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Up and down my driveway!......which is much further than up a 6ft ramp into the back of a van.

Me and a mate got pissed up in Derby Leisure Centre in 1992 and piled into Edwina Currie's gateau before it was served up to her and the boss of Toyota. They pulled off the lid when they served it to them and there were loads of bits missing cos we'd eaten it by hand! But in my defence......

If you ever go on google pictures and search for motorcycle touring I think you'll loose your shit

Busy couple of days, dotting the i's and crossing the t's for next years trip down to the Dolomites. and a big change for next year, I want to avoid the Austrian school holidays and to that end have moved our usual dates from September to June. Crossing on the 25th and returning on the 10th. June might seem a long way off now, with winter around the corner but it never ceases to amaze me how quickly the time goes by. So June, just a few days after the solstice so that means long hours of daylight, a big plus for this trip. Ive nailed down a base camp to explore from and have decided that its best to stay in Austria, mostly for the cheap petrol (Italy is hideously expensive) but also. there is a Lidl/Aldi very close by.. the Aldi is 1km from the campsite which will help with the budget. cheaper food and beer. Its a campsite I have stayed at before and its rather good. arrowed below. It's just 6 miles to the border. 32 miles to Cortina d’Ampezzo. Only downside to my plan is the ride down, to maximise our time in the Alps. we'll do the ride to Austria over 2 days, A bit of a slog, but that will give us up to 9 days to play with before we start for home and Ive promised a revisit to the Black Forest and the B500 from south to north. We will also have two chances to ride the Grossglockner, hoping for a blue sky day. I would also love to get to the Mangart in Slovenia which is about a 200 mile round trip. But, we'll have to wait and see how things pan out. So, that's been my day today/yesterday...

He gave her eggs salmonella.

Nah, the Yam 450 enduro bike is a beast as well . I've ridden my mates 2019 model, not as mad as a Maico 490 but not far off

Come on man you cant still be sore you didnt get a party bag

I smell a troll trap flapping… back away Clive back the fuck away

I had a hotel group email me claiming my footway (constructed a year ago) was stopping their fire door opening. Honestly, it's the slightest thing with these people! Their desk staff were obviously not informed of this dangerous fact because I now have 3 lovely photos of one of them holding the door fully open for my contractor Jim.

Take no notice @Six30 he’s a fucking troll .

It would probably cost them less.

No Bob......I just find it pretty fascinating what some of these guys do to vehicles to turn them into motorhomes. I can't help thinking that if they want a motorhome why don't they just buy a proper one?

he is going to be Bucksters conductor.... wont be no fighting over Olive though, cause Buckster is a noncy bender.

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm, stealth campers, coverted buses , have you got something to tell us @XTreme ??

You did a great job Pete, I hate that cow , she's worse than Thatcher

One thing that I've noticed about living here, is that many people are not badge snobs, so consequently bikes like the Himalayan still go for good money! But it's worthy of consideration if one comes up at the right price. As an aside, my OH's brother has a Bullet and an old CG125, which are his only vehicles. So he goes all over the place on them loaded up with camping gear for his holidays. He loves both of those bikes.

It goes everywhere the old XR250s go

Royal Enfield Himalayan, cheap as chips, plenty of character, enough power for the dirt, decent comfort to get you to and from trails, more capable than most of us, easy to fix and crashes well. It’ll do almost 90mpg no matter how much you thrash it. Not only that but looks cool-as-fuck when you pull up next to the latest bit of expensive, light weight, made-from-unobtainium, plastic coated hardcore, purpose built dirt bike in your cheap, nothing-matches riding gear (that’s compulsory ) a minute or so after they’ve arrived. Oh, and you’ll laugh your tits off most of the time too.

no thanks , he's a prick .

Really enjoyable, I’m reluctant to use this word because its misused and maybe slightly sickly sounding but this writer is a real gem. Love the brick story

We've seen slow motion vids of the Scooters cruising! They were going so slow they weren't using speedos they were using calendars! Bruce would have been in his element!

It's alright I suppose, has won a few awards, but it is a bit lacking in toilet facilities and I have had a few managers who think a meeting there instead of the office is a good idea. I built a road in there a few years back, I was only supposed to check the construction on behalf of someone else but it turned out there were no drawings for it at all, so I had to do those, including a bit of a wiggle to save some mature trees and then set it out. It now gets used by HGVs when they have a music festival in there. I'll see if I can find my pictures of the trees I couldn't save being cut down after a birds nest check. Bit of Old London Bridge put here when the park was built. The Georgian one not the medieval one I assume.

he's the biggest troll there is ... he lives on Troll street in Troll town

oh you mean eggwena

That's Trolling!

So you're warning a Troll that somebody else is a Troll?

Yeah I had one with a pop up roof, made a huge difference when it was raised.

pop top roof makes a massive difference, thinking of getting one for mine.

you seen the prices of em !! , if you got the know how cheaper to convert yourself

Well, having a supermarket close by.. in this case within walking distance is very handy. I can’t be bothered with cooking. I do enough of that at home. And this is a holiday after all. So, usually we eat while out for the day a hot meal when the opportunity presents itself and then grab the makings of a cold al fresco meal as well as beers and ice for the evening. And breakfast for the next day, of course. So no need to bring pots and pans. (Shudder) I do bring a stove, kettle and cafetière, as there’s nothing better than a proper coffee first thing. Having a petrol station close by is great too. I like to brim the tank last thing so that’s one less priority next morning and we can make progress, so all this makes the campsite at Tassenbach ideal. There are other things I look for, like a covered area or room we can use for eating and drinking if it rains. Much nicer than being forced to huddle in our tents. This campsite has that too. Oh, and the other nice thing about this campsite is that I'm not going to be called a Hooligan by a load of very drunk Austrian football fans who seem to equate that word with anyone from Britain!! That is a thing that happened. Me. A hooligan!! Before we get to Tassenbach, we will try for the Grossg lockner and spend a couple of nights at a campsite at Zell am See. this is a great place, with the most stupendous view across the lake. There are live webcams on the Glockner, so we can see what the conditions are like and if ts worth spending the day up there: Right now its covered in snow, but this is what Im hoping for in June. Though there will likely be more snow.

Not surprising I second this! Id say have a test ride on it and any of the other contenders you can because one is bound to be a much better fit for you and then an extra bit of moola (if needed) for a great fit seems irrelevant.

is it Buckster bus ?

I shall miss this blogger when he finally packs it in. Sometimes he writes about his childhood, very odd tales they are, if I see one of those I'll pop it on here.

Another good one today, Spitalfields but in Suffolk??? https://spitalfieldslife.com/2021/10/06/peter-minter-brick-maker/

Looks like my tracer.

Here’s a few, different bike each time , rugged individualism and not a scooter in sight…

Sad old fuck!

I must have had 23 or 24, not sure. I had just bought the Transalp. Am 40 now.

Argh theres so many jokes there but they wouldnt be well received

You called?

Problem getting new bikes there?

proof or it never happened ... you seen this shit @XTreme

No, I meant if you think that’s amazing then you’ll have a field day there

I think you meant both of them judging by more recent pics of the heretic

Nope “Facebook is for old people” They use “insta” and favour snapchat, tiktok, reddit and discord. Facebook is what their parents use so it was never going to be their platform of choice, cos they can only post family approved activities on there.

The only problem with the Honda is that it's got too much plastic to break if I drop it. So, I was thinking something old and ratty for exploring offroad, something that would probably be improved by dropping it.