And so, we've all
made it back safely for another year... how on earth did that happen?!
Our final two days in
Puerto Banus were saddened only when we waved goodbye to the bikes which were
leaving, as they'd arrived, on board a truck which would be taking the strain of
the 1000 mile journey rather than the seats of our variously sized pants. Tim
Briton of Briton's Removals (www.britonsremovals.com) has done a great job
getting the bikes to and from Spain (I hope I'm not tempting fate at this point
as they don't arrive back til Tuesday) and while we don't usually do commercial
endorsements (mainly because no one ever pays us to... not even Aston Martin or Hackett menswear) Tim deserves a special mention as well as our
thanks.
Friday night again down
by the harbour found all concerned in a demob happy frame of mind. Two weeks is
a long time to be away from home and all that entails so there was even more of
the usual mirth and humour that evening... Brian demonstrated that 76 years old or 6 months old... there's not much difference. Andy once again lost the 'I bet I can hit you before you hit me' wager... yes, just a normal night on the town.
Saturday's flight home
was quick and even the weather on arrival at East Midlands mirrored that of the
past two weeks. Re-united with pints of Pedigree at the one and only true Red Lion, Saturday
afternoon provided a chance to reminisce and hand out the paltry collection of
gifts we'd cobbled together (mainly from our looky-looky chaps) for our nearest
and dearest.
On reflection... it's
wrong to moan about somewhere, its culture or traditions unless you've
actually experienced it for yourself. Morocco will never go down as anyone's
favourite place because other than the roads and scenery we didn't like it very
much. What it does do is to open your eyes to a whole host of problems which
countries like Morocco have... poverty, religion, misogyny, corruption and the ludicrous ban
on alcohol to name but a few. What is fair to say, however, is that when you
take seven disparate blokes and send them to a different continent for two weeks
together it's bound to be an adventure and this trip has certainly proved to be
one of the best in that respect.
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| Well, it is the pic of the trip so worth putting up again |
The first bike trip in
2010 was billed as a 'once in a lifetime' event and four years and five trips
later we're still at it. With a bit of luck we'll be planning for 2015 too so if
you've been in any way inspired to get on two wheels then you know where you can
find us.
Click here for a bit of a look back...
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