Raring to go, if only..

 .. the bloody weather would perk up a bit!

Last post, I was talking of Ginny's MOT. I re-taxed her from March 1st, then rode her to Sittingbourne to Ryder Motorcycles, a family run dealership. I'd not heard of them before. I saw some guy on the BMW Facebook page say he'd taken his K16 there for its MOT, so I thought I'd give them a go, rather than go all the way over to Tunbridge Wells to the BMW dealership.

As expected, Ginny passed the test. The tester made some comment about how big she was (rude!) and how difficult she was to manoeuvre about the workshop. Not much I can do about that. When I came out, it was raining slightly but that didn't stop me taking a ride round, looking at some houses I'd picked out on Rightmove, really just to get an idea of the area. Nothing can happen until I sell the flat and it's been dead as far as that is concerned but it's useful to see what areas are like. That was the last time I rode, so about 6 weeks ago now. There's been a couple of nice days but I've not been free to ride and now it's gone chilly again. Fair weather biker! Soon I hope to get out and about though.

In the meantime, my brother and I have been planning a little trip across to the continent, for August. I have 2 Eurotunnel tickets that will need to be used up, those from the cancelled Wild Hogs European tour, so I asked Paul if he wanted to use one. He said yes, so we have planned a 4 day trip to visit the dams made famous on Operation Chastise and the attack by 617 squadron, The Dambusters. The plan is to visit all 3 dams, a couple of cemeteries and 6 crash sites/memorials. This, of course, all depends on what covid restrictions are in place at the time, so we have our fingers crossed. Hotels are booked, so I just need to amend the dates on the Eurotunnel. There'll be more on that tour in this blog, as and when we get going. Anything else in the meantime will appear here, as it happens.

That's all for now folks.

Gibson Street, Steenbergen, Holland