Annus Horribilis!!

2023 WARNING… this is a very long post, it is going to cover all of 2023 and it has been monumental so be warned, lol. January – Antalya, Turkey So I finally decided to take the plunge and get my teeth fixed. I’ve been really unhappy with them for many years and have put off …
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London Pride and Beyond

2nd July 2022 – London This year London Pride celebrated 50 years of Pride. The first pride march took place in London in 1972; I wasn’t there but some of the veterans who were marched at the front of Pride this year, what a milestone for them. I was extremely proud as President of Dykes …
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Up and Over and Home

Day 4/5: 24/25th April 2022 – Osorno to London via Santander and Portsmouth Out to pack up the bike and when I come back in a woman approaches me and asks if I would like some coffee… we’ll does the pope shit in the woods? Not only do I get coffee but also toast and …
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OMFW…. Pass the Snorkel

Day 2/3: 22/23rd April 2022 – Campillos to Osorno via Plascentia The title says it all… started out sunny but cold and went downhill from there… rain, rain, rain No twisties today.. straight on the motorway all the way up, stopping only to eat and fuel. The rain soon starts and is extremely heavy.. looks …
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Piggy goes to England…

Day 1: 21st April 2022 – Gibraltar to Campillos, Spain Am leaving Gib today for the return journey home via Santander. What with cleaning the flat etc. I don’t get on the road until almost 2pm so a bit of a late start. Our good friend Jill takes a few photos as I depart The …
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Arrive Gibraltar

Day 5: 9th April 2022 – Villa de Don Fadrique, La Mancha to Gibraltar Final hop today, across the Sierra Nevada range and down into La Linea de la Concepcion to cross the border into Gibraltar. The day dawns very bright and bodes well for the journey. I go down for breakfast and there is …
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Burgos to Don Quixote land

Day 4: – 8th April 2022 – Burgos to La Villa de Don Fadrique, La Mancha Am up with the lark, hoping to get on the road early… hoping…. I go down and drop my room card key at reception, there’s nobody around so I just leave as I have already paid. I start to …
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Sporty Goes to Gibraltar

Day 1/2/3: 5th/6th/7th April 2022 – London to Burgos, Spain via Plymouth 5th April 2022 – London to Winchester So… after taking the bike over to Zenith Motorcycles, (https://www.zenithmotorcycles.co.uk), to fit the new boots and giving the wheels a good clean to get the blue coating off it’s finally time to get on the bloomin’ …
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Sportster Transformation

March/April 2022 Following on from the end of Loadsa Money, I finally get the spare seat from James in LA and take the Honda into Warrs to exchange for the 2014 Sportster.. and here she is cruising on the Woolwich Ferry no less There are some changes I want to make, of course, but the …
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