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Made it home today. Yesterday we had a lovely evening back in Portugal, and today rode to my parent’s place using mostly small roads. The absence of cameras was a shock, but we got used to it. I hope there were no cameras, too. I will look at making a ride report but I’ve got hundreds of pictures, mostly from bikes in museums, so it may take a while. Good trip, though, and we did end in a high which is always great because it dictates the mood with which you look back on it.

Raining here all night.... but the little tree frogs that hang out under my house, seem to be liking it. When that rare tropical storm came in from the Pacific that hit the LA area last month....it headed NE & missed Portland, but dumped 6" of H2O in 36 hrs. here in Elgin ....surprisingly, it didn't cause any flooding or damage....it was so dry from August's heat blast, the ground just soaked it all up!

This has turned up at Parbados this year. It’s a time and tide bell. One of 13 that will stand on beaches around the British coastline. It is rung by the incoming and out going tide, it is supposed to warn of global sea level rise. Of course the Dear Boy couldn’t give a flying feck about it Not my photo but you get the jist

I thought I would take the chance for ride before Storm Agnes gets here tonight. Pretty warm around 19c. I had my winter jacket and was bloody hot at times. There is a very similar Iron Age for near Fowey called Castle D’or but that has cattle on it so it’s dodgy to go there. There is a stunning view from Castle An Dinas. You can see Dartmoor in the far distance and all of Goss moor much closer. Also have a good view of the Clay Pits over at Greensplat. The A30 and much else. Made me wish I had a drone or better camera. After my walk I rode past Dameralls on the way home. They seem to be stocking up again. I liked the AT they had there and a nice 2012 T100 Bonnie. Also 3 CB500X’s and 2 Transalps in stock. They Also had a X-Cross 1200 DCT but that thing was huge.

Boat going out tonight

Car insurance renewal was almost double, the best I have found on shopping around is still £40 more than last year. Current insurer couldn’t match it but still got their quote down by another £30, I guess a lot of people just accept it and pay. I’m glad I don’t have some high insurance group piece of crap like a Jag sat on my driveway, renewal price on things like that must be horrendous.

If it arrives with a beard and tits it could well be mine

Hawthorn Berries

Road back from Vianden once , it pissed down all the way back ..was even raining when we got off train back in uk …. I think that was the worse day of my life .

I hope it does a better job than King Canute .............

The wind chill when soaked is pretty bad but the worse bit is all your gear still being wet the next day. Not a barrel of laughs.

Some folk just like to grit their teeth and go for it don’t they. Pit themselves against the conditions. Suffer with a bit of that myself, it’s stupid but you do it anyway When I had a wee ride in a storm (I’ll never do it again) I was on a much heavier, lower bike and luggage weight was low down, I still abandoned the insanity half way across Bodmin moor as ‘death or hotel?’ is quite an easy game choice

So did I

I thought she hated you?

I can’t stand Red Bull

My oversize tank turned up tonight which was a surprise as it said the delivery date was the 5th of October, all i need now is a bike to fit it on

It's the red bull model.... fucking blind

A can of red bull

You needed a nice van.

I did it countless times when I worked as a bike courier in 2012, it wasn't nice but some of the conditions I rode in were verging on suicidal

Busy as fuck! Doing the Violin site now one of my existing clients wants an e-commerce site!

Yebbut you could claim on insurance and by a nice chinky bike

And nothing worse than everything including yourself getting soaked … no fun

Quadlock inserted itself as an advert in a youtube short I was watching (how do they know these things?!) and it was showing a natty little mount that screws into the cover, a clever solution for those short on bar space. https://www.quadlockcase.co.uk/products/motorcycle-brake-reservoir-mount?variant=42696740798639

no ..no he wouldn't ..

I would and yes I am.... nuff said

I'd ride, we'll be having to change your name to Six30#2 I think

Well when we asked her at the weekend if she wanted a little brother or sister she said she did and was really excited about it so we will see

I have never tasted RedBull, quite proud of that!

WR250X (super Moto) converted to R spec (trail)

Cornish, Welsh and Breton are brother tongues mate

Do you wake up with a song in your head ? I used to write down a list at one time. In one year I woke up to this in my head at least four times . That was seriously disturbing ...................

Loads of them out around work (Somerset) at the moment.

Rally up for sale now. Could you pass it on wherever you can Fred ? https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/155794346408?hash=item24461111a8:g:x4sAAOSw31VlEY5q&amdata=enc%3AAQAIAAAAwEXKol%2BaWMNNH84cgF%2FFYtk69MDKgugH3c2K7mT%2BdpXKmFieTl9CR%2FbQA%2BAd7joO0arDEQRMSOQdEVInw0m0m2QeFX9%2FFp2ceL4l6pO85%2F7L9IWy3T%2BcD3NeFoNawzemL6hCQFoMjurED8zWONYdcUICpGXnU5ubfoeDoQ7eWCxMfA3AGRdeC1dH%2B1HOLJsN02jfOfp8Xx%2BRQu1HXMY6k67ZADc9ke8cXY3QqhgT73QVZsKqE7X0KXsbmyvWiJFB4w%3D%3D|tkp%3ABk9SR4SWl6jaYg

How the f@@k is this my ear worm today

It is pricey but it’s one of the better solutions I’ve seen. Assuming the reservoir housing is up to having a carbuncle attached and high speed winds applied I suppose the worse that could happen is it’s not and you need a new reservoir, the reviews are positive though. If I get one I’ll probably go for Peak design cos although they’re more expensive than quadlock (£80 for the mount ) the case is a slim, normal width one and its MagSafe compatible. Taking a case on and off to charge it is never gonna to happen.

Tipping it down here.

You've got the better weather, just started spitting here.

That’s the version for old people Bob, those that can’t hold on over 70mph.

Bitchy

You’d ride in gale force winds when the RAC are advising people not to drive let alone ride? Madman.

Well its definitely not Fred's

Thanks Caroline, yeah though we haven't told her just yet but she has a midwife appointment tomorrow morning so the plan is to tell her the end of the week

If all goes well yes, 9 weeks in so far so still very early days