The Great Escape...well to Suffolk anyway.....
One of my most common destinations this weird year - Dream Machine near Modbury. Its been a very strange year for motorcycling for me. After the highs of last year in Italy, and a few winter rides, I returned from a visit to my family in Australia in early March to a much changed UK. The government was giving different kinds of advice every day, and there were rumours of a “lock-down” - whatever that would entail. There was one reasonably fun day on the Guzzi and then that was it. We were not to ride unless it was essential. So apart from a socially distanced delivery of medicines to a friend with a serious life threatening illness, that was it for about 2 months I think. The bike went on the Optimate and that was the end of riding for a while - apart from 1 trip to pick up a laptop so I could work from home. I well remember the guys busted for riding 100 miles to ge