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Been busy today trying to improve the view from my kitchen window as it looks onto a block wall, I've had a white board there for years which was ok gone from this To this i think it looks a little better see how long it lasts now

Out for a couple of hours.......

Got a burr up my ass to ride to Maine. Dunno why, just seemed like a good idea. So I talked my riding buddies Dave and his wife Debbie (R1250GS) as well as Todd (junky assed Ducati) to come along with me. 10 days and about 6,500 miles for me, 1,500 less for Dave (he lives in Indy) and Todd is in between as his lives in Columbia, Missouri. The basic route....

Earning gold stars to exchange for my week away with mates………so that means putting a gazebo together, making things, fixing leaky pipes and generally being a good husband……….it’s a tough job but someone’s gotta do it

Yeh.....we noticed!

mrs Doughty was a nice old girl ... suppose we was lucky over here at school , unlike @Tym who must of been in constant fear of another student running in the class room with an assault rifle.

I like the brick wall better, do they have one that looks like bricks?

I’ve posted loads of ride reports you ungrateful ginger cunt.

So I just swung past the old gold mines and headed back to town. 10 mile shakedown ride completed - ready for Maine!

Cruised some dirt for a bit....

I feel guilty for arranging the snow now.

Be careful i remember a film with Burt Reynolds in where he was looking for somewhere to leave his truck didn't end to well for him

I never said that. I said you were a twat. (just kiddin')

You said he fucked off because we are a bunch of twats.

As with any trip, new tires are the first thing to get sorted. Slapped on yet another set of Trailmax Missions this week.....

We got the EC300 back after its rebuild, I'm beyond stoked. Unfortunately it's raining for the next ten days/eternity so I am doing admin for the upcoming tour season. But how gorgeous is this beastie?

You can’t reduce absolutely every thread down into the usual puerile twaddle.. oh wait you can

I didn't. Assumed the coyotes and mountain lions would have eaten them by now had there been any in there. Same for the ginger dagos.

i heard you yourself wrote a book but it was full of spelling mistakes.... apparently the proofer kept falling asleep

You're ok @Buckster isn't reading this

The new post in my travelling blog is all about my visit to Marble Canyon Provincial Park. https://www.grasshopperspath.ca/post/marble-canyon-provincial-park

My English teacher we called Crid never new her real name you didn't fuck around in her class no way

Mrs Doughty did

One of Eric's trips surpasses my annual mileage!

Today at our beach we had a thing for the kids called "Touch a Truck" You would have been in heaven, to bad cops were there you have bad paper right? Little Guy™ thinks so.

Roads above 12,.000' were still closed due to snowpack and I'm sure it's much worse now. So it was hard to really go anywhere...

I did get out on Thursday before swapping my tires out. Just rode around the neighborhood for a bit. Thought I should at least ride 10 miles before setting off on a long trip. Bike felt pretty much like I remember it from last year....

Fun isnt something you do is it.

All set to head out on Tuesday the 24th and ride to Todd's in Missouri. And then this shit happens today. 20 fuckin' inches of slop....

The Amoco Cadiz?

We’ll see 🌧 The fixings look ok and the panniers have waterproof cases/liners in them so I’m not too bothered. The Andalucian sun is definitely a take as many layers off as possible type climate and wearing a hydration pack is too hot. Also not fond of cleaning them and dont like carrying the weight on my person (3litres is an extra 3kilos on your back). Plus its a bit of a faff bothering with one when you’re going to the supermarket to do a big shop. I’ll let you know how much it wrecks them after Ive ridden in the rain a bit The fixing system they’ve used allows you to unclip the water bottles and click a small jerry can in its place… I have one eye on Morocco

A new front on the War on Terror! Putin has sent russian seagulls to poop on America!!!!! You know they are russian is because they rape the first chicken they find, then shoot its grandmother! Steal her Audi and fuckoff! I got sometyhing for them, explosive crackers! Stuffed with Cunt4 !

Looks like a yeti cooler. Nice one Pete and i dint notice any pools of oil.

Panniers tuned up. I give them until the end of their first outing to get scuffed up and look tatty. Got a couple of bottle holders to go on the outside of the case (stopping and getting water out of a voluminous tightly strapped down bag did my noggin in after a few days) so my first job is to drill holes in my brand new panniers. Im thinking mañana

Couple of clips from today!

Fred's tale has reminded me of a similar situation. When I was about 15 I went to a concert in the local college, the band were called Sailor and they were quite good. Anyway, you could drink alcohol and bravely I tried to keep up with the lads I was with (they were in their 20'). After the gig it was suggested we should go for a curry, I agreed immediately even though I'd never had a curry before . I can remember going in but I have no idea what I ate and drank, what I can remember is being dragged out of the bog by Indian waiter's with my kecks around my ankles. How I got home I have no idea as my 'mates' weren't around but it put me off curry for quite a while. PS, I didn't spew as I rarely spew due to too much alcohol.

But I digress. In Cambodia there were magnificent abandoned ruins, with no-one around. I didn't go to Angkor Wat, I just rode alone along the King's Road... temple ruins to temple ruins. Highly recommend. This is my favourite video from my whole month in Cambodia. I just wanted to show you this place. It was incredible. I did, however, receive a complaint that the dirt roads featured were too good, and thus the videos were boring. Next time I'll make sure I only film the quicksand sections Quicksand temple quicksand temple! Grace

To follow up on the Turkish restaurant it was a friends birthday so me him and another friend with the wives went to a Turkish restaurant in Cardiff for food and booze, it was quite an exclusive place and hard to get a table as it was so popular, everything was going smoothly until the birthday boy decided to sample the Turks local spirits which i can remember were bloody awful but i still drank them. The waiter was coming round with samples of some horrible powerful shit and every sample was aww god that's awful give us a round of that, the women had dropped out almost immediately. After a while we were dancing in the restaurant riding each other like horses kind of drunk yet there was no dance floor or music, then it was mentioned by the wives how loud and sweary we were to which the reply was very loudly if we want to fucking swear we'll fucking swear. After this my memory becomes intermittent i remember being woken up in the shitter half naked apparently i'd been missing for a while after which i went outside for some fresh air which was a big mistake there was a large que of people waiting to go into the restaurant and they had to watch me hanging on the door spewing my guts up while trying to explain not to be put off by me as the food was excellent and i was just pissed i then staggered to the other side of the road where i continued to spew myself dry. I was on my knees holding onto railings retching when a guy comes over to ask if i was alright, i said i was fine and i was just pissed he said but your crying on your knees no i said i'm really pissed then the wife came over to rescue me and i woke up in bed with no memory of how i got there and no hangover but with a memory of events i'd rather forget. We worked out the three of us went though over £600 that night and that was probably over 30 years ago i was only earning £125 a week there is only one other time i can remember being that drunk

Ive had a truly brilliant day. Filled with amazing friends and family thanks everyone.

I had the Indiana Jones music going around in my head while I was watching it

I knooooooow, me too! I was thinking about Indiana Jones the whole time and trying so hard not to reference tomb raiding, which is obviously bad and not what I want to reference! But if only I could get it out of my head!

Marvellous stuff. I can’t ever see temples without thinking of Indiana Jones or Baloo

You ate Dobbin.

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It is a small off-road trailer we can sleep in and it has a pull out kitchen in the back with an awning over top for protection. We can carry more water, fuel and tools as well. It has great storage so we can free up some space in our vehicle. Very excited, but a bit nervous....