Sunday, 21 June 2015

All Over

Approximately 12,000 kms on the bikes & 13 countries in 2 months its home for a rest. The V Stroms have performed brilliantly again. Only problem has been my smartphone which died & caused a few gaps in this blog in the last 10 days. To bring you up to date, we left Ireland at the port of Rosslare & ferried across to Pembroke in Wales on dead calm seas. Our only night in Wales was in the Welsh hills at Abergavenny, camped at a golf course camping ground. We managed to avoid the thunder storms around us, for our last night in the tents. All good trips must come to an end & the following day we headed to Horsham, to meet up with the rest of the Kiwi team of seven bikes for a last night dinner at the local in Billingshurst. Bikes had to be cleaned thoroughly before loading on the 19th at Felixstowe in the container for the journey back to NZ.
Until next time, thanks for following this blog & our journey. We have crammed a lot in, in a short time, as this was my first visit to this part of the world, every day brought something new. A great trip, if you ever have the oppurtunity, give it a go !
One night of glamping, never hurt, our last night in Ireland was in this B&B

Monday, 8 June 2015

Success At Isle of Man

Bruce Anstey from Auckland NZ took out the Superbike Final in a race record time to add to his current lap record from last year. It was a proud Kiwi contingent heading back to our campsite & a hastily made flagpole with the Silver Fern flying from the top. In today's Supersport 600, Bruce came in second only 8 seconds back over 240 kms of racing. A great effort Bruce.
Had to add this photo of a guy blowing up an airbed in the departure terminal for our ferry to Larne in Ireland. The ferry departs at 3am, so a long night ahead of us

Thursday, 4 June 2015

Isle of Man

These guys racing motorbikes on these roads at 300 km / hr is crazy. They get airborne going over the rises in the road. IOM is a beautiful place, even though the weather has not been perfect. The sheer size of the event & number of supporters has to be seen to be appreciated.
Castle at entrance to Peel Harbour on east side of IOM