SWMBO breezed into the house at 18.45 hrs, totally oblivious to the red faced, leather clad "Hobbit" who was leaping from foot to foot in undisguised impatience, simultaneously handing her her riding kit and looking out the window at the vanishing daylight! (Did I mention my poor night vision?) The result , I think, of an incident with a very bright flare whilst on a military exercise in Germany many years ago! Eventually the house was secured, the bike warmed up and we departed Hopeman at approx 19.15 hrs.
Within six miles we were riding in the rain, I feared the worse! However, despite being a cool (ish) evening, we were soon out of the shower and heading for Aviemore over the Dava moor. The A9 route south was relatively quiet, going south anyway. We didn't get held up to any appreciable extent, the vehicles we encountered were swiftly dealt with courtesy of Mr Honda's excellent motorcycle, the addition of a pillion passenger, top box, throw over panniers and tank bag did nothing to adversely effect the incredible performance of the best bike I have ever owned! I was once again amazed at how easy it was to slip into very illegal speeds, especially during overtakes. A fact brought home when we witnessed an unfortunate Biker being interviewed by the boys in blue as we neared Perth!
We stopped to fuel at TESCO Perth, the first time in two and a half hours that my feet had been off the pegs! Arggh! Stiff, cramped 55 year old legs! Can I really manage a week of this? We got to our destination at approx 21.25, had a good sleep and were up early as son and daughter were off to a dog agility show. Euan, our first grandson, was on good form even at this unearthly hour. ( See Photo ) On the road for 0900hrs.
To be continued.....
2 comments:
Beautiful baby boy!
When did Kinross become part of Fife?
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