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Here they are coming back from Tregaron, before you modified the rack I think. Just a few weeks before the Scotland trip. No paint either. Ten bloody years ago!!!

Lovely photo. Like the light. This was rough. Crossing the tail end of a hurricane helping with disaster relief. We were headed for Grand Turk if I remember correctly. That's a 35,000 tonne tanker.

Hello John.

Noooooo.

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Bloody hell. I remember following you going to Tregaron with the first wide boxes on. Thought that you were going to ground out, and disappear through a hedge on every corner. ??

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Hi Stewie.

The CCM groups on FB are good. Have loads of useful tips and they’ve kept a file system of relevant information. I think a lot of them are on other forums like most of us.

I think his name is bot.

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@Renegade That’s a good while back! ?

Devil’s creatures.

Looks as if the lockdown started very early over there.

Brilliant! No wonder it’s so popular.

I’m starting to get that way. On the Norway trip it was about 50:50, maybe slightly less camping. Cheap as chips in the Baltic states and Poland.

I found Norway just as wet and I managed to almost get blown off the road there up on the tundra. Straight across the road but fortunately nothing coming the other way. I seriously considered stopping, but the wind eased off as I descended further on. Scary.

I’m sure that others have said the same about the Klim peak. Not a good place to attach a GoPro. They’re not exactly cheap either. ?

Great read. Thanks.

Welcome!

Having left Skye we headed south down towards Fort William, then Loch Lommond. I seem to have lost a few photos! This was the Drover's Inn just north of Loch Lommond. Have stayed here a couple of times. They had an extensive range of whiskey. I don't really like the stuff but tried hard to find one that was ok. We stopped overnight at Dumphries. Dreadful ride there as the roads were shut and the diversions were a nightmare. I blame the GPS. Of course we went to the pub. I'm mystified why I didn't have any photos. @Sir Fallsalot The following morning we rode south down the M6 for convenience, and then headed to Patterdale where we found a decent campsite that had a pub restaurant. I was concerned that this thing was a tick, but it seems that it's a shield bug nymph. A couple of yurts that were in use. Pub. We sort of took over this table. The following day I was feeling a bit rough so we had a quick ride to Windermere, busy, and then returned to the pub for lunch. Just too late so we had a couple of beers anyway to help with a siesta. What siesta? Several hours later having had a meal when they started serving food again, we ended up being the last two to stagger out. Excellent day. We were determined to make the most of the following day so Fred led on a route that took in most of the high passes. Really excellent, and I would happily ride there again. Not Scotland. Back to the pub, as you do. Packing ready for the off home. Roadworks, accidents, diversions and a long day riding we were home. Great week or so and great company. Thanks @Sir Fallsalot. My liver however said otherwise.

I was posing. I'm usually grumpier.

I nearly knocked Guy Martin off his paddock push-bike once. He apologised! Does that count?

I bought myself one of these recently after looking for ages but never finding anything that I thought comfortable. Of course it's still in the box and I'm continuing to use the BMW System 6 Evo which is extremely comfortable, quiet, but no peak and it's getting on a bit. As I'm getting older I find that bright skies, or a lot of light contrast is an issue, and have been coping by pulling the sun visor down slightly. With a peak as well, things should be better. I did try all the other popular makes, but it had to be a flip, because I use glasses, and there wasn't a huge choice. Helmet Touratech Aventuro Mod, Sky, ECE/DOT

Ok. Thanks. And I can’t edit it out! Waaaah!