Cheers guys.
If anyone fancies taking the bike to Europe (and who doesn't!), then do it. It's awesome. Even the sh*tty bits like bombing down the French motorways are 100 times more enjoyable than the UK! Having done it again, I'm just gutted that I'd left it 7 years since the last one. There's loadsa guys on here who have done it, so pick some brains and start planning.
This trip was meant to be a last fling for me & the Busa, but there's too much of a bond now, so she's staying

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As for the lizards, Wendy said to me "Calm down for God sake, they're more scared of you than you are of them". My repy was........."I DON'T f**KING THINK SO". I know they don't eat people regularly, but they were everywhere

. There was hardly any spiders, so I'm wondering if they eat them all. Maybe the little sh*ts aren't so bad after all.
Fred