At last ! The holiday
starts!
I left the house at
about 09:00 in light rain for the ride to Hull. About 20 minutes
later the rain suddenly got heavier and that was the situation for
the next few hours. On some parts of the M74 motorway, the spray was
so bad that traffic had to slow to about 50 mph (80 km/h) due to the
lack of visibility. The rain lessened by about the half way mark, and
just before Scotch Corner (which isn't a corner and is nowhere near
Scotland), I spotted Terry G stopped for a rest in a laybye. We
headed off together and the rain eventually cleared. I had a great
feeling when I saw the first roadsign for Hull, and at that pint the
sun came out! This really felt like the start of the holiday.
We arrived at our
meeting point, a Sainsbury's supermarket, had something to eat and
wait for the others. Soon after, Donnie, who was travelling with us
and attending the Bikers' Classics, but not staying with us arrived,
soon followed by mr combo.
Time ran on but the
others hadn't appeared, so we filled with fuel and made our way to
the ferry terminal. It's only about 7 miles (11 km) but seems to take
forever due to heavy traffic. When we got to the terminal, the others
had gone straight there due to running late, and the sun had become
quite bright and actually hot!!
The group is:
Me – Skorpion
Traveller
Terry G – Skorpion
Tour
Gareth – Sachs 800
mr combo – Triumph
Tiger 955
Stuart (not my
brother) – Triumph Tiger 800
Terry D – Kawasaki
ZZR 1400
Donnie – Yamaha Diversion
900
We were soon loaded
onto the ferry and found our cabins. There was a slight 'excitement'
when mr combo thought he had lost his keys, but he'd left them in the
bike and Terry G had taken them.
Once at sea it was a
typical ferry voyage. Sitting about chatting, eating and drinking
until it was time for bed. Tomorrow we'll be in Belgium!
Sticker I made for the trip
And continuing what I started last year, here's 'Song of the Day':
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