On the Road Again!

 All these photos were taken on the Sony Cybershot DSC-P200. I have just got them off the sd card after I got home from the trip. June 27th 2024 June 28th 2024 These are all in the order they were taken in across both days.

This was the day I had to return home and leave Neill and Phil to continue their trip to see more of the Lancaster Memorial sites and eventually end up at the Sachsenring for the German MotoGP next weekend. We left together at around 9.20am. We had breakfasted and packed up. I needed Neill's screwdriver to unlock the box. Everything I would need would go in the panniers and the main luggage trapped until I got home. Leaving Emmen I had to stop at several red lights and they disappeared. In the end I found myself directed by the TomTom to the southbound A28. I had simply pressed "Home" to select the route... It showed 555kms to go from the hotel. Of course, it started to rain. Along with a large group of French bikers I stopped under a bridge and put on waterproof gear. It rained heavily for about 40 miles. I stopped once for the gold dust infused unleaded 95, or so it seems at €2.299 a litre! Plus a second to remove waterproofs and have a coffee. The Irish Fer...

Days at the races.. Not much to report. Out early both days to sit in the stand in the scorching sun. Superb MotoGP races with support from Moto2 and Moto3.  Moto3 probably the best races.  Low light for me was locking my topbox and disc lock keys in the topbox and having to force my way in with Neill's help and his BMW screwdriver! Plus, the fine spray of coolant from the right of the radiator misting the crash bar and my boot. Again. This seems to occur when the engine gets hot in traffic. They manage it pretty well at Assen but it took at least 40 minutes to get out onto the A28. A few more marshals to keep the traffic "free for all" down to more manageable levels would be good.  I was a little way in front of Neill and Phil as they went up a different path to me. I tried to stop and let them catch up, but with four bikes side by side it was impossible to stop of let others get past.  In the end I was onto the A28 to J31A ahead of them and I did try to go slow but...

The first part entailed following Neill and Phil as we did 300 miles across France and Belgium stopping at WW2 Lancaster Crash sites. A very long two days. The first night hotel though was 5*! Google Maps Timeline - Day 1 and 2.