Well today was the last day of riding home from Scotland - I think I have ridden about 2,500 miles over 12 days.
We left Duxford on two separate routes home; David to Hove in Sussex and me to Ringwood in Hampshire. I was going to ride across country and join up with the A34 at Oxford but decided that I would just let Gertie Garmin have her own way.. Down the M11, onto the M25 and then the M3 and lastly the A31. Oh how I dislike the M25 during the morning "get out of my way - I'm important" peak times.. You know type - the rules concerning the Highway Code and mobile phone use do not apply to them.... I passed one lady in a white Porche and made it clear that she should not be texting whilst driving (she was tailgating a truck at 60mph). She then passed me at speed and I caught her again about 10 mile further on doing the same think whilst up-the-chuff of a slow moving Crane... Idiot.
So I survived and arrived home at about noon. There was no-one home so I managed to get all the washing done, unpacked the bags and hung the tent etc to dry. I had a long soak in a hot bath, then fed the cat and sorted out things that needed to be done today. I will sort out the bike and the rest of the kit tomorrow.
Not much of an epilogue at the end of 12 day trip, but I did what I wanted to do and so the trip is now done. I enjoyed most of it (not the cross winds or the inclement weather) I hope that David did to.. Thanks for your company David ...
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| Bishops Auckland to Duxford |
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| The total ride - Crieff Cloverleaf and NC400 |
