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    Limbimtimwim bites the legs off Europe

    Bit puzzled* to do serious writing.

    I gots me a POS rattly Aprilia Pegaso for £620. Needed a new tyre. How bad can it be? I've nearly done 2000km on it so far with no problems. It's essentially the same as the original model BMW F650. Plan is to ride to Italy, where I plan on WWOOFing ( http://wwoof.it/ ) for a few months.

    But first, a quick squiz around the UK and Europe. Suffice to say, Scotland has some excellent roads and weather for riding a bike. This was a little unexpected.

    I did this over the course of a couple of days http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&sour...1,7.064209&z=7 . First night in Helmsdale, second in Inchnadamph (Try saying that...) and then back to my friends in Dundee.

    I took some photos.









    *Pissed off my face

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    Loch Ness..


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    Perfect scenery, you are having a good time.
    Cheers

    Merv

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    Wow! Jealous as hell man

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    Hoots man! That looks like a bonnie wee place to ride indeed.

    I dare you to post a pic of you next to the Ape wearing a kilt.

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    Quote Originally Posted by limbimtimwim View Post
    Loch Ness..
    Did you see the monster?

    Awesome trip you are on, keep up the reports as we love reading them.

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    Some seriously good scenery there. I see Cock Bridge has an erection problem.
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    Great pictures. Good story, keep it coming.

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    Dude make sure you go through the lake district on ya way south, and hit the passes on the way to wastwater - a truly epic, earie and beautiful spots with knarly roads
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    Awesomeness, Limbimtimnimbimfinwinrintintin!
    I hope you continue to have a really great adventure.
    ... and that's what I think.

    Or summat.


    Or maybe not...

    Dunno really....


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    Cheers for the pics

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    Cracker stuff LBTW - great pics. You bagged a bargain with the Peggy-aso!
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    That Lighthouse looks the same as when I was there in '74.

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    Whats happening LimTim? I'm missing the posts!!
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    Aye, sorry.

    Apologies for not writing more.

    Please note I am under the influence of german beer in Germany and may be insane. Especially this bockle stuff with the drunken boar. €0.65 and it's good shit.

    I didn't take too much notice about what happens in the middle of the UK, I only stopped at Boggle Hole because it was on the coast, about half way and was cheap. It was at Boggle Hole I dropped peggy the rattly ass pegaso and broke her clutch lever on the steep road as I was turning her around.



    POO.

    A new one cost £18. The new one is a genuine Aprilia part and looks to not be made out of cheese like the one I broke so perhaps this is for the better and it won't break so easy next time I need it not to break in the middle of nowhere. Anyway, mad props to 'Petitι and France' in the big town/small city of Redcar who found one and had it the next day. It appears they were once Aprilia dealers and still maintain contacts with the supplier, so were able to sort me out quick.



    English/Scottish border


    Being broken down is not the end of the world. Being broken down can convert places you would otherwise not be interested into places you get to know and love for their charms.



    That is a chocolate fountain.

    So yeah, from Boggle Hole I was able to catch a bus to Whitby. Not the Whitby near Porirua, the one on the East coast o' blighty ya know what I mean? Anyway; Whitby is what I guess is the typical English 'seaside resort'. In other words, a bit a a trashy poop-heap. True, there is sand here, I give them that, so it's not terrible. What Whitby has is a smashed up old Abbey and Captian Cook's ye'olde hang out back in the day as a claim to fame. Yes that Captain Cook. 'Discoverer of New Zealand' and cartographer of some other minor continental landmasses who beat us at sporting pursuits. Otherwise it is a mass of English people looking dumbfounded walking around and queuing for fish and chips. This is what they do best, so if you can weave you way around this semi-(most are overweight)-mobile-black-holes-of-common-sense-group-of-people-otherwise-known-as-the-English you can appreciate this is in fact a town where fishing and sea-bound vehicle maintenance is a good trade to be in. There is a natural harbour plus a seawall festooned with lighthouses.




    Whoa, this 'Julius Echter hefe-weisbier hell' is also damn good. Also €0.65. This is cheaper than Coke.

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