A truly unique weekend.
People have talked about the various talks and events. And they were inspiring. But the abiding memory was the friendliness and general good vibes from everyone. That extended from everyone, the organisers, those giving talks and everyone attending. The most fascinating talks were impromptu sitting around any table or round the fire with a beer talking bikes and travel. And then realizing that involved in the conversations were Dan (Walsh) Peter (Henshaw) Kevin and Julia (Sanders) etc etc as well as many other really facinating and NORMAL people.
My abiding memory is of a weekend that captured the true spirit of biking/travelling and renewed my faith in people. To those who organized the event Thank you. And to the many people that I met (and sadly have no contact addresses) thank you for genuine friendship. And to a few people I kept meeting and would have really liked to have chatted further... that was my loss. And YES I hope to meet those same people next year...and y'know what... I think i will.
Is this post OTT ? No I don't think so. I expect that most of those who attended would agree. But I totally agree with a previous tosser who intimated..........
It was a terrible weekend with a lot of egotistic prima donnas strutting their stuff and preaching to the wannabees. Wouldn't recommend it to real bikers and , unless you are one of those sad dreamers who understand, stay away and let them live on in that dreamworld which considers bikes as a means rather than an end.
And to the dreamers..C U either on the road or next year.
I'm off on Monday to Europe with my son.....landfall ...Cherbourg
and then...well no idea...want to recapture that feeling of "follow the dream" no plans ..just want to live the dream..if only for a while.
