It was just getting light as I asked the hotel staff to unlock the underground store where we had hidden the bike. It was not easy getting it in as I had to reverse it in down a narrow gap and down a steep slope with a slippery floor with both panniers on situ.
With the sun not yet to warmed up it was bloody cold and I had to stop to don another layer. But being so early the roads were clear all the way until Torrelavega where a combination of major roads converging and heavy duty road works. But after that a straight forward run to the port.
Arrived in good time and was soon joined by a group of large northern riders on BMW GS's…. All very clean and full of Touratech bits and bobs. Although we were later joined by a rider on a 125cc bike having was just returning from a trip to Merzouga in southern Morocco. Very little luggage and a home made wooden top box - excellent.
Ah well, now on board the ferry and underway . Chicken curry for lunch and bugger else to do until 7pm tomorrow. More reading of Gordon May's travel book.
It's a testament to Gordon May and his book "Overland to Vietnam" that he rode a 74 year old Matchless motorcycle all the way to Vietnam and here I am on a 27 years old Honda Africa Twin and I am returning home after just 2000 kms with an engine issue. Mind you, the man knows a thing or two about engines whereas I carry a toolbox in case I find someone who knows what to do with the gizmos inside ..
