Mid life crisis tour
 

So there I was, living in a smallish town after having lived in the big smoke all me life, just had enough of it all,
sold me bike before I left, it was as old and tired as I was and I had transport anyway, I drive a London cab, you see, so I had wheels to get about in.
so my plan was to take a long time off work find a new bike and plan a tour, but winter came , fast and cold ,my broken bones ached and with no bike I said "**** it" and went and bought my dream car a Mercedes s350l.. or so I thought, fully loaded, all that was missing was the toilet and wash basin.
so of we went on a 9000 mile trip around Europe in the middle of January,
I saw some awesome sights drove some wicked roads, I saw the leaning tower of pisa, drove up the hill to monte casino (don't there at midnight, there's a big alsation dog guarding the place),I drove through Netherlands,belgium,luxembourg,france,mopnaco,ital y,slovenia,hungary,austria,switzerland and back home again.
and you know what, I didn't seem to enjoy it, it felt bland and boring and I know why, it wasn't a motorbike.
the moral of the story.
don't buy a car when your a biker..
have fun..next trip Russia, Mongolia by bike, 2016

wooo hoooo :D

Wrong car?
 

If you where traveling alone... it definetly feels less loneley in helmet, but maybe it just was the wrong car... .


I've learned that the perfect/dream vehicle often doesn't give as much satisfaction as something that's slightly off...

Try the same with a 1980's VW golf, or ford escort cabrio, ford transit with matras in the back, ... and you'd have a completely different trip.

Yeah, not lived until you've lived out of a Transit on a long trip.....even fit a bike in the back !!!