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RNLI
Fundraising trip
Round the Coastline of Britain
Trip
Roundup
Well,
we made it.
4,480
miles mainly on B roads and minor A roads following the coastline
of Britain as closely as possible.
159
RNLI stations visited (out of a possible 163)
16
days in the saddle (as predicted),
One rear tyre each, about £250 in fuel each.
No car / bike interfaces and lots of fun.
Lots and lots of fun.
And
thanks to all you guys, it look like we have raised nearly £4,000
for the RNLI "Train a Hero" crewmember training program.
Due
to the distance covered we spent a lot of time in the saddle, sometime
up to 14 hours a day, but apart from getting sore bums, near every
mile was a pleasure to ride.
Overall
the weather was kind to us. We often had strong winds to deal with
and a couple of very cold days when we went up the east coast of
Scotland, but it did not rain too much and when it did, it seemed
to stop each time we reached an RNLI station and stopped for photographs.
Some
of the roads we took were rather narrow, which brought down our
average speed quite a bit. Most were minor A roads and B roads,
with just a few faster roads and a couple of sections on motorways.
Now
and again we blew the plot entirely and went where no bike has been
before.
All
the RNLI crewmembers we met were just brilliant guys. Whenever they
saw us, they were up for chat and offering a cup of tea. If we had
stopped for them all, the trip would have taken 2 months.
A
BIG thanks to:
We
met lots of great people on the trip and would especially like to
thank the guys that gave us a bed for the night (Fausto, Farmer
Palmer aka Chris Neil, Bustupbiker and Chris's Nan).
Bustupbiker
as also extremely helpfull in getting us new rear tyres fitted in
North Wales. TimC aka Sid and Reggie the Cameraman were a great
help in directing us to Mottorad Central in Glasgow where I was
kitted out with a new pair of Contour Plus Goretex boots and a new
Autocom GPS audio lead.
Trip
Sponsors
The
trip cost us a fair bit of money and would have been a lot more
expensive without the help we were given by:-
North
Oxford BMW (Top people and great mechanics)
BMW Press Services (Please, please let me keep the Navigator II
GPS)
Woods Wines, Nettlebed
(The best wines by the box full)
The Unicorn pub, Kingwood Common. (Brakespears beer and Steve's
wit)
Now
to finish the day by day reports.
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