Just for a bit of fun, day 4 video on the motorbike compressed into 8 mins or so, see: http://youtu.be/-15L-Ixsg6w
And with Sang Froid - Sunsets, a beautiful piece of music to 'chill out' to..
Relaxing Baby!
Speak soon
Saturday, 22 September 2012
Friday, 21 September 2012
Boat Show Part 2
Here is the vid from the run to the boat show and back again, see: http://youtu.be/suX_jFfLsuw
I like Massive Attack's music and somehow seems so appropriate for this run, 800 miles in 3 days with a day messing about on the water at the show. The whitbread 60 experience was great - thank God for light winds cos the damn thing really took off on the slightest breeze. 6 knots speed limit was easily beaten, this racer will do 6 knots through the water with a 7 knot breeze and a max speed of 27 knots - which would have been more than fun and would have left a number of the swanky expensive power boats behind!
Both the Dartford and Severn bridges were impressive especially with the sun to my back. Also I do like Wiltshire, Britain's equivalent of the 'big sky' country. And if you are lucky the occasional Challenger Mk2 Tank! (not this time though.. boo!)
I think that is it for the British summer - 'twas the last big run before things start to be a little bit too cool and wet.
It's now autumn Baby!
Speak soon
I like Massive Attack's music and somehow seems so appropriate for this run, 800 miles in 3 days with a day messing about on the water at the show. The whitbread 60 experience was great - thank God for light winds cos the damn thing really took off on the slightest breeze. 6 knots speed limit was easily beaten, this racer will do 6 knots through the water with a 7 knot breeze and a max speed of 27 knots - which would have been more than fun and would have left a number of the swanky expensive power boats behind!
Both the Dartford and Severn bridges were impressive especially with the sun to my back. Also I do like Wiltshire, Britain's equivalent of the 'big sky' country. And if you are lucky the occasional Challenger Mk2 Tank! (not this time though.. boo!)
I think that is it for the British summer - 'twas the last big run before things start to be a little bit too cool and wet.
It's now autumn Baby!
Speak soon
Wednesday, 19 September 2012
Southampton Boatshow
So a few more things done now since the last update. As follows :
1. MacBook Air has arrived - currently messing with it to get it all up to date with all of my music copied over
2. Waterproof holdall arrived and have also test run it on the bike last weekend - more on that later
3. Sailing waterproofs ordered. xxxl needed to fit and by anyone's account that is twice the material used to make a large suit but at the same price
4. Insurance is done.
5. Money (US and NZ dollars) has arrived.
I'm running out of ideas now of what is left. There has to be a point where I just need to stop. The remaining items are nice to have bits so not panicking about them at all.
Anyway last weekend has a dry run of the camera and the bags on the bike to Southampton for the 2012 Boat Show. I have thoroughly seen enough Yachts to know I have seen enough in one day and also had a short spin out on the worlds fastest Yacht - the Whitbread 60 Monohull. All is shown on my latest you tube vid, well I'll add that as soon as I have it edited down to something watchable - lookout soon...
I could also be feeling a lot better at the mo - something has got to me over the last few days. The weekend jaunt to the south has tired me out for sure and am now back to a busy job. Sadly the feeling of satisfaction with a job well done has somewhat been overtaken by the tiredness and a busy work life again.
Somewhere / somehow I need to get on with the holiday and settle in / wind down. And worry about the shock of coming back to the real world when I am 50+
Ah well, nearly there - 31 days and counting...
Speak soon
1. MacBook Air has arrived - currently messing with it to get it all up to date with all of my music copied over
2. Waterproof holdall arrived and have also test run it on the bike last weekend - more on that later
3. Sailing waterproofs ordered. xxxl needed to fit and by anyone's account that is twice the material used to make a large suit but at the same price
4. Insurance is done.
5. Money (US and NZ dollars) has arrived.
I'm running out of ideas now of what is left. There has to be a point where I just need to stop. The remaining items are nice to have bits so not panicking about them at all.
Anyway last weekend has a dry run of the camera and the bags on the bike to Southampton for the 2012 Boat Show. I have thoroughly seen enough Yachts to know I have seen enough in one day and also had a short spin out on the worlds fastest Yacht - the Whitbread 60 Monohull. All is shown on my latest you tube vid, well I'll add that as soon as I have it edited down to something watchable - lookout soon...
I could also be feeling a lot better at the mo - something has got to me over the last few days. The weekend jaunt to the south has tired me out for sure and am now back to a busy job. Sadly the feeling of satisfaction with a job well done has somewhat been overtaken by the tiredness and a busy work life again.
Somewhere / somehow I need to get on with the holiday and settle in / wind down. And worry about the shock of coming back to the real world when I am 50+
Ah well, nearly there - 31 days and counting...
Speak soon
Saturday, 8 September 2012
Bits and Pieces
Getting everything together seems to have no end...
So whilst all of the main stuff like accommodation and travel is done I am on the last leg to buy the bits that I want to take with me to make a good experience great! I now have the Garmin maps for the USA and have modified some handlebar clamps and car mount and also now have the power adapters so that I can use my Garmin Sat nav on the bike.
After about 4 weeks of looking and considering (well fannying around) I have now ordered a Macbook Air, 11 inch, the smaller / lighter one in the range cos I do like Apples compared to PCs. Easy to take with me and has a 256Gig of solid state storage (rather than disk). I should get it within the next 4-5 days and if it does arrive I will 'dry run' it and the cameras on my weekend jaunt to the Southampton Boat Show on the 16th September.
So what else, maybe a few new tee shirts, some shorts, maybe a Henri Lloyd jacket for use whilst on the water and a non BMW vest for use on the bikes. I also want a waterproof holdall - something I can use as carry on to the flight so needs to accommodate the helmet and a few other bits and pieces like the laptop and a bit of clothing. Must try again to see if I can find a good un that will be good for strapping to the pillion seat on the bike.
42 days to go and counting. Getting closer...
I'm also starting to think about some night(s) out before I go with Family and Friends as for sure I will not be at home in the UK on the 3rd November. Where will I be did you say? Well look down between your feet and approx 8000 miles thataway is where I'll be at with my feet (or wheels or bum depending on what I'm doing) pointing straight back at ya :-)
Tick Tock Tick Tock Baby...
Speak soon
So whilst all of the main stuff like accommodation and travel is done I am on the last leg to buy the bits that I want to take with me to make a good experience great! I now have the Garmin maps for the USA and have modified some handlebar clamps and car mount and also now have the power adapters so that I can use my Garmin Sat nav on the bike.
After about 4 weeks of looking and considering (well fannying around) I have now ordered a Macbook Air, 11 inch, the smaller / lighter one in the range cos I do like Apples compared to PCs. Easy to take with me and has a 256Gig of solid state storage (rather than disk). I should get it within the next 4-5 days and if it does arrive I will 'dry run' it and the cameras on my weekend jaunt to the Southampton Boat Show on the 16th September.
So what else, maybe a few new tee shirts, some shorts, maybe a Henri Lloyd jacket for use whilst on the water and a non BMW vest for use on the bikes. I also want a waterproof holdall - something I can use as carry on to the flight so needs to accommodate the helmet and a few other bits and pieces like the laptop and a bit of clothing. Must try again to see if I can find a good un that will be good for strapping to the pillion seat on the bike.
42 days to go and counting. Getting closer...
I'm also starting to think about some night(s) out before I go with Family and Friends as for sure I will not be at home in the UK on the 3rd November. Where will I be did you say? Well look down between your feet and approx 8000 miles thataway is where I'll be at with my feet (or wheels or bum depending on what I'm doing) pointing straight back at ya :-)
Tick Tock Tick Tock Baby...
Speak soon
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