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Now sitting in the car park to board the ferry for the IOW. Just seen the review for the play my daughters in playing the lead roll. I’m chocked up typing this.

Plied @MooN with tea, but he already had a dinner date!

Right now, a coffee at my favourite place, it’s cold and windy and rain is forecasted but I’m getting away with being dry so far.

I'm off on a TRF bike swap tomorrow which is a try someone else's bike out, i want to have a go of a crf300L and a Husky 701 god help the fucker lumbered with the dog

I like the detail. For me thinking about the varying possibilities and having the freedom to abandon any of it at any point and choosing to do something else is part of the joy. I do also enjoy not thinking, winging it and seeing what happens. That approach is far more exciting, its yielded me as much pain as it has happiness though. Decisions are always weightier when you're organising a group, other people are looking to you for knowledge of an area and possible solutions. You kinda feel responsible for making sure they have a good time, or at least the best time possible in whatever circumstances you find yourself in and thats when having plan A to X is useful. Knowing where theres a supermarket that doesnt shut til 10pm or where the accommodation in the sunshine will be and the roads are good makes the difference between happy people and wet, tired, hungry people. Folk who get kicks from braving the elements or rolling with whatever happens (I confess I'm partial to that) are definitely the minority. @Motobiker sharing his covering all the bases is a useful DIY guide, I appreciate it, I read it and think hmm maybe the alps should be next and if they are I know just the man to ask for advice!

Its a tourist trap that closes every weekend, thats so Spanish

I want to see the others on the dog

I got to work on my tan its that nice here.

Weather not too bad here although it doesn’t seem to be showing it’s going to pee down overnight! Its definitely a take it easy weekend for us. Then again Mr Slowly said this morning “Shall we go to Morocco on Monday?” so maybe Ill look into that cos sometimes you got to strike while the irons hot!

He's getting about this year

Nice work dad.

With luck the clam joint next door opens up for the summer whooo hoo fried clam strips.

I do get tired, absolutely! After three or four days riding like this, I usually just want to curl up for a day and rest. You can't just keep going day after day... body and mind needs quiet recovery time from the physical exertion and mental stimulation. If you try to push on and on, things go pear shaped sooner or later...

I'm 10 years older now bob might be ready for it, on the other hand somebody telling me something has too much is a way of getting me to buy something that's the way my head works all my friends told me not to by the YZ490 back in the late 80's but i showed them

Went for a cruze, found a hooker working the under the bridge traffic a half a mile from my house, a sign of a good summer.

I took the 250 out when it was first introduced and i was happy with it on all the back roads it was the lack of thump on the open road that stopped me from buying one, i like the torque from the 650 and the xr400 i want to see if the 300 is getting near there for me and the 701 is supposed to be a real good trail bike with a huge thump 74hp out of a bike thats about 160kg

Morocco doesn't look like a good move right now. The UK gov travel advice says "The Moroccan government has announced that the current suspension of ferry services will be extended until further notice." Although this appears to be out of date and ferry services were allowed for vehicles on the 18th April Two ports have tickets for sale but the fastest service available is 3 hours, the 1 hour services are not running. Morocco are also asking for proof of vaccination AND proof of a valid PCR test within 48 hours before entry. They will also randomly select people for further PCR testing at the airport and within 48 hours of arrival. Apart from the faster 1 hour ferries not currently running and the expense n hassle of the PCR's theres also a risk of getting stuck and having to quarantine there (£££) if you happen to get caught out with a random post arrival PCR test. Hmph. Mind you that info's from the UK government so that could all be wrong too. Unreliable idiots.

Only Yen!

Illiterate (I had to bloody look up how to spell that), gay, road sweeper who had to follow a list of streets he couldn't read to do his job. Good story today. https://spitalfieldslife.com/2022/04/22/kevin-obrien-retired-roadsweeper-x/

The tank bolts and spacers have already been upgraded on my bike 90,000km ago. I don't know what brand they are though, maybe Perun

dont know , but the one in the front row with jeans and dark hair looks a sort .

Weather's gone downhill again. FFS......I don't want the Psycho complaining that the weather's better in fucking Poland. The EU need to sort this shit out! Hopefully I can get the bike out on Sunday as it hasn't been out for a couple of weeks now! So what are you lot doing?

I predict that you'll find the CRF300L doesn't have enough torque (you have to thrash them) and the 701 just has too much power to be useful as a trail bike

I'd be interested in your opinion of that Fred!

That's a much better idea!

Might go to that tourist trap where they filmed the spaghetti westerns instead, always wanted to go there when I was a kid.

Umm yer they had the element of surprise.

you count flies...

Ive only seen two flies here so far this April, its windy and its not quite their season yet, same with the ants, theyre still in downtime. Should be fine.

Thats brilliant. Congrats

I don't think I have put the gay Sikh punk rocker on yet, he was a teenager in the mid to late 70s. Next time he comes round on the blog I will post it, another cool story.

What is wrong with the man , he’s just am embarrassment

Isn't that the bint that Prince Harry married ?

Personal hygiene tip for @yen_powell there!

Well Cambodia is a bunch of fun. One of the few countries in south east Asia where more roads are dirt than are bitumen. There's a lot of off road happiness to be had. I've been exploring the Cardamom Mountains, dodging storms and nihilistic road users; blessed with good luck for the Khmer New Year by way of being soaked with water and smeared with talcum powder by roadside gangs of revellers. (Actually, the talc has made the lining of my helmet smell a lot better than it did before.) I had to abort mission briefly when my bike nearly fell in two due to the failure of tank bolt bushings, but soon sorted that out and got back on the road again. I got a little tired for a moment there... but took a rest and now I'm all good again. Unbelievably I've already been here three weeks! Only one week left until I have to scoot back to Thailand to run a tour through the jungle - which will be great fun too.

I wouldn’t trust him in a pig trough.

Narrow road through a forest by the coast, it’s only a few kms and you do have to watch out for oncoming traffic even though it is scarce, but I love it

Someone got a discount at the health and safety shop when buying signs!

Who the fuck would be stupid enough to buy this POS? Oh, hold on, here he comes now…….

It certainly is. looks rather different later in the summer. same view.

That's great but don't keep going on about it.