We Go North Folks
Trip Start
Aug 25, 2008
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Trip End
Oct 28, 2008
Bourges,
Centre,
France
Wednesday, October 8, 2008
Well it had to happen for the first time on this trip we awoke to the dreaded sound of RAIN!!!!!!!!!! Thunder overnight. As Linda so eloquently put it " Its pissing down"
We have been on the road for over 3 weeks now and at start of Autumn so to go this far without rain its been great.
Oh well nothing to do but test out our jackets and pants bought in the UK and see if they are waterproof.
So it was onto the road and heading north west.
Well we just cruised along great bike this with the screen raised it gave good protection. I found out that of all my gear the only part that leaked was my boots, Linda was all smiles (relatively speaking) no leaks!
We stopped for coffee and great food then decided that the next hotel we see we are in.
Guess what the rain stopped!!!!
So it was on until we decided to find a hotel for the night. We booked into the Le Continental hotel the lady did not speak any English and my French is to be honest rubbish!
All went well she handed over the room key then offered another key saying for moto.
She had given me a key to a garage to tuck the bike up for the night, what a great person this was typical of the attitude towards bikes of everyone in Europe we have spoken to.
Dinner in the hotel was basic but filling and beer is the same in any language. Then back to the room to dry my boots and a good nights sleep.
The morning fine and warm, back to normal.
See ya.
