Gibraltar Journal......

[MikeO]

Afterword…..

It turns out that Mike & Caroline had problems with their (Pay as you go) phones & ran short of credit, so didn’t get any messages until it was too late to act on them. They made their own way North (via Oradour, which had always been in our original plan) and had caught the ferry back 24 hours early. I’ve used quite a few of Mike & Caroline’s pictures in the thread. Here are a few more pictures I couldn’t find space for……..

 

[CoolCarbon]

Thanks Mike,

One of the best Journals I've read........

I trust you are putting a link on Advrider.........the Guys over the Pond would love this story with the excellent Pics.

I presume it's years of Paperwork that have left their mark in the story telling dept.

Cheers,

CC

 

[TERRY RYAN]

Good read worth getting up for
next question is

please add the route plan if can

cheers for sharing this with us mike

 

[MikeO]

please add the route plan if can

Terry,

unfortunately, due to the unusual nature of the planning (and the unusual number of changes), I don't have a route plan available. The last (& best) few days were literally reactive to sights and signs, with just a vague direction to ride in.

Had I/we followed the plan I originally made (Norfolk to St Gaudens planned in Mike & Caroline's kitchen over a Chinese takeaway, St Gaudens to Gib planned on a picnic table in bright sunshine at Cartgate picnic area with Bilko ), the route would probably have been anything up to 500 miles longer (we chose some very wiggly roads ).

The uncertainty of deciding where to go & where to stay (which can only really be done solo) made the last section of the trip the most enjoyable. The 'rough plan' with a route planned but used as a guideline is definitely the way I'll do another trip like this. I also firmly believe that 2 or 3 bikes is the absolute maximum for a trip like this - any more and no-one gets what they want out of it.....

Mike

 

[MikeO]

Almost forgot one of my favourite photos of the lot......

Mike

 

[judge]

I've read carefully this entire epic adventure, made Ben Hur seem like a tom & jerry cartoon in length!! And try as I might I can find no credit for the uploader of the photographs - bizarre

 

[MikeO]

I've read carefully this entire epic adventure, made Ben Hur seem like a tom & jerry cartoon in length!! And try as I might I can find no credit for the uploader of the photographs - bizarre

THANKS FOR UPLOADING THE PHOTOS JUDGE!!!


Sorry

 

[judge]

THANKS FOR UPLOADING THE PHOTOS JUDGE!!!


Sorry

 

[Bilks]

Ah the memories.........



Thanks Mike0, little mike@ caroline, and judge for the upload...

Excellent write up m8, need to get back over soon, resupply of duty frees !

Bilks.

 

[Deadskin]

Mike
Just finished reading
excellent pics, S45 i presume.

 

[MikeO]

Mike
Just finished reading
excellent pics, S45 i presume.

Gates,

quite right . Mike's pix were taken on a Kodak 2Mpix camera (can't remember the model - but it's a couple of years old - ancient in this game, eh?).

The pix at Azincourt, Omaha Beach and the cemetery were taken on a disposable Agfa, then processed and put onto disk by my local Tesco in 24hrs for about £8 - I'm pretty impressed by the results!

Mike

 

[Tim]

Excellent

Just read the lot! Sounds like you had a great trip. Thanks for loading it all up for us to read - a great way to while away an evening on my own.

The Other Tim

 

[Hairnet600]

excellent

just took an hour to read that



brilliant!

whens the next one????

 

[MikeO]

Re: excellent

whens the next one????

Stay tuned - shipping out to the USA in January

Mike

 

[Hairnet600]

erm.....

im not jealous

 

[Bilks]

ah..........



Happy days......!

Bump..!

 

[Hairnet600]

5 years later

still took me an hour to read

thanks mike (and bilks)

 

[Bilks]

Hairnet.....



6 years goes so quick!

Rip Mike....

 

[Hairnet600]

...

bilks

send an email to [email protected]

ta

 

[(RIP) Edvard Munch]

Being relatively new here I've just had a bit of a shock

Well written and structured ride report. Very enjoyable.