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Another change I have made is to put all the Malibu Molly blog posts into a blog of their own. For the time being posts that were here have been duplicated but from today they will only appear on Malibu Molly . I've been suffering with a bad case of man-flu and have had time to sit down with my MS Surface and duplicate posts.  Travel posts will still go to Travellerspoint and these will appear in the links from the drop down menu - top left on the home page. Malibu Molly

Why? "On the road again" doesn't really do the job any more.  Once it was all about trips and holidays on the bikes but evolved into many other things. Many of the bloggers I used to interact with seem to have stopped and that is a real shame. So. It was time for a re-brand. A new theme for the blog, a new layout and a new name. Stick with me!

Last year saw levels of concern for the interests of motorcyclists significantly decline under a new Government. The Government needs to prepare for MAG’s lobbying to be far louder and prouder in 2025. Despite glimmers of hope in the first half of 2024, the general election marked a change of trajectory for the fate of UK motorcycling. Riders saw early promise with motorcycle licensing reform on the agenda and a default motorcycle access in bus lanes consultation. But hopes were dashed after the general election with a shelving of licence reform and a shocking refusal to accept the overwhelming evidence in favour of consistent national policy on bus lane access. The bus lane access consultation outcome issued in November carried a comment that was heard loud and clear by all riders around the country.  “At present, the government has no policy to encourage greater use of motorcycles.” This statement has been repeated directly by the Roads Minister, Lilian Greenwood, in a written...

Another trip out over the holidays and once again the destination was the White Cliffs of Dover. Again no bluebirds. Over or otherwise. We did get to park in one of the six designated spaces for campers which was a miracle, but we shared the spaces with five cars.....  It was very cold with the temp gauge on the dash showing 2ºC with a wind chill off the sea that would have brought it even lower. We had our own coffee with us, three Colombian coffee pods from the Tassimo machine at home put in a flask.  As well as a walk we had a sit in the van to watch the ferries coming and going from the port below, Even though I took the Nikon with me I have taken only one photo today.... on my phone. Where next?  With "winter" due any day we may not be going out very soon.

Here's our best wishes to everyone for a prosperous and healthy 2025.