Yesterday was part 2 of the journey — from Reading it was the last 350km by car down to Tenby in Wales. Thanks to Jan’s driving we made good progress — I did occasionally have to retrieve my luggage from wherever it had migrated to and put it back where it belonged, but otherwise everything was fine… In Tenby we navigated the genuinely very narrow streets in search of parking, then off to registration and the race briefing. ...
Part 1 of the journey is successfully behind us. From home with a fully loaded car to Frankfurt Hahn airport, then Ryanair to London Stansted. From there by rental car to Reading, west of London — our first stop. Other things I learned along the way: Airplane landings can sometimes be pretty rough An Opel Astra isn’t what it used to be — not much space in the trunk at all. The bike case barely fit with the back seats folded down The clutch starts to smell pretty bad when you floor it in reverse Driving on the left really isn’t that bad when you’re just the passenger ;) On Friday we continue to Wales.