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Postby weaselonastick » Fri May 16, 2014 4:10 pm

Folks,
Thanks for all of your input. We've spent the last month finalizing or plans, based on a lot of what you've all had to say. Here's the rough plan...
MAY 26: Heathrow to Chichester to Southampton
MAY 27: Beaulieu to Sammy Miller to Poole
MAY 28: Cheddar Gorge to Cardiff to Merthyr Tydfil to Kempsey
MAY 29: Morgan Factory @ Great Malvern to Penrith
MAY 30: Spend day in Lake District
MAY 31: Liverpool: ferry to Douglas IOM
JUN 05: Heysham to Chichester to London
Obviously we'll take some of the finer details from your comments and add them as time permits.

Again... thanks for your comments.

Mike
2004 BMW R1100S
1982 Piaggio PX125E
1972 Kawasaki H1B
1970 Yamaha XS1
1970 Yamaha R5
1970 Honda CB750K0
1965 Ducati Sebring

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Postby slparry » Fri May 16, 2014 5:13 pm

weaselonastick wrote:Folks,
Thanks for all of your input. We've spent the last month finalizing or plans, based on a lot of what you've all had to say. Here's the rough plan...
MAY 26: Heathrow to Chichester to Southampton
MAY 27: Beaulieu to Sammy Miller to Poole
MAY 28: Cheddar Gorge to Cardiff to Merthyr Tydfil to Kempsey
MAY 29: Morgan Factory @ Great Malvern to Penrith
MAY 30: Spend day in Lake District
MAY 31: Liverpool: ferry to Douglas IOM
JUN 05: Heysham to Chichester to London
Obviously we'll take some of the finer details from your comments and add them as time permits.

Again... thanks for your comments.

Mike


Some long days there, bear in mind travel in the UK (especially towards the SE) can be full of traffic and frustrating :)
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Current fleet: '14 F800GS, '87 R80RS, '03 R1100S BoxerCup, '15 R1200RT LE Dynamic, '90 K1

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Postby weaselonastick » Fri May 16, 2014 8:30 pm

Steve,
Agreed... we've got a few long days, but we've really got no fixed schedule. We're used to long distances (it's not uncommon for us to drive 3-4 hours for a day of skiing in the mountains), but traffic is the great unknown at this time. We'll just take each day as it comes.
Mike
2004 BMW R1100S

1982 Piaggio PX125E

1972 Kawasaki H1B

1970 Yamaha XS1

1970 Yamaha R5

1970 Honda CB750K0

1965 Ducati Sebring

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Postby slparry » Fri May 16, 2014 9:32 pm

weaselonastick wrote:Steve,
Agreed... we've got a few long days, but we've really got no fixed schedule. We're used to long distances (it's not uncommon for us to drive 3-4 hours for a day of skiing in the mountains), but traffic is the great unknown at this time. We'll just take each day as it comes.
Mike


Traffic can make distance miserable in the UK at times, I've always said I'd rather do 600 mile in Europe than 200 in the south east :)
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Current fleet: '14 F800GS, '87 R80RS, '03 R1100S BoxerCup, '15 R1200RT LE Dynamic, '90 K1

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Postby Boxered » Fri May 16, 2014 9:35 pm

slparry wrote:
I've always said I'd rather do 600 mile in Europe than 200 in the south east :)


Eh? other way round for me, I love my annual euro trip, but I absolutely hate the 300m or so journey home from the southern ferry ports :twisted:

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Postby slparry » Fri May 16, 2014 9:58 pm

Boxered wrote:
slparry wrote:
I've always said I'd rather do 600 mile in Europe than 200 in the south east :)


Eh? other way round for me, I love my annual euro trip, but I absolutely hate the 300m or so journey home from the southern ferry ports :twisted:

Steve


That's what I said Steve?
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Postby Boxered » Fri May 16, 2014 10:39 pm

Oh yeah... :oops:
I obviously have far too much blood in my alcohol stream....
"To the drinks cabinet......"

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The scented country air

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The blur of the landscape

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Postby weaselonastick » Thu Jun 26, 2014 2:17 am

All,
Just a quick summary of my IOM trip... fantastic.

After travelling 1500 miles in 10 days in the UK, I have to say that I've never felt safer and more respected on the road then I did there. As a daily commuter here in Edmonton, I'm constantly having run-ins and near misses with ignorant/blind/inconsiderate drivers. Either I was extremely lucky while in the UK, or motorcycles are treated differently, or car drivers are better educated (or maybe all three?). Not a single issue on the road in 10 days, so thanks!

Best day of riding... Lakes District; scenery, scenery, scenery.

Worst day of riding... Kempsey to Penrith; rain and traffic.

Scariest day of riding... many... every trip over the Mountain on the IOM; Dad and I travelling at over 80mph and getting passed on the inside by crotch-rockets travelling well over a 100. Something I'm not used to! Also, seeing more accidents in 5 days on IOM than I've ever seen in my life... but I guess that's just density of motorcycles + testosterone.

Funniest event... half-way through a hot lap over the Mountain, getting passed by a kid on a trail-bike with an "L" plate. Guess we're not so hot after all.

Met the nicest people on the island; so if it was you talking to the two disheveled Canadians in Douglas, or Peel or wherever... thanks!

We went from sunrise to sunset every day, and still only saw about 10% of your wonderful country. Will be back to see more.

Big thanks to West Sussex Motorcycle Hire for the two BMWs. Great service and bikes in great condition.

Thanks again for all of your suggestions from my original post.

Mike

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2004 BMW R1100S

1982 Piaggio PX125E

1972 Kawasaki H1B

1970 Yamaha XS1

1970 Yamaha R5

1970 Honda CB750K0

1965 Ducati Sebring


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