Thank you for a super good report!! And for being top travel companion, super patiente and calm inspite of my anxiety and repeated sea sickness!!
You have made a few new friends on this trip and for sure we are both very sorry to have missed the forum members we also wanted to meet. Must go back with better planning!!
I returned with extreme emotions, from sadness for the state of affairs in the new version of Britain, but also with a heart full of love from the people that have always understood me the best and accepted me the most. And I dont just mean my wonderful friends, I mean the People from Britain.
I return also with a new apreciation for Portugal and the freedom we still enjoy here, where the chaos I so struggle with, is now the protection against the extreme control Britain is under.
Rules are important, but they should never be used for harassment or oppression.
Britain is the land of fearless explorers, by land, sea, and air!! The paradise of motorsport and bike sheds full of character and quirkiness, now taken over by nanny-state/woke and being killed off by fear, excess hipsterism and, frankly, intolerance, which was never my experience while living there. As a girl, I always felt free to be and do whatever, as a biker even more so.
Fortunately, there is the Isle of Man and the Sammy Miller museum and a few old geezers still being rebels like they were in the 50s and 60s, role models to follow when the government oppresses its people in a way that is simply shocking.
Only a stupid Man doesn't feel fear, but fear is the biggest killer, not speed!!!
We never feel more alive than when the possibility of death is imminent, something that bikes are very good at giving us!!
Will always be in love with England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, The Channel Isles, The IoM... all of it, because love never dies, it just changes and now you need love more then ever to come out of the age of successive beligerante governments that cared only about their big fat bank accounts then the People that make Britain. We are here for you as always!