Bikers' Banter

OOOOOO

Getting excited now.
Have mapped the route out properly.

1,200 miles. 25 hours

I think planning the route is just the right time to start getting excited. I am counting the days until I get the sat-nav wired up. I really, really hope I can figure out how to make it work. I'm useless with tech, but I need to learn this as I can do longer runs without waiting for one of my minders to be free to escort me. Things to do, places to go, people to see. I'm not sure I'll ever make it to Scotland but I have lots of Family to visit in Northumberland. I always feel as if I'm going home when I get to visit them all. That is my long term plan. I'll just be happy to find my way round Kent to begin with.

NC, have you got your Air Hawke????

Bee, if you are ever in the Cheshire area contact and a cup of tea is on me.......no cake or ice cream but maybe a chip butty.

bobsnicholson wrote: ↑Thu May 17, 2018 7:31 am NC, have you got your Air Hawke????
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Tell you what Bob - the seat on the Fazer is soooo comfy....

Rode down to Cornwall and could have ridden straight back home without a problem.
I'm going right up to Kinlochleven in one hit, and the last day will be from Grantown on Spey back home. Good few miles, but they will soon clock off. The two middle days will be just enjoying the awesome scenery.

(Mustn't forget the USB leads )

You never know Bob. Maybe I will actually manage to learn to use the sat-nav. Nobody will be more surprised then me. I plan to start locally, move on to a few Triumph rallies later in the year and if that goes O.K I might go back to Holland again and maybe Spain as well. I have the offer of an escort next year. Down to the bottom end of Spain on a ferry and ride home again. At the moment it's only a dream, but perhaps I'll make it one day. I could try a chip butty. It will be a new experience for me

Bee, you don't need a sat-nav for long distances.

Just write down the A roads and towns and follow the road signs. Works in Holland and Spain too

Sat-nav then becomes useful for the actual road/location you are after, but that depends on how small it is. (ie, there are signs for the Algiers Ferry on the motorway around Alicante)

I've got a waterproof thing to put my phone in, but I think I'm just going to put a bit of paper in it with the road numbers on it!

That's the way I've always done it. I stick the list on top of the tank bag but I am bad at remembering things and I often remember things wrongly. I'm hoping that not looking down and just listening to instructions might be useful for me. I've never been much good at memory stuff, but I'm really bad at it now I'm older. I genuinely forgot that I'd done the memory test at the Doctor's. She thought it was hilarious when I asked for another one just a year later. I was halfway through it before it dawned on me that some of the questions seemed familiar. It infuriates me that I can forget things within seconds of being told.

Offski

Happened to wake up early , so I’ll be off shortly.

Sooo excited

Have a good safe ride NC. Have you got your camera????

Have a great time Ninja , if you're bringing us back presents , I'm partial to a bottle of Talisker .