Ride Around

Coffee stop

Adrian Ritchie — Fri, 18 May 2012 14:47:39 +0000

We’re only 20 minutes away from the BMF Show camp site but following some interesting overtaking manoeuvres, Dave thought it would be a good idea to stop for a coffee break (and to clean his pants!!)… Although he doesn’t actually want a coffee now!

And the trip starts here

Shane Marriott — Thu, 17 May 2012 20:51:31 +0000

Aidy has met up with us at the Oxford Peartree services which is our starting point for the ride up to Peterborough!

Time for a beer!

GS Trophy Qualifier Tickets Finally Arrive

Adrian Ritchie — Wed, 16 May 2012 18:04:38 +0000

This weekend I’ll be in the UK with Shane and Dave taking part in the UK qualifying event for the international BMW GS Trophy, this year it’s being held in South America!

As with past RideAround trips, I’m the last one to head off to join up with the others. Normally this leaves me feel like I’m missing out on some of the action. However, this time it seems like it was a wise move on my part. I’m supposed to be on the ferry to England tomorrow but today I got an email about tickets and wrist bands for getting into the event/camping for the weekend. It appears that BMW left it until the last minute to send these out in the post.

Luckily for Shane and Dave I’m still around to bring them to the UK! It also means that I’ve got a chance to fit my new HID headlight kit as that’s also arrived

Dave arrives in the UK

Shane Marriott — Wed, 16 May 2012 15:07:54 +0000

Dave has arrived in the UK and will be camping tonight. As usual, he does it in style with his MX boots hanging out of his topbox! And yes; he did ride down the road like that!

Part 1 nearly done

Shane Marriott — Tue, 15 May 2012 22:26:15 +0000

I’ve pretty much reached the area where I’ll be stopping for a couple of days. I decided to stop for a coffee in the sunshine as its turned out to be a great day.

Dave should be nearby tomorrow and then Aidy will make his appearance on Thursday if all goes to plan!

GS Trophy Qualifier

Shane Marriott — Mon, 14 May 2012 16:45:02 +0000

As the first to depart on the trip, I thought it would be good to show how the weather has changed from warm and sunny before I checked in to wet and miserable! I have a few things to do before the GS Trophy Qualifier but I’m officially on my way! Hopefully I’ll be able to keep first place till we return!

Made it to England

Adrian Ritchie — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 22:43:38 +0000

The Condor ferry actually managed to cross the English Channel without catching on fire. Now to see how far north I can get before I need to find somewhere to sleep for the night.

Tomorrow I need to be just outside Chester first thing so I’d like to be at least as far as Shrewsbury tonight… Well, that’s the plan!

Not the best start

Adrian Ritchie — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 19:15:06 +0000

So this trip hasn’t got off to the best start. I managed to forget my ferry booking confirmation and I didn’t collect the chains and locks from Dave to secure the bike once I’ve picked it up.

However with a helping hand from friends and understanding check-in staff and of ready to board the boat with my booking confirmation for the return and the chains and locks from Dave…. And still time to spare to write this!

Art, a useful test

Shane Marriott — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 12:26:18 +0000

This is a quick post added from an iOS device. It looks great and makes use of all the geo goodness we developed. I guess we will be posting from the road soon!!

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2012-03-18

Tweeter — Sun, 18 Mar 2012 21:00:00 +0000

Amazingly, after re-attaching the wiring loom to the pegaso it actually works! http://t.co/puO6D3IJ #