Category: Travel & Holiday Adventures
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Ireland Tour 2008 (Part 1)
Monday 28th July 2008 View Larger Map In The Beginning: The bags were still being packed 10mins before we hit the road. I had got a set of Buell inner bags for the side cases & top case. Since we were planning to B&B it we took a side case each and used the top…
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Castles, Tombs and Open Roads
Today the summer touring season began with a quick Sunday tour around some local sights, namely Trim Castle and Newgrange, both in County Meath, Ireland. My current ride is still the Kawasaki ER-6N hire bike while I await my ER-6F to be returned to me. So to start with I should point out that the…
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AAI 2008 Mini Fun Run
Well, I feel much better now having just taken part in my first ‘ride out’ of 2008. The weather may have been better, with us having to brave rain, hail stones and snow but it was well worth it! The organisers of the Annual Across Ireland (AAI) event put this on for 2 main reasons.…
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Karma Touring
At last, my first touring trip two-up with Karma (my Kawasaki ER-6F). On Friday 28th my partner & I set off on a 115 mile (185 KM) ride down to Cahir, County Tipperary for a wedding…here are the details: What I wore: Nolan N102 HelmetOlympia Moto Sports Voyager Sport Touring JacketOlympia Moto Sports Ranger 2…
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Mr Scruff in the Button Factory
I survived the weekend…and what a weekend it was! Without a doubt Mr Scruff (CLICK HERE) is the best there is at what he does. As soon as I walked into the Button Factory at 11.30pm he was on stage. After plucking up some courage I approached and he was happy to have a chat…
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See You When I Get There
Passport and tickets in hand I am setting off to the 2007 NEC Motorcycle & Scooter Show in Birmingham, UK. The camera is packed too so there should be plenty of pictures on my Flickr page by the weekend for all of you to enjoy. Right time to go! Keep the rubber side down.
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Speed of the Sound of Lonliness
It was Cork…but not as I knew it! Pink lighting along Oliver Plunkett Street and down the center of Patrick Street were the only disturbing changes. Everything else is…is Cork, boy! Hillbillies on the Grand Parade still makes the best chicken fillet burgers in the country (if not world!), Zanzibar on Cook street is still…
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Pilgrimage 2007
The annual pilgrimage is just 3 weeks away, the NEC Motorcycle & Scooter Show 2007 opens the doors to the public. The flights are booked and the tickets are somewhere in the post! All the major manufactures are confirmed: Ducati, Royal Enfield, BMW, Honda, Hyosung, Benelli, Victory, Yamaha, CCM, Harley-Davidson, Triumph, Suzuki, KTM, Buell, Vectrix…
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One Night Alone
So it was just after midnight as I walked out into the warm air of Greenwich…well the air felt warm, it may have just been me still on a high. Once again I had been lucky enough to spend a night with probably the major role model of my youth…Prince. If you have not heard,…
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It Was On My List… (Original Posting 24th July 2007)
At long last, you will now be able to view the photos I took at the Birmingham NEC Motorcycle and Scooter Show 2006. With the next show on 23rd November until 2nd December this should give you a reason to get a ticket. I also included the photo’s I took at Mondello Park in June…
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