Sunday 25 April 2010

Exmoor and beyond – Sunday 25th April 2010....

A much warmer night and a lot of rain… Some of us slept but some did not. It was rumoured that I snore a little but that has been put in the shade by Steve… wow snoring for England – no wonder that Dee sends him out into the North Sea….  
Up at 6 ish…. Broke camp and were all Shit, showered and shaved, packed and rolling for 8am…. Yet another full breakfast and away. My waistline will not put up with drinking at night and full breakfasts in the morning….. Once on the road to Poland and beyond we just won’t be able to keep that up!! Or buy FB trousers.

The sun over Dartmoor was “interesting” – pea soup fog – visibility down to a matter of a few meters is places. Onwards to Exeter to refuel, then a quick blast up the A35 to Dorchester and a coffee stop at Burton Bradstock and then a quick visit to Poundbury (what a strange collection of buildings – not much greenery, no people – very weird place) and then onto Ringwood for toasted tea-cakes and a debrief…. Lots things to sort before the major trip, things to get and things to remove from the list. I must remember to stop more often and take more “Kodak breaks”. But I am conscious that this weekend was 350 miles over three days – we will need to do at least 250 each day and maybe more… Max speed was 81mph and moving average was 30.1mph Total Riding time was 8.51 hours.   Oh how the backside will suffer.....!!!!

Good fun and worth it….