After being back from America for a month or two, and realising how much riding a Harley-Davidson had put me off biking, I decided to do a little European tour. Andy couldn’t get away so I packed my bag and set off for Portsmouth where I would go to Caen and then on to the Aragon MotoGP (24th September 2017) via the Pyrenees – with overnights at Bergerac, in the Pyrenees and just outside Zaragoza before heading back to Blighty via Bilbao where I’d also spend a night.
Lovely trip. Good weather, great food, friendly hosts and a bike that was a joy to ride. Have decided not to quit biking quite yet – or to visit a country where you can’t ‘filter’ past queues of cars!
Back in the UK
Updated Photo Album
At long last I’ve uploaded photos to the album – though haven’t yet got them into order or given them their correct captions. That’s on my ‘to-do’ list …..
Heathrow.
Amazingly everything has gone fine so far and they let Andy through all the check-in processes! We now have a couple of hours to kill before take off. We were told the plane wasn’t that busy so we’re hopeful they’re will be plenty of space to stretch out in. Fingers crossed.
The route we’re taking.
If you download this file
America 2017 - route mapping. (1.6 MiB, 109 hits)
Only days to go ……….
Starting to get both nervous and excited now – with just days to go. On Saturday I will train down to London where I’m staying overnight with Andy and his wife at their daughter’s house: It’s just a short journey from Heathrow. On Sunday we fly to Chicago.
I think I’ve got everything organised for the trip, but I’ll find out if I have on Tuesday when the riding begins ……………….
Getting closer.
Six weeks to go before we fly to Chicago. The routes are roughly mapped and some hotels booked. At the moment it is looking that we’ll ride to Harrisburg over the first two days, then ‘do’ the Civil War Museum and Gettysburg and Antietam battle grounds. Washington DC next and then the southern states.
