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After doing the garden centres etc with OH chose Monday to go out. 250 miles and out for 7+ hours in grey cold windy conditions and the odd spots of rain, finished the pubs and added 2 more east of England castles.

@rennie, my knees ache now!

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I've done 340 miles since Friday and only got 2 tags! :lol:

great to be back out on a bike though! :lol:

My knees don't hurt any more than normal!

Everything else does though! :lol:

well done, good to see you back ;)

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Can someone go let priest's tyres down so the rest of us stand a chance in hell of catching him :lol:

 

:mrgreen: :up: :cheers:


my bag though played a trick on me.


got some takeaway, returned home, the zip failed and no food in the bag :crybaby:


have to take extra booze instead :cheers:

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Can someone go let priest's tyres down so the rest of us stand a chance in hell of catching him :lol:

 

:mrgreen: :up: :cheers:


my bag though played a trick on me.


got some takeaway, returned home, the zip failed and no food in the bag :crybaby:


have to take extra booze instead :cheers:

 

Oh man that sucks :( well... The no food bit not the more booze bit :cheers:

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my tank bag has scratched my nice shiny paintwork! :evil:

That's a bugger. Will it polish out?

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good day out today getting a few tags!


bit hot mind!


I tried to get knaresborough castle but failed! I was going round and round in circles trying to get to it!


It was all one way systems and restricted areas etc but looking on google maps there is a car park right outside which you have to go down a narrow street to get to although the street looks like you cant enter it when you get there and this is why I was lost!


I was getting a bit miffed with the traffic and the heat so I gave in and went to the next one! for a Tuesday the traffic in there was mental which is not good in this heat wast on top of a red hot engine sweating your nuts off :lol:

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Know what you mean about a warm (bl@@dy hot) engine!


Did just short of 400 miles on Monday morning (set off at 6:30am in the fog!). All the way down to Walmer Castle via various others and back via Berhempstead Castle. Another group completed and a new group started.


Traffic around Dover / Folkstone was manic - roadworks did not help!


However, I'm getting used to filtering on t'Rocket - it is a big beast!


:cheers:

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Yeah I am getting used to filtering on mine too


It was a case of having to earlier as there was tailback due to an accident in Hull if I had sat and waited i would have been there for 30 mins easy :lol:

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my tank bag has scratched my nice shiny paintwork! :evil:

I bought some of that non-slip matting from a pound shop and put it on the tank before fitting the tankbag to stop it scratching the paint.....worked a treat, Ian...... 8-)

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Just back from the north/west of Scotland tags. Wow! Never been there before and the roads are universally outstanding. Just got Orkney and Shetland to do and I have been everywhere in Scotland.

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The Scotish roads are superb in the west of Scotland. We have taken several holidays round Oban and Skye areas. Always wished I'd had the bike with me.

@Throttled, did you take the road through Applecross.

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