It is Monday morning the 7th of September I only have tomorrow as my last full day before I leave very early Wednesday morning. Today’s tasks were simple ones to start with. First job of the day was to go to the garage and take the bike off its centre stand and put it on its side stand I didn’t want to have to try and get it off the centre stand while it’s fully loaded, I also checked the tyre pressures, slightly more pressure in both house as per the instructions that I found on the Internet I usually have 33 psi in front and 36 on the back which is recommended by Yamaha It’s now got 39 in front of 42 in the back. I took the last couple of bits to squeeze into the top but somehow managed to drop the bottle of wine I was going to take with me and it smashed all over the floor My wife was not impressed, It wasn’t a cheap bottle and somewhere along the line the corkscrew and opener have also disappeared. So, in a little while I’m going to nip to our local hardware shop to pick up a new Corkscrew, they’re not expensive and a roll of black insulating tape Lorni, I hope will go down to our local shop to get me another bottle of wine. Tomorrow, I don’t want to do anything I really just need to chill because I’ve got to leave between 2 and 4 the following morning.
A lot of people will say oh you’ve taken far too much I will
be honest right now I have never travelled light in my life if I could get more
on it I will, anything to make it a little bit more comfortable once I reached
my destination, so yes I have got a dozen T shirts in there two pairs of jeans,
two sweaters and the usual assortment of underwear socks, This is in the yellow
bag on the back seat. In one of the panniers, I have the 10-litre fuel can,
toolbox and the bike cover In the other one I have a panier bag which has got a
jacket and a zip up fleece along with my laptop and my tablet. And on top of
that I’d rolled up a pair of jeans a T
shirt a set of underwear to change into once I get to the hotel in Bergerac.
The top box has an assortment of bits and pieces my locks a few more tools
super glue my medication for the next 14 days that sort of thing there is also
a bag with all my charging cables and travel plugs in and on the top there’s
another travel box while it’s only there to fit two pairs of shoes in, I could
probably force them in the box on the side but I’ve got to bring back two more T
shirts and two sets of doc harnesses so I need a little bit of room for that,
in the roll bag on top of the left pannier is the inner thermal linings for my jacket and trousers and my waterproofs
they are not heavy in the slightest, but is the bike heavy? yes but it’s no heavier than having my
wife on the back to be honest, you know a pillion weighs more than my luggage and
when I’m on this sort of long trip I go into cruise mode so I’m not going hell for
leather I’m not trying to break any speed limits I just know that I’ve got to
get from here 960 kilometres to the hotel, my plan is to arrive around 6ish in
the evening.
This is where the broken bottle of wine was to be drunk, the
following morning of course is another long haul up to the ferry port but
that’s another day At this moment in time its 38 degrees here and it’s quarter
past five in the afternoon both my dogs are wanting to go out but it’s too hot
for them and me, I’ve got to clean the shoes, sketchers, that I’ve been wearing
for the last day or two they’re going into the little box on top of the top box
this evening. Then the only thing I have left to do after nipping to the shops
is to strap my tank bag on with my action cameras, my main camera and passport
I’m ready to go, hopefully.
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