InvictaMoto's On The Road Again!

Damaged beak , originally uploaded by Invicta Moto . What happens when you hit a Polish bird up the backside. More scraped beak , originally uploaded by Invicta Moto . It could have been worse. Now need to get an estimate for repair. The other bike was a Honda Lead 125, it came off worse.

Maybe just magnetic. Back on the train. Had a weekly season since Wednesday. First ticket wouldn't work in machines so got a new one. Second day and it has packed up too! I assume my arse is doing something to the magnetic strip! Why my arse? I keep it in my back pocket away from phone and ipod.

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Houlgate in Normandy.

Bank Holiday Monday and it's time to pay the hotel and set off.   The trip I planned was to avoid the motorway and take the coast road as far as Honfleur. Due to a problem with the Garmin not charging on the bike it decided to die before we had really got to where we wanted  which included a crossing of the Greenwich Meridian. As  we approached  Houlgate I saw that 64000 miles was about to pop up on the odometer, and so I  stopped for Claire to take a pic of me! From here it was on into Honfleur.  Parking up in the centre of the town where I saw a couple of other bikes. It was okay until we had to get away and I had to ride along the pavement and squeeze through the barrier at the end. We had a walk around the harbour and took a break in one of the cafes, sitting in the burning heat of the day. The harbour area is a mass of cafes, restaurants and gift shops.  With the Garmin not working and the deadline of the Shuttle ahead of us we reluctantly se...