROYAL OAK, BURTON-ON-TRENT, STAFFORDSHIRE
With a weekend where I had nothing set in stone and was looking for
somewhere to go that was within a reasonable distance, the Suicide Frogs
MCC’s show—about a 120 mile round trip—seemed to fit the bill perfectly.
As a bonus, it was also an event I hadn’t been to before and it’s always
good to get out to a show that I don’t know
fter googling the location and a quick look myself or my camera with other than a couple of lens
on Google Street view to work out where I wipes, I managed to save my camera but that left me
was going, etc (well, you know my history still covered in morphine. I hadn’t quite intended to be
of being geographically challenged), I hit greeting the club members whilst covered in the sugary
A the road nice and early as usual so I could sickly bittersweet glue-like substance that is Oramorph.
get photos of people arriving and shots of the bikes My opening line of “Hi, I’m Yoda from 100% Biker
and trikes. After all, it can be difficult to photograph magazine but I can’t shake hands as I am covered in
bikes when they are parked closely together in a line. morphine” is one of the more uncommon introductions
So, as you can see, I had a plan—and like all good I have ever used. However, licking my hands clean
plans, something is bound to go wrong. This was meant at least I managed to get a bit of it, and thankfully
no exception, although, for once, it wasn’t any of the after an emergency message to Becki of Shed Built Bikes
usual problems. Upon arriving I needed to take some I was stocked back up and ready to roll.
of my medication. However, I had filled my bottle of But at least I wasn’t the only one having a bad day.
Oramorph to the top and then forgotten I’d done that. Watching members of the Suicide Frogs attempt to
As I plunged my syringe into the bottle the morphine put up a gazebo made me feel much better about my
splashed out, I dropped the bottle and covered myself own mishap. After much head scratching and fun
and my camera in morphine. With nothing to clean and games, a saviour came along and confidently told
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