Saturday 02.07.2011 - we found our way down to the Southampton docks where we boarded the Red Funnell car ferry to the Isle of Wight. We had heard from Kerrie's sister Vicki REILLY, that the Isle of Wight was very pretty and worth a visit so with Betty & Ciggy in tow we all piled into our rental car and headed off for the day. The trip over takes about an hour and we sailed right past where Betty & Ciggy live in their high rise building right on the w...

Wednesday 29.06.2011 to Friday 01.07.2011 - We left Folkestone and headed up to Cambridge where we stayed the night. The town was buzzing as it was graduation week for the university students. We pottered around the town for a few hours amongst the throng before eating at our hotel and setting off for Ispwich in the morning. As the journey to Ispwich was only about 60 miles we arrived around 11.00 am and checked into our hotel. We found a Tesco and bought two e...

Tuesday 28.06.2011 - we reached the Eurotunnel terminal at Calais around 11.30 am and picked up our tickets for the 21 mile chunnel trip under the English Channel for our return to England. As we queued up we found ourselves waiting with four English bikers. They were all retired guys that made us feel young! That means they were really old b*****s! They had set off from their homes in Yorkshire yesterday to ride the Alps for 8 days. Unfortunately after one ...

Monday 27.06.2011 - we ate breakfast with Darren and Phil and then bid them farewell. They were heading south to Austria to ride some mountain passes whilst we were returning to the UK. They have been good riding mates on and off for the last three months. Ride safe guys. The weather forcaste was for hot weather. European architecture does not allow for hot weather that's for sure. Most hotels do not have airconditioning and most have windows that only slightly ...

Sunday 26.06.2011 - The day before we left Stadskanaal we decided to head 375 km south, deep into Germany to ride the Nurburgring. As we were discussing it while eating in a restaurant, we spoke to an English biker couple with their 17 year old & 10 year old sons who had been to the Dutch TT at Assen. When we mentioned we had been to the Isle of Man TT, the 10 year old suddenly blurted out to Kerrie; "You're the lady I saw on TV about the Isle of Man!" Fame h...