MacV2 wrote:I'm washing me hair that day Dave...in a hotel somewhere far,
far away...
Hair? Washing? Come off it Suhn. You must be like me by now? Just a wipe over the head with a wet face cloth is all it takes. I've been using the same shampoo bottle now for a year. Only need to wash me bloody eyebrows these-days doncha-know.
Yup - I thought I'd give you plenty warning, so you can change the locks, board up the windows and make it look like you've moved. Not forgetting to make a sign to hammer into the garden: "No Longer At This Address". As long as you leave the bacon butty wrapped on the doorstep before you climb aboard the removals van, I won't hold it against you.
And, as per your visitors instructions, I know
never to turn up if there's a Y in the day.
I reset the trip every time when I top up, and usually, approx. 70-6 miles in, the bike will take about £10 to fill, up to the metal fuel bar (on Scottish forecourt prices). So, on that approximation, along with motorway thrashing (now and again), I'd need to have (minimum) 250 quid for fuel. It's about 643 miles to your door, so...a 1300 mile round trip (1300 gives a few miles "getting lost factor").
Then, I need to eat regular nearly every hour (due to T1Diabetes), so a fair bit of cash for tummy fuel. All in all, I reckon I'd need about 400 quid in me pocket before I'd even contemplate the run. I
have to stop every 2 hours to do bloods, so that would work out to be about 11hrs total riding from leaving here. Which, on the GLWing would have be a breeze. And on the chop a few years back, would think nothing of going to Dover (14 hours riding to catch the early ferry to Calais) and across to Dulmen in Germany to see some old mates, then up to Groningen (Netherlands) for an MTC meeting, then to Amsterdam for the ferry back to Aberdeen, then home.
The body is proper feched now, but I don't want to believe my riding days are over...just yet. Never say never eh? Fer now, your curtains and blinds can stay open, and you can hold off on buying new locks for yer doors...
Ok. Back to the indicator post........ (sorry metalmad18
Not intentional!)
