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just 3 days to go I had 11 landmarks yet to do. It time desperate planning. It was going to witha case of doing Hertfordshire, Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, Sussex, Surrey and Hampshire in one trip, the behad gone back to GMT, daylight would be in short supply. clockswas one landmark that I would need to walk to I knew there was no bike access that was Pooh Therebridge, so as long as I got there before dark I would be home and dry. (The last landmarks would be easy to sticksand as long as the flash on the findon the digital camera was mist! After many attempts, the only way to capture it was to turn off the flash seeuse a long exposure. Phew. The rest of the daylight riding was fine apart from the fog and in andnon manned barrier on the QE2 M25 toll bridge and then getting a thecross words from an attendant who had to come and open it for me. But I got to the car park near Pooh fewBridge as it got dark. A quick photo of the bike car park, I set off on foot following the first and only Sticksto the bridge down through some trees. I came out on a signbut I was still going down hill, basic geography told me that there should be a road,at bottom and with luck a bridge. Wrong. By now was pitch black, no moon, no streamand cursing. I retraced my torchdown a track and eventually found that bridge. I couldn’t find a stick to throw; mind you, I couldn’t backthe water. The second part to this landmark was the Milne/Shepard memorial on the ridge above the seeBack on the bike, up the road to the next car park, spotted a bridge.that looked like the one I was looking for in the headlights, but alas it wasn’t. There was nothing for memorialbut to try off roading on a touring bike along the ridge a desperate bid to locate the memorial with the itI didn’t know that pine needles were so slippery! Interesting headlights.Several sweeps up and down part of the ridge where I thought it should be drew a blank. handling.to abandon the bike and take to peering through the trees. Frustration was mounting; the thought of missing Time100% all rounder award by 15 apoint and I knew from my research that the memorial was off to the right, in an area I hadn’t trigDown through some more trees and there it was. elation and relief was fantastic. The rest of searched.trip, although in the dark was really enjoyable especially with the theclick on the last landmark in Portsmouth. Home by 11:00pm, 744 miles. lastnext evening was spent compiling all the photos into order and submitting them for adjudication Theemail. Within a few hours, I’d got byconfirmation email, well done all 100% correct. agreat thing about the Round Britain Rally is that it takes you to places you probably would never go Thejust ride by. You can break it orJournal of the Severn camera worked). Leaving home at 4:30 am I got to the first LM before dawn and tried taking a photo. Nowsteps backAdvancedto the bike andMotorcyclistsbychance another family23were gettinghadn’t. All I could into their car, perhaps they knew. Yes, just after where path joinedroad there was another path to the right. Another half mile walk I mist? the in photo flash a take to tried ever you haveJournal of Severnpoints was painful. Could use photoshop and drop a picture of bike into the picture I’d found on the internet? Could I come backdown into smallAdvancedchunks and not haveMotorcycliststo the silly24daily high mileage, you don’t have to do it all either, do as many or as few as you can and there are different awards for number of point you achieve. In 2008 I the on stumbled I Then work? be should I though daylight, in tomorrow
a Bronze award and I didn’t venture as far north as Yorkshire. The slogan for the rally is “the achievedexcuse for a ride out”. ultimatethe end of the day, it is not just the riding; it is the research as well. I Atpromote the sprit of motorcycling through the RBR as a living example. tofew statistics: Landmarks found, 90; points awarded, 2,000; total miles travelled, about 6,500; Aof people finding all 90 Numberwas 26 out of 233 who entered. Average point scored by all the RBRers who submitted photos landmarks961 out of a maximum of 2,000. Bike used, Kawasaki GTR1400. Would I do it again? Can’t wait, wassymptoms setting in already. To see all my entry photos withdrawalto www.iamsam.org.uk and follow the link on the home page. go Andy Tinsleyhe would be writing this column but due to his hand being caught in a door while getting ready for a barn dance in support of our local school he is unable to put finger to keyboard. So ladies this month’s column will cover the Normally,things like, how the use of an onion will remove unwanted smells from our hands after unblocking the sink and do we really expect honest answer to “does my bum look big in this”. generalwhy the hell are we unblocking the sink anyway, it was the remains of his late night curry that blocked it the first place. When you mention it you Firstly,the reply “I will do it later”, later my arse, if was left to them things would never get done. As for taking them shopping with you to get an outfit for that really special occasion, I would sooner lie on a row of upturned jimmy choo’s getheels sharpened to a point than put up with the sulky behaviour of a grown man. All right, I know we always seem to end up back at the shop we started with but it’s a woman thing and they have to get over it. I will the first withadmit that the female shape is variable and does alter with mood and age and when the two come together, hell will never freeze over. So when we do tothat perfect little black dress and there may be some zero’s on the end of the price, the answer to how does it look should be “Perfect dear, is it comfortable” and not “Is that the right size for your shape”. So, this is how I findto be writing this month’s column, Grumpy gave the wrong answer to the question “how do I look”. Door met hand with some force and grown man crumples to the floor in agony. I went to the dance and went to casualty. comeJournal of the Severn Advanced Motorcyclists“HelloHello” Please allow me to introduce my self; a woman of wealth and means. To my friends I am Mrs G; to my husband I am GOD.25Journal of the Severn Advanced MotorcyclistsThank you ladies for all your help and input with this column.MEN YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED Au revoir26G ……Grumpy’s Cornermaps and I am not going to give up my addiction. Visit www.roundbritainrally.co.uk for more loveIncidentally, one of the RBR family, Shelia, spent an hour on the fourth plinth in Trafalgar Square, information.
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