The guys who rode down then had a horrendous journey by all accounts. The weather was wet. really wet, south of the border. Most of them were still drying clothes and sleeping bags when I arrived at four on the Saturday afternoon.
Things got better from then on and the sun shone most of the weekend after that. Just being there was fun. Great company and loads of good bikes to look at. Just what a rally should be. The camp site was in Walesby forest and because of that there shouldn't have been any fires on site. Not that it stopped us, the Scottish contingent that is. All the others were quite happy for us to take the blame and joined in the party.
The ride down on the motorway wasn't even that bad. Or maybe I'm just getting used to motorways. It was around trip of 550 miles. That's the longest I've ridden over a weekend. Was still sore by the end of the return leg but seem to be getting more used to it.
I was tired on the way back up but that was purely through not being used to drinking alcohol in the quantities I used to and mis-judging the effect on the morning after.
One down side. I lost my disc lock. The bag it was in was gone completely. The velcro faster was still there. Looks like the stitching had given up somewhere down the road.
Things got better from then on and the sun shone most of the weekend after that. Just being there was fun. Great company and loads of good bikes to look at. Just what a rally should be. The camp site was in Walesby forest and because of that there shouldn't have been any fires on site. Not that it stopped us, the Scottish contingent that is. All the others were quite happy for us to take the blame and joined in the party.
The ride down on the motorway wasn't even that bad. Or maybe I'm just getting used to motorways. It was around trip of 550 miles. That's the longest I've ridden over a weekend. Was still sore by the end of the return leg but seem to be getting more used to it.
I was tired on the way back up but that was purely through not being used to drinking alcohol in the quantities I used to and mis-judging the effect on the morning after.
One down side. I lost my disc lock. The bag it was in was gone completely. The velcro faster was still there. Looks like the stitching had given up somewhere down the road.
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