A bit of a road trip

[Liam]

Today I drove across Wales and into England. Currently I am in London.

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[Liam]

Crossed the Severn estuary which is the border between Wales and England

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[Liam]

They actually put this sign up to welcome me.

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[Liam]

Right now I am in this @#$%^ place. Hell for the male of the species. Brownie points are hard won sometimes.

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[Whiskerfish]

Once upon a time a couple decades ago I had to outfit a empty house quickly. My Boss and I went to IKEA with a Large truck and I spent the next Month putting that "Stuff" together. I have not been in one since and hope to never go in one again!

[Whiskerfish]

Last time I was in the Irish Sea was in '76. Transited it from south to north returning on my last FBM patrol on our way to the Firth of Clyde and the town of Danoon in Holy Loch. Did it submerged and it looked like every other place in the world that I visited while in the Navy, the inside of a submarine.

My Initial screening with the Navy they tried very hard to make me an ET Nuke. I am so glad I stuck to my guns and did the Aviation thing.

[Liam]

Started off this morning putting up all the shelves and stuff and loaded all the stuff into the van that has to come back home. Van was nearly full already.with all the stuff, and it will all have to come back out to load the bike. Finally got to leave London at 13.15. It was a four hour trip non stop to Lancaster, I had to stop for fuel so that added 15 minutes. Met the seller of the bike, we had a chat and then set about loading it all up. Van was pretty full with everything, a tight fit.

[Liam]

I am now in a hotel in Dumfries in Scotland for the night. I booked my ferry crossing for tomorrow at midday. The ferry port is about 85 miles from here so not too early a start.

[Whiskerfish]

If I had time I think I would probably want to swing over to Lockerbie and spend a minute at the Garden of Remembrance.

[Liam]

This is what I bought. GL1000 Executive #4

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[Liam]

It came with an extra fairing and a few bits including an engine from another Executive.

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[Liam]

It's not in the best of shape but I will rescue it. I do have a lot of the required bits in stock. Some bits I need to source like the exhaust headers.

[dontwantapickle]

That's awesome!
They only made like 50 of them, right?
Pretty rare bike.

[Liam]

52 actually. I now have 2 of them.

[Whiskerfish]

WOW!!!