Splish Spash

Did I say rain or shine I ride my bike?

Found some video on the DRIFT HD recorder of the run up to the rain around Blubberhouses and the state of the roads after the downpour.  It was a heavy one and the camera was tucked away for the duration.  Not quite 40 days and nights but 40 minutes of heavy rain for sure left me very wet and cold, see: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYToxf2EUiE

The roads as you can see were pretty awash and quite dangerous for a 2 wheeled thingy without stabilisers nor traction control.  So I was a good bit slower and kept more distance from the Volvo ahead until through the worst of it [which is a good rule of thumb any time there is a Volvo near by 'cos if any vehicle is going to clobber a motorcyclist it will be one of them there Swedish Exocets...]

This would have been good practice for the ride on New Zealand South Island West coast 2 years or so ago.  Rain then did it?  Well, you do ride along a coast road parallel to a rain forest and there is a clue in there somewhere methinks...

By the way I HAVE renamed my YouTube channel "TellyTubby" after I said I would not.  Well no-one else has it and it did make me smile when the thought first landed on the left side of my brain...

I also have now booked the train to Heathrow Airport from where my SFNZ jaunt starts - is there much else to do?

Ride Safe

Speak soon