Wednesday 15.06.2011 - Kerrie & Greg have long talked about travelling from one end of the British Isles to the other; that is from Lands End in Cornwall to John O'Groats in Scotland. Also about a year ago, when Chris decided to join us on this safari, he expressed the same desire. Today was the day we would achieve our goal. We had planned to stay two nights in Inverness leaving our excess luggage at the hotel and travelling lightly with wet weather gear on...

Tuesday 14.06.2011 - we saddled up and headed northwards under clear blue skys - destination Inverness. Prior to leaving the hotel carpark Greg had a conversation with a guy who was keen to know all about our bikes, where we had gone and where we were going to. When he learnt we were heading for Inverness he inquired if we were fans of the TV series Monarch of the Glen. On receiving affirmation he suggested we ride up the A889 to Dalwhinnie and then follow the A8...

Monday 13.06.2011 - We left Carlisle and headed north towards Edinburgh. We decided that we needed a motorcycle fix so prior to departure we checked up Triumph dealers on the net made our destination Edinburgh Triumph! After drooling over new bikes and the latest biker gear, we mounted up and made our way through and around Edinburgh. We crossed the Firth of Forth and were amazed at the Forth Bridge which is a cantilever iron railway bridge built opened in 1890...

Sunday 13.06.2011 - we packed up and bid farewell at 6.45 am to our home for the last two weeks, Honeysuckle Cottage and made our way to Douglas and the ferry terminal for the voyage to Heysham, England. The usual suspects were queued up; Fabulous Phil ARNOLD and Dangerous Darren GUTHRIE, Lou and Eric, Mark and Kate. All of us heading in different directions when we reach England. Phil & Darren to Aragon in Spain for the next round of Superbikes then to Ass...

The week of racing began on Saturday the 4th June and continued until Friday the 10th June with the running of the Senior TT, the blue riband event of six laps for superbikes to complete the carnival. We tried to watch from varying locations such as the church yard at Braddan Bridge where Kerrie was interviewed on ITV4, from the main grandstand at the start/finish point, from an open road with sweeping bend location at Hillside and from the cemetery...