Chimay and ukrm feckwits (longish)

Now all we need is the ones that stopped the extra night to get home
and we can chalk it up as a success.

 

<Brian Hanrahan>
I counted them all out and I counted them all back in again.
</Brian Hanrahan>

 

You noticed the deliberate choice of words then?

 

Absolutely.

The thing that slowed me down the most was just the amount of traffic on
UK roads; it came as a real shock after belting up through France on
roads that were nearly empty.

 

My oldest brother had one - he sold it (and bought it back) 3 times..

When he eventually sold it for the final time he didn't get another
bike for 10 years.

Phil.

 

It's that hill up out of Dover to the M20 that gets me, every time.

"I can see you're coming up behind me really fast, and I know I'm only
doing 50mph, but I'm going to overtake that truck half a mile ahead,
even if it takes me five minutes to reach it....|"

And then they hoot angrily when you overtake them on the inside.

 

On Mon, 23 Jul 2007 03:23:29 -0700,
TOG@toil,,

snip>

Using the tunnel cut that problem out and once we were off the train
it was only 5 minutes before we were heading up the M20. I'd use the
tunnel again if I was planning a late crossing but under normal
circumstances I'd opt for the ferry so food and drink can be partaken
of.

 

I made sandwiches for my lunch, while I was making my breakfast on
Sunday morning. Organised or what?

 

What is this "food" of which you speak?

 

A packet of crisps.

 

Thanks for all the assistance, without it I suspect I'd be dealing with
a fully loaded dropped ZRX, in some god forsaken french ferry port. I
think the highlight had to be the indicators making it backfire
though... now that's a flat battery.

And also huge thanks to Timo, I'm impressed you managed to find a
battery, so late on a Sunday afternoon. You#re a real lifesaver.

 

"liquid bread"

 

Heh.

 

Then there are the tossers who hammer up from behind and flash you
because obviously you're going to move over to the left into the side
of an artic. They also seem to believe that moving into the few metres
of space between you and the next vehicle will really save them some
time.

I think some people just don't like being behind a bike.

 

You surprise me. It is a pain, though, being caught between a barrier
on the right, a Slavic artic on the left, a dawdling line of cars in
front and a nervous passenger between you and the psycho in the Corsa.

 

I was just peeling onto the M20 at Ashford, after the stop at Timo's,
when I saw you and Adie hammering past in the outside lane. Remarkably
restrained, you both were: maybe 90mph?

 

This is where you're going wrong. There's never a reason for a
dawdling line of cars to stay in front of you.

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We thought it was you but couldn't work out why you'd have been coming
onto the motorway at that junction, I suggested that fuel might be 2p
per litre cheaper than anywhere else so it was worth the detour....

You're probably right about the speed, we got the excess speed bit out
of the way while we were in France where speed limits are advisory. I
think I was doing just over an indicated 150mph when I went past Champ
a few miles shy of Calais.

 

You were just leaving the toll booths when we arrived there and I
wasn't sure we'd catch you before you turned off for the ferry. Adie
had decided to speed test her R1 and reckoned that because of the
luggage it got 'a bit squirrely' at 140 so she backed off.

Yeah, you even get more power as well as a nice racket.

 

I'm not a fast rider and certainly not a fast rider on a Pan with a
full load of luggage and panniers full of her necessaries *but* on
that particular stretch of road, I think I have some excuse.