Motorcycle life – motorbike travel and pictures
BMW F900 XR – what do I think after the first 1,000 miles Following a short but really enjoyable trip to Scotland I wrote and posted a three part blog post. If you missed that you can head to Part 1 at this link and you’ll find that Parts 2 and 3 link from there. […]
BMW F900 XR – short motorcycle trip to Scotland and the A708 (part 3) This is the third and final part of the series of blog posts covering the short trip to Scotland. In addition to wrapping up my short trip, I finish off this post by offering some thoughts about what I think of […]
BMW F900 XR – short motorcycle trip to Scotland and the A708 (Part 2) In Part 1 of this post about my short trip north of the border to Scotland I finished off by mentioning my stay at the decent Southfield Hotel in Girvan. I followed my night in Girvan by travelling for an overnight […]
BMW F900 XR – short motorcycle trip to Scotland and the A708 Anyone that has read my blog over the years will know I love motorcycling in Scotland (here’s a link to my last trip there in 2021). You would also know the A708 between Selkirk and Moffat is one of my favourite UK roads. […]
Trip postponed – sometimes the best laid plans don’t happen. I had plans in place to be away and on the road for a couple of weeks. I had been planning to head off this coming weekend to some of my favourite biking roads and places (and some new ones). Plans included ferry bookings with […]
Road trip to Scotland and finding the ‘left road’ – Part 1 Although we are not yet fully free of all the restrictions the series of lockdowns have imposed on us over the last 15 months or so, it is fair to say that many areas of daily life have started the gradual return to […]
This week I had a couple of days spare and decided it was an ideal opportunity to have a ride up to Moffat in Scotland. The weather looked decent enough and the prospect of doing a couple of my favorite UK roads on the BMW was just too much to resist. I headed off from […]
Just back from a very decent few days in Scotland (Friday to Sunday) – exceptional weather for October, although the timing for our annual Scottish trip was later than usual we really were fortunate with the weather and had only one light shower on Friday followed by a heavy downpour later on towards tea time, […]
Schools are back, roads are quiet, the sunshine is back so … couple of full days riding in order, up through North Yorks on to Selkirk then back down to Moffat for an overnight stay – then home tomorrow