Tuesday 14.06.2011 - we saddled up and headed northwards under clear blue skys - destination Inverness. Prior to leaving the hotel carpark Greg had a conversation with a guy who was keen to know all about our bikes, where we had gone and where we were going to. When he learnt we were heading for Inverness he inquired if we were fans of the TV series Monarch of the Glen. On receiving affirmation he suggested we ride up the A889 to Dalwhinnie and then follow the A8...

Monday 13.06.2011 - We left Carlisle and headed north towards Edinburgh. We decided that we needed a motorcycle fix so prior to departure we checked up Triumph dealers on the net made our destination Edinburgh Triumph! After drooling over new bikes and the latest biker gear, we mounted up and made our way through and around Edinburgh. We crossed the Firth of Forth and were amazed at the Forth Bridge which is a cantilever iron railway bridge built opened in 1890...

Sunday 13.06.2011 - we packed up and bid farewell at 6.45 am to our home for the last two weeks, Honeysuckle Cottage and made our way to Douglas and the ferry terminal for the voyage to Heysham, England. The usual suspects were queued up; Fabulous Phil ARNOLD and Dangerous Darren GUTHRIE, Lou and Eric, Mark and Kate. All of us heading in different directions when we reach England. Phil & Darren to Aragon in Spain for the next round of Superbikes then to Ass...

For two weeks from 30.05.2011 - We reached Douglas at about 8 pm and rode our bikes off the ferry together with the 50 or so other bikes on board as well as cars, trucks and buses and those poor suckers on foot. We were met by Dave MILLIGAN the Get Routed boss and several of his helpers. Andrew, who also shipped into Izmir and is one of Dave's right hand men, escorted five of us to our digs being Chris (who we call 'Imzir Chris' after he had dislocated his should...

Tuesday 28.05.2011 - We reached Padgetts after negotiating a traffic jam on the motorway, due to a crash we presumed as we saw an ambulance and police flash by with bells and whistles going off. Padgetts is probably the UK's most famous motorcycle dealer shop. Peter Padgett and his brother Don started up the dealership in 1958 and started selling Hondas soon after in the 1960’s in Batley which about 15 miles from Leeds.Peter's son, Clive took over the ...