13/6/12
to 25/6/12
Went
up to Durham to see Elle and the kids which was great, even got to
see the Olympic torch go through town. Haahaaa what a joke, heaps of
people lined up along the street waiting for ages, then down come the
police. Everyone getting excited, down comes the Coca Cola bus
handing out drums, the the Sumsung bus with phones advertised on a
big screen on the side, then the Lloyd's bus, then, then, then
nothing for about 20min, then flame runs through (it was suppose to
be on a 1929 motorbike....). The police seem to have the best time
riding down with there arms out 5'ing everyone next to the road lol.
People waiting
The big event after waiting for 2 hours, and this is how long it took lol....
Day ride out in the Penines, Crow Green reserve I think.
Managed
to order a GPS and other parts needed from Amazon which did arrive
with no complaints about the address, which got delivered. So with
Murray back from Wales fixed the fused car lighter and GPS power onto
the bike, which works, charges the laptop. Got the last couple of
bits needed so booked the ferry for Turesday the 26th.
Europe
26/6/12
Up
at 0500 to be off by 0600 for an easy ride out to Dover, it was only
£20.50 for me and bike to Calais. I showed the guy at the English
end my passport and he said “Show it to the French I don't care”,
of course when I road off the ferry I was surprised when I got to the
motorway and still had not shown anyone my passport....
I
meet a couple from Germany, who had just been riding England for a
couple of weeks, so got chatting with them. Once I got the GPS sorted
I set out and up the motorway toward Bulgium I decided to stop and
found I was actually in Belgium already with 100km done, and happened
to stop at the same rest area as the couple from the ferry,
choice(Choice is New Zealand way of saying all good), so had a good
chat, then followed them up for a while before my turn off to
Amsterdam. Was not long and stopped in Netherlands for a break with
140km left. All boring motorways but no passport shown yet lol,
possibly when I get to Denmark.
I
obviously got the dates for school holidays wrong as the place is
packed, got the last bed in the place I stayed at last time here.
Holidays started yesterday till end of August (bugger).
Very happy to be back on the road, sorting out road snacks, water for cooking and stuff to cook. Hopefully the schoolies are not staying in to many of the camp grounds between here and sweden?
Enjoy your life.
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