Hi credmond, i'm Irish but live in Holland, know the feeling, but people drive bikes cos they want to so selling your thing to yer friends???? mmmnnn. Go for short tours, england, scotland is brill, wales is a howl, from there Europe. Go to bike meetings like the HU ones, I have never been yet

. But they sound brill, will get to one yet There is one in Germany in Oct. but I will be en route for Delhi & Kathmandu

When you ride a bike you will never be alone that is for sure. Some of the best places I have been have been when I was lost, bye the bye always carry energy bars, water & a good map, if you still have room then a bar of soap

and you will never be dirty, lost etc. A journey of a million miles begins with a push on the start button. Being on this site seems also to be a step in the right direction. Also gonna put 55 as a lotto number

Last year meet up with English bloke on ural outfit, he is 83, he was at a rally in south england camping, laughing, partying with the rest of us.... Credmond, go for it and have fun, stay open for new friends, people, cultures & U gonna be oke Vince