InvictaMoto's On The Road Again!

Something that might affect future holidays/vacations is a change to the procedures at work. They have now decided that we can only have a maximum of three days consecutively outside school holidays. This is a huge restraint on a lot of us as we don't have kids.  Prices rocket in school holidays and of course, another downside is that everywhere you go will be full of other peoples kids. They have agreed that 2017 dates will be honoured as long as we have already booked them before they made the change to our contracts.  What of the trades unions?  They are powerless.

If only there was a way of moving posts easily from one blog to another, easily. Today I have found in another of my blogs some travel posts from back in 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007. After some messing about I managed to copy them into Devall Travels and they can be seen in the archive list. There are so many more that were on my old Geocities website that have been lost forever. Anyway, they are there should anyone want to view them.

It's way back in October when we signed away our lives for a week in the Dordogne. At that time we hadn't even thought about going to the US again!  Luckily, the Dordogne trip is in May. In the last entry for this trip I mentioned that we were having second thoughts about taking Reggie. He went through a period of not wanting to go out and becoming a refusenik on walks.  Whatever was causing that seems to have ended.   He was also seemingly uncomfortable in the car.  Fidgeting all the time and not settling down.  I have since changed the seat cover in the back and bought one that is more padded under him and that is also like a hammock, so under braking he can't fall off the seat into the foot well.  We have also bought him a new bed that fits on the seat.  He was okay on the FR16 trip, although that was far less travelling for him.  I am confident that he will be okay. I have begun route planning as well. The standard Google Maps route from Calai...

The Motorcycle Action Group (MAG), the UK’s leading voice for riders’ rights, has everything to look forward to in 2017: here’s why. ‘It’s breath-taking how much has happened in the world of riders’ rights over the last three years.’  So says Selina Lavender, the Chair of MAG, speaking about the prodigious output of the movement over the last twelve months.  ‘Our staff had a fast and furious 2016 with immense challenges.  These included legal, political and logistical issues, and they pretty much defined a year of hard graft.  It also means we begin 2017 far ahead of where we were this time last year.’ What’s on the agenda for 2017?  ‘We’ll be taking the same inclusive and team-spirited approach’ continued Selina.  ‘We’re not looking for fights, we’re looking for allies - and that’s the hallmark of the organisation’s way of operating.  We’ll be visiting the Department for Transport a lot, to discuss everything from how you get a bike licence throug...

Another month of facial hair growing has come to the end and I have not managed to meet my target of £100. Every penny counts towards the research so I guess that I shouldn't be too disappointed. At the time of writing  I have raised about £35. In the UK the SMS page is still working - send a text to 70070 with message: PAGD99 £1 to send a quid or any amount you like. PAGD99 £10 sends a tenner.....

No sooner than I had found the Jabra's than Santa came with a new set of wireless headphones. They are in a rather fetching purple colour. Connecting them to my phone was very easy. The sound is very good and clear.  Unlike the Jabra set they don't have bright blue lasers lighting up all around.

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