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I'm with you and i don't watch read or listen to anything that mentions it and then i come on here and there it is here's some Mems to cheer you and me up

I have been planning a couple of longer trips, 3 or 4 days, but am not sure anymore how many hours I can ride comfortably in a day having not done any longer trips since the problems with shoulder and now knees. So despite the weather forcast being shyte and our region being on yellow alert for storms I decided to see how long I could last. I had heard tell of a road near Reims that was once a race track, and the stands have been left intact along the side of the road. I saw it on the telly a couple of weeks ago so though I might go have a butchers: Reims, and most of the Champagne region is on the Marne river plain so is obiously strewn with cemeterys and memorials of the first war and the battle of the Marne ( i did a ride report from Chateau Thierry and the american cemeteries and monument a few years ago) so, this being kind of my pet subject, I had to visit this, the National Monument to the 1st battle of the Marne ( sept 1914, with the advancing Germans just 30 miles from Paris, Marechal Joffre ordered his retreating 6th army to turn around and attack. The BEF on his flank did the same 24hrs later and the german advance was stopped and 5 days later was in general retreat) a small British cemetery nearby I also rode past a huge French military cemetary and an Americain one also but it was pissing down with rain so I didn't stop. The weather cleared again and as the sun came out I found a lovely quiet spot to eat my sarnies, in a village called "Oyes" the whole time I sat there eating and reading my book, about half an hour I guess, not a single car came past...lovely! Moving on, I crossed the Seine at Romilly and found the old race circuit pit lane and stands at "Gueux" just west of Reims being a Sunday there were a few people about as it's obviously a meeting place for the local petrol heads the grandstand opposite I went on Into Reims for petrol and rode home stopping a number of time to shelter form the heavier rainstorms that came through, they don't last long but they drop a huge amount of water on you and you can go from dry road to 3 inches of standing water in under a minute, so I prefer to pull over and shelter for 5 or 10 minutes if the opportunity presents itself, as it did here in a derelict Service station which I had to document for @XTreme I did try the door but it was locked. all in all 450km and 7 hours including stops, I could probably do another hour or even 2 after a longer break so i'm pleased to find I can manage so long and can now plan accordingly.

I wonder if I could get away with 'working from home' for a week while simultaneously spending it on a Greek island with decent wi-fi. I'll bet some wanker would call an emergency team meeting that required actually physically being there.

Ive used my CRF250 Rally to got to France twice, the first time I only used it as my DR650 was out of commision. I thought it would be underpowered but absolutey not, stick to the side roads and trails and it's bloody ace. Those sort of roads are soooooooo much better that route national or autoroutes in France anyway, there is so much more to see. I wouldn't hesistate to use it to ride to Spain or Italy.

An entertaining covid story- school children have discovered orange juice gives a false positive on a covid test so guess what the little monkeys have been doing when they want to stay at home

I noticed you haven't whinged about the new front page @Sir Fallsalot.......that's unlike you! Cos normally it's.......

England, England, England ................. Suck it up Ginge

I have not been to a football match since 1969, when Mansfield Town thrashed West Ham 3:0 in the FA Cup. I got a kicking after the game.

I like this lazy style of doing reports

you whinge bag twats.... after the couple of years we have had , whats wrong with Our team doing well and giving us something to cheer about.... people that dont like footy are weird .

Well according to 99% of the Welsh nation you HAVE to be born with rugby ball in your hands or be able to sing like Tom Jones. So, when you're ready let's hear it . You can decide between you who's going to sing for us first ................

I'm trying not to think about Italy v England final

Mr Slowly couldn’t understand my interest in when the England fixtures are until I explained its a great time to go for a ride, so long as your back before they spill out of the pubs and get in their cars

Well that is sort of true. The vaccination gives your body’s immune system a memory of what the unwanted virus looks like so when the real deal turns up your immune systems bouncers are ready to go. A side effect of this in people with a reasonable immune response is the virus is wiped out before it gets a hold or to the shedding stage which is where you are shedding diseased cells and can infect other people. The shedding timing is different in different diseases. So by their very nature all immunisations cut down on disease transmission. This is how the herd immunity effect works, it helps to protect the unvaccinated because it becomes difficult for the virus to transmit and that gives protection to the morons who dont want to get vaccinated. So yes someone can have a vaccination and still catch a disease and pass it on its just at a vastly reduced rate. Its not something they want to broadcast at the moment because its not useful for compliance with mask wearing or crowd control before they have enough people jabbed.

The only thing i like about football is it gives me quieter roads and trails

This is what 70mph feels like on my 400 and 650 And this is what 70mph feels like on the Africa twin

We have loads of these covering the sides of roads in Norfolk/Suffolk but with white petals. A large version of a daisy.

You probably stole it.

These delicate little things were all over the riverbank at Ben Nevis dunno what they are either!

I doubt i really ever have any idea what i mean to be honest.

I think they all eat a humungus turkey, pretend to like each other and no one shoots anyone for a day

Correct, you got knocked out (sorry thrashed) by Denmark

The Chris Eubank of troll world

If you mean the UK, that's too expensive. They've wacked all the prices up because they have a captive holiday audience for a while. Just seen a bloke in the paper who reckons they wanted £71,000 for a week in a 5 bed holiday home in Cornwall in August. He's off to Yorkshire instead now.

No I don't! No interest whatsoever! The only sport I've ever followed (besides motorcycle related) is Boxing. I even got up as a young kid in the middle of the night to watch Clay (as he was then) "beat" Sonny Liston with the phantom punch!

My team did fuck all, too

The important word there is "our"......in our case (me, @Sir Fallsalot, @Specs).......it's not our team!

they're flowers...

I’m working, but there’s no rules as having to work from home.

Where's Buddy?

Good God man, are you insane?!??!?!?!?

Diggin' the trucks...

...but all cruisers were cool...

Not all cruisers were old...

We made it home in time to get cleaned up and head to Golden for the monthly old car drive in and cruise. Guys with their old cars just drive through town and all of the locals get their lawn chairs out and watch. It was a good time...

Holiday weekend here in the States, so the traffic on the freeway below us was at a standstill. Glad we avoided that....

Todd, ever the animal lover, tried to resuscitate a deer but it was too far gone...

I have this ace little app on my phone. I'm now a wierdo going around taking photos of flowers everywhere https://www.picturethisai.com/

We rode for 25 miles through a huge burn area. Really sad. Flowers are making a comeback this year...

Fred's exactly the same as me in those respects then! @Sir Fallsalot.......I guess you're used to the bewildered look you get from people (usually English) when you say you're not interested in Rugby? They seem to think we were all born with a rugby ball in our hands!

I'm back......it's hot and very humid!

Actually, we get to thank Civilians with guns for this one. Behind every tree bitches.

There are plenty of false positives with the lateral flow tests.

Dunno what these are either, but they looked pretty cool...

Absolutely Dave, it's all about money. Boris the bogladite is just going to let it all open now .................

My buddy Todd, (one of the guys that went with me on the California trip earlier this year), came to our house this weekend and brought his bike along. Plan is to do some light off road riding over next couple of days. We had as stop by the local liquor store to but some beers and booze for his friends back home in Missouri. Tipsy's Liquor has the biggest beer selection ever; two beer caves and 60 coolers! Todd got some rare beers for his bud's - one cost $31 per bottle! I mean, I like beer, but not at $31 per bottle....

Taps. Card scanners below the drain and a screen telling you about the beer in the tap. As you pour, it gives you a cost per ounce and cost per pour. Not sure I liked that - reminds you what an alcoholic you are and how much it';;s costing you.