S-Westerly

Holywood is just along the coast from Bangor NI if I remember right. Hollywood in california is the one filled with woke dickheads along with the twin in Edinburgh.

Usually a good idea to read the manual first. At least that's what I tell my engineers who sadly seem to believe that being super engineers and all that manuals are for us lesser mortals not blessed with their talent. Sadly often ends in tears with bits of metal where they aren't supposed to be.

My parents are both still alive. They are in their 90's and not at all happy. Seen no family for months.

Hereabouts plod is obviously not stopping bikers. Just knocking on the doors of grannies living in sheltered housing at 10pm cos they were reported as having cups of tea in their shared garden in the afternoon. Firstly: what the f**k are the police even thinking when they pull this kind of shit?! Secondly: what kind of sad bast*rd even thinks about reporting this to plod in the first place? Personally I'd not piss on them if they were on fire. I'm going to have to go and have a lie down.

70 miles on Cotswolds B roads dodging horses and their poo. De-stresses me nicely. Saw lots of bikes out, more each time. I guess it's a combination of warmer, dryer weather and lockdown fatigue. Folks are just getting fed up with it and pushing the boundaries as much as they can.

Went for a walk although with my wife it's more like a TAB. If you don't manage at least 3 miles an hour you're not trying. Anyway while staggering back to the car saw a new Triumph Rocket. Sounded magnificent but bloody hell it's big.

Hate denso tape with a vengeance. Had a few ships where wires had been wrapped in it. Unfortunately did a good job of sealing saltwater in with the result the wires failed, in once case catastrophically which could have caused a death but by pure good fortune didn't.

British and didn't get down far enough to see the others. Probably don't count as human and not sure about European other than in the basic geographical or genetic sense.

Don't do Facebook and everything I've heard makes me grateful I don't and makes it less likely I ever will.

Here it's all bloody horses. Very horsey country round here. I'm just a pleb though.

Go for it. No reason why not.

I start the engine before I push the bike backwards up to the point where I can turn and ride away. A couple of minutes? At a long stop on a railway crossing I'll switch off to save fuel and if its a warm day to stop my arse catching fire. As I live at the end of a narrow cul de sac don't think I'm likely to be pulled by any officious git and all the pushing and idling is on private land anyway.

Gloucestershire isn't much better especially on minor roads.

I'm sure I've said this before but - I REALLY, REALLY HATE YOU!!!!. Nice pic though. Wish I was there.

Given the cost of my bike I think I'd prefer to use something a tad less hedged about with warnings as to suitability or otherwise!

I'd like them more if they were not Chinese.

That's really got your attention. Should mods be worried that you are suddenly going to start boggling them?!

At least your weather is better and you can go and do something without risking being pulled up by plod.

Well I'll have to check my diary but I think - yep it's bloody ground hog day again. I'll be doing the same as last weekend! How amazing, what a surprise! I can hardly wait.

I had been planning to ride somewhere for the hell of it. The weather forecast lied. Its now raining and foggy. Karma for being a naughty man?

There used to be a multistorey carpark in Liverpool not to far from the old Exchange Station and for all I know it's still there. Its actually two carparks which are mirror images and I was convinced someone had nicked the car as I couldn't see it anywhere. Some kind soul pointed me to a doorway which led to the sister building and there it was. Pre mobile phone days so I hadn't actually contacted anyone just lots of fulminations about low life thieving bast*rds etc.

If it was me and my bike it would be 4 times that.

On occasion my satnav has taken me on some "interesting " roads which on balance I'd have preferred to avoid. Its also taken me on many really good roads and like any electronic device there is a large degree of "garbage in, garbage out". If I'm roaming an area its useful for when I want to finally get to my destination and just key it in and ask for fastest route.

I'd want evidence of insurance and a cash deposit so huge you'd almost need to buy the bike. In a phrase "no f**king way Jose".

Exactly, I'm in Gloucestershire so I can be in Wales in about 30 minutes. Could even get my haircut! Totally barmy.