riding bikes and doing other things
Co-incidentally as the Lockdown in the UK eases with most shops being able to open (as long as they meet the correct criteria), then I have arrived at the final part of my Lockdown Lookback series. This last part covers a trip to Spain and Portugal in 2018 and with just a ferry booked to […]
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This is the last but one post in the Lockdown Lookback series. The next and final post in the series will cover a solo trip through Spain and Portugal in 2018. In truth it wasnt the best year for me as it was the year my father passed away which in turn meant that motorcycling […]
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Although the weather was much greyer and much cooler than of late it was dry and so with the prospect or poorer weather in the coming day I got the BMW out and head for the Forrest of Bowland area – an exceptioanlly pretty part of the UK – only did about 150 or so […]
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The exceptional weather throughout April has provided decent opportunities to get out on the bikes. I posted previously about a couple of other post lockdown rides and you can see those at the following links: Back on the Road Again and Sunny Roads on Sunny Days, Yesterday was another glorious day, so I rolled the […]
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It’s been a long time since I’ve been able to go out on a bike, in fact it’s been just over a year (due to a fractured knee) but with now with the knee being in much better shape, the UK lockdown restirction easing and plenty of good weather I’ve had a few decent rides […]
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Travel restrictions have meant a complete stall to the ‘riding season’ and realistically it seems certain that I’ll cancel plans for my european trip at the start of July and that was due to kick off with a one way ticket to Spain initially to spend a few days in the Picos before heading for […]
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I have recently received a terrific new book as a gift – ‘The Complete Book of BMW Motorcycles’. It’s a book that covers all models from 1923 to 2015 … and that’s a lot of models to cover. It’s a well structured publication and takes the reader through the early days and origins of the […]
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It’s November so it’s the time of year to make the trip down the M6 to the NEC in Birmingham to the annual Motorcycle Live show. As in previous years I made the trip with my nephew Andy – and it’s fair to say we both thought this years show was well worth making the […]
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I wrote in the previous Blog post about what a miserable year 2019 had been from a biking perspective I alos said that despite that I was already looking forward to 2020. All things being equal I will have made a reasonable recovery and a decent level of progress that will allow me to enjoy […]
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By any measure 2019 has been a pretty miserable year in terms of biking for me. Shoulder surgery in March and then just as I was well on with the recovery from that … a broken knee and a partially ruptured tendon in May set the tone for pretty much the rest of the year […]
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