On the Road Again!

It's over for another year.  Another year where I have struggled to get any miles under the wheels on both bikes.  Another year of one sickness after another.  Another year of seeing myself being less of a biker and more of a vanlifer. Here I am in 124th place. Hopefully they will remove all the zero miles entrants from the spreadsheet.

The end of year will no doubt with me ending up even lower down the table than ever before. The table is before my last odometer reading was added to the table  The V-Strom is really not gettingthe use it should 

Whilst I wait for the final tables to be published the new year's competition started on August 1st. As far as i am aware, everyone that took part is automatically entered into the new year. Just in case, I checked the forum and signed up anyway... I am also the only contestant from the UK!  I have mentioned it to my brother and biker friends and none have taken up the challenge.  My brother, Neill,  would have finished up in the top 50 quite easily with just one of his trips. Some of the mileages (kilometres) claimed by the Top 10 seem fantastical.  So I am hoping that with the miles I did on the 2nd August to MK will get me a decent start.....  I haven't worked out exactly how many miles though. Google Maps Timeline shows 245 miles. Its notoriously inaccurate but maybe not too far out. My next outing might be on Sunday for Meldrews as I am away on the usual 3rd Sunday breakfast run. The week after I am hoping the weather will be good and I can get ...