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I needed to head back home now so I started to make my way back , on the route I took I passed Gt. Coxley tithe barn ........... and then stopped for a quick break by my favourite lake near Malmesbury .......

Well got Shadows bike as far as I can. Just waiting on the new indicator and front brake lever. Managed to disguise the scratched up headlight cowel with a black accent which Shadow loves. She thinks it looks Sick! Which apparently is positive, I’ll settle for tidy. I like the new aluminium rear L plate, supposedly unbreakable but we all know Shadows talent for destroying stuff. Now she is obsessively watching EBay waiting for the parts to come.

Good to know, I'll tell her Not!

The beauty you can see from a dirt-road ride ...less than 10 miles from home....

We had a tiler coming to finish the en-suite today at 1.00pm but I wanted to get out for a ride so I set off at 06.30am. To-day i headed east for a change , usually that would mean lots of traffic but it was early enough to beat most of that. Back roads were the main order of the day where possible ........... I got up along as far as RAF Fairford and as I passed I noticed a lot of plane-watchers on their steps with the big lenses on their cameras so I swung around to see what the deal was . There was this all black plane on the runway which I found out was a Lockheed U2 , jesus it was loud when it took off............ In total contrast to the loud plane I stopped just up the road in a peaceful (08.30am) and lovely village for a coffee and cake breakfast ...... I was a bit concerned when this dude maneuvered his shonky old car next to my cool bike ......

Next stop was the river Thames and the Ferryman pub, it was a nice place but I don't think they really wanted anyone there judging by the notice . No swimming, no paddleboards, no fishing, no mooring, £10 to launch your boat from the slipway (but only with permission). I took a couple of photos and started the bike (loudly) and left ...... Not far away was the main destination of the day , the Devils Quoits ............... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devil's_Quoits I parked up in a snotty car park next to a weighbridge for the local waste vehicles, it was a very dusty walk to the stones . How on earth whichever authority was responsible for this allowed a landfill site next to an ancient monument is beyond me . I was underwhelmed with it all.....

I wondered if anyone else noticed.

How is your Alzheimer’s going?

You don't know the half of it mate. Let me introduce you to my Hornets new end can. Not Soft Dad. The motor has only done 291 miles

The Neolithic site had been restored sometime in the past but it gave you a general idea what it was like many , many years ago ........

Nice work @Saul , that bike is like Trigger's broom now ........

He had never heard that one before and he won’t have heard it before next time as well.

Teddie Roosevelt Nat'l Park....1st 30 miles into the west side of ND...

Tidy HL 540....

Well done Dad.

Only 83F here today....made it to 100F on Monday, so a pleasant & tolerable temp change.

From a bar/casino/cafe in MT that I last visited back in the early 90's....back then it was known as Lincoln's 10k silver dollar bar... Obviously it's now upgraded to 50k silver dollar bar & casino....the gift shop is bigger than my house & garage combined....

Slick looking '59 Impala....

Hood River valley...w/ OR's highest peak in the background....

A woman in her forties went to a plastic surgeon for a face-lift. The surgeon told her about a new procedure called "The KEY," where a small key is placed on the back of a woman's head and can be turned to tighten up her skin to produce the effect of a brand new face lift. Of course, the woman wanted "The Key." Over the course of the years, the woman tightened the key, and the effects were wonderful -- the woman remained young looking and vibrant. After fifteen years, the woman returned to the surgeon with two problems. "For all these years, everything has been working just fine. I've had to turn the key and I've always loved the results. But now I've developed two annoying problems: First, I have these terrible bags under my eyes and the key won't get rid of them." The doctor looked at her closely and said, "Those aren't bags, those are your tits." “Oh!”, she said, "No point asking about the beard then"

Those handlebars should make wheelies a lot easier.

RIP Brian

Pissing down here to but spent the day fixing Shadows CB125F again, the job that nevers ends.

Well the bike is still rattling but in the mean time Shadow rear ended a car last Friday. Wiped out an indicator bent the handlebars broke the front brake lever and added a couple of more scuffs. . She was shook up and bruised but is ok now. The new handle bars came today. So I went out to fit them only to discover what I bought was different to what was on the bike. But the bike was bought as a repaired crashed bike so I suppose I should not be surprised. The new bars fit and look much better so I think I got the right ones I also stripped out the forks to check they weren’t bent and luckily they were fine so I just cleaned every thing up and put it back together. Also cleaned up and checked the brake caliper. Repaired the crack in the mud guard. Just painting a couple of black strips on the headlight cheeks to hide the scratches. I know I would never be able to match the colour and those checks are £80 each. So disguise seemed like the best option. I have contacted a mechanic to check the rattle out to see if it can be fixed affordably.

Too hot here, can't be bothered to do anything.