GM IV Home Safe Thread...

[yorkie_chris]

Home safe a few hours ago. Was bloody biblical! My boots filled up to my ankles!

Riskiest and most hair raising part of the trip obviously being stopping at daveprestons house without it involving 12 pints and an overnight stay!

Got back to Scotch Corner about 30 mins ago after parting ways with SV4ME at some road in some village.

Let's see, to sum it up:

Dukes Pass, ****ing wet, hit huge puddle, both of us soaked
Great ride back following dave, few hairy moments but for the first time they all felt predictable and not "Ahhhh I'm going to die" etc
Left Dave, (after being eaten by huge flys), found 3 sheep charging at me hot out of a corner, then an OAP couple in a Yaris horizontal arcross both lanes doing (a very poor) 3 point turn. Hard on brakes, poo pants, etc. Starts raining (again), forget I put summer gloves back on and proceed to smear hundreds of miles worth of insects across my visor. Vision now reduced to a blue bottle's **** in front of me.

Arrive at Scoth Corner, go into room which is 9000c and only 1 Window works.

Aaaaand that'll be my dodgy disc lock alarm going off for no reason.

Again.

Mega thanks to everyone, will post up about that later, need shower and food!

[Bibio]

back and happy

what a fantastic time. got pizzed on till callander then it dried up completely at stirling. headed off down the borders for a little play before dropping off at one of the mates for a bit to eat then headed home. its bloody muggy and roasting in kirkcaldy right now.

[SIII]

Home a few hours now,had my tea and fell asleep watching MotoGP.

Rode to Dunoon and got wet down to my undercrackers, dried out and tumbled dry all my gear, 5 minutes ride to the ferry in stair-rods and was soaked down to my undercrackers again!!!! Sun came out at Ayr and had a fantastic ride over the hills back home.

Glad to hear all made it home safe.

[punyXpress]

Chickened out of the NorthWest passage run after a warning from the bike just before & in Aviemore.
More lights than a fruit machine on the panel!
Finally capsized on the M73 under M8 after what looked like the northern lights & no signs of life.
Since nothing was going to move, took all luggage & seat off & found earth wire barely attached to battery & full service resumed after attack by cross-head screwdriver. Didn't miss a beat after that, but carried on to Gretna & then Longtown as wanted to got journey over with & wreck tyres so's can get something grippy in the wet! retraced Friday's steps via Brampton, Alston, Middleton-in-Teesdale & then Helmsley TT so haven't lost the plot altogether. Very steady though!
Got back about 8 after one of my more adventurous rides ( & think I saw YC who at least had the courtesy to salute in time-honoured fashion )
Somewhat jaded now - hardest bit was how hot it was in textiles.
I'm off to bed now!

[yorkie_chris]

******** mate if I'd have known you had broken down I'd have stopped. When you returned the thumbs up I thought you must have just stopped to dump your waterproofs or soemthing as it was drying off.

[Bibio]

thanks for leg out and letting me pass safely punnyXpress.

[punyXpress]

Originally Posted by yorkie_chris

******** mate if I'd have known you had broken down I'd have stopped. When you returned the thumbs up I thought you must have just stopped to dump your waterproofs or soemthing as it was drying off.

Was REALLY hoping it was loose connection & my fault for not doing owt about it before mounting luggage ( that sounds a bit dubious )
And Lance, was trying to lay claim to your bit of road as well as mine!

[TamSV]

GM's not over for us all yet. I'm a bit pished. 2 cans of Stella left in the fridge. Down them, fry up the morn, THEN it's over.

DavieSV's programming FJRTony's sat nav to ignore motorways and prefer towpaths so you'll hear from them in a fortnight.

I'm home as of 5am.

Couldnt sleep, missed my kids, so set off and rode through the night.