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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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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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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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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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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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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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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In September I am contacted by CFR to say the bike is on its way and is due to arrive UK on the 7th October. I am then contacted by the UK agent, ShipMyCar, who are handling the de-vanning and import process for the bike into the UK. Suddenly it’s October and the bike is …
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Tour Stats So the usual final roundup…. What’s the verdict? Ultimately it was disappointing not to be able to go into Canada and to miss the New England states due to returning home early. I was talking to Gloria and I think that I am ‘over’ touring in the US, I mean I have visited …
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Newark, NJ to London, UK – 10th/11th August 2021 Today is Glo’s birthday… I really wish I could have gotten home in time for it, but not to be. I have sent a gift and some flowers, but will get something better when I get home. This morning is very jam packed as I have …
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