My previous post has to be rated "understatment of the year"...... the rain got worse the nearer to Fort William I got.... Glencoe was typically horizontal rain and fierce side wind.... Fort William became rain of Biblical proportions..... and it wasn't warm rain either.....
It was windy up at Wick, but then it has been that way on my last several visits there.....
There was a bit of a headwind on the M62 as well, I did put a gallon in at Rivington to ensure I got to Glasgow before needing more, that gallon cost £9.10.... ouch.
All that said, I enjoyed the ride, finishing just before midnight, which was ahead of my plan, despite the last minute frustration of a diversion through a bit of Newcastle due to an A1 closure!
One shock was that between filling up at Morrisons in Knottingley on Friday night and again on Sunday morning, the price pre litre went up 5 pence.
£40 to fill the bike......eek!
A very big thank you to all those involved in organising and managing this event, it was my first RBLR1000 but hopefully not my last!
BZ to all who took part, especially the North route, that was...... challenging.......
It was windy up at Wick, but then it has been that way on my last several visits there.....
There was a bit of a headwind on the M62 as well, I did put a gallon in at Rivington to ensure I got to Glasgow before needing more, that gallon cost £9.10.... ouch.
All that said, I enjoyed the ride, finishing just before midnight, which was ahead of my plan, despite the last minute frustration of a diversion through a bit of Newcastle due to an A1 closure!
One shock was that between filling up at Morrisons in Knottingley on Friday night and again on Sunday morning, the price pre litre went up 5 pence.
£40 to fill the bike......eek!
A very big thank you to all those involved in organising and managing this event, it was my first RBLR1000 but hopefully not my last!
BZ to all who took part, especially the North route, that was...... challenging.......
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