tough lesson learned
 

This weekend I've learn't not to stop however badly the bike is going until it actually won't move- spluttering and limping a couple more miles over the line to collect 9 points would have saved me the choice of either going over 1000miles going to bl**dy scotland to drop the dnf or being last in the standings instead of the 4th I'd be at this point if I'd crossed the line- doh!!!!!