RBR: Northants, Beds, and Bonwicks.

Set off after MotoGP, and immediately ignored the GPS (cos it reckoned
the best way to the M1 was up the M11, and round the M25 - stupid
thing)

Obviously, the best way is into the City, up Commercial St, then up
the Holloway Road. Simple.

Well, it was until Archway.

Due to (as it turned out) busses turning right at the Woodlander pub,
nothing could get up the inside because the bus lane isn't in
operation at the weekend, so it's used as a carpark. A quarter of an
hour from Archway station, to the arch itself.

When the traffic subsided, I gave the Wing a little blat to get the
temp needle out of the red triangle, and then filled up at Scratch^W
London Gateway services. 125.9p!

M1 was shockingly slow to J10, then sped up to J14, where I turned
off. At this point I was 40 minutes behind schedule.
On the A509 I got to positioning my feet wide on the pegs, so that I
could fell like a riding God, what with dragging the outside of my
trainer on the tarmac when negotiating roundabouts, even at my pace.

Doing so whilst depositing the front wheel into a pothole brought that
experiment to an abrupt end, while I still had a full compliment of
toes.

The churchyard cross at Gt Doddington was easily found, so I had a
ciggie, and set off for Keysoe. Easy.

Took a piccie of the Bier House (where they stored coffins in the
olden days), then set off south to Schloss Bonwick.

Arrived about five minutes after A&A, then drank coffee in the garden
while Andy showed me how his little tool worked, and Adie completed a
couple of laps with the lawnmower.

Coffee drunk, fag smoked, lawn mowed, and I was off home.

A1 was busy but flowing, as was the M25/M11.

For a lovely roast dinner, which was a pleasant surprise.

Oakleys (M-frames) fit snugly inside the new lid, and are very comfy
too boot.

Now, thanks to Andy, I might just be able to take the CBX to Chimay -
it will be asking a lot of the USPS though.

 

GPS in "suggests crappy route" shocker!

I assume they weren't bendy buses, as there's no anti-bendy bud rant
forthcoming.

Good grief!

heh. Do be careful out there.

The Bonwicks gaff is on the RBR route now?

And did you need to get a piccie of Adie mowing the lawn for RBR?

Not as good a write up as usual, tbh[1]. 7/10.

[1] I didn't LOL once; I frequently do while reading your RBR reports,
usually resulting in funny looks in the office. It's not usual for a
C++ programmer to laugh during his working day, I can tell you.

 

To be fair, it probably is "quicker" to go that way, even assuming a
clear
run up the A1; it's just a bit boring.

I've occasionally played with MapSource, when it comes up with a
seemingly
bonkers route, and plotted the route that I *would* have taken.

It usually ends up being either 50 metres, or 30 seconds longer than
the "auto" route.
i.e. next to no difference, but enough to relegate it from first
place.

Changing the preferences on Mapsource can yield results that match
"common sense",
but I've not found a way to transfer those values to the Zumo yet.

I hope not: that sounds too risky for my liking.

 

Are you planning on posting it back in bits, like Radar's Jeep?
--
Dave
GS850x2 XS650 SE6a

"It's a moron working with power tools.
How much more suspenseful can you get?"
- House

 

As of last Thursday, the alternator was in Atlanta, Georgia.

 

Barring cock-ups, I've found USPS to be quite quick; even for the old
slowboat service, many smaller items came by air anyway.
--
Dave
GS850x2 XS650 SE6a

"It's a moron working with power tools.
How much more suspenseful can you get?"
- House

 

Certainly better than post going the other way.

 

Barring cock-ups, I've found USPS to be quite quick; even for the old
slowboat service, many smaller items came by air anyway.
--
Dave
GS850x2 XS650 SE6a

"It's a moron working with power tools.
How much more suspenseful can you get?"
- House