After meeting at Bob's place for a cup of tea we arranged to meet Ray and Bonzo for breakfast just outside Monmouth at the Round Table Cafe that is part of the services on the A40.
We decided that rather than go via boring old motorway we would travel down to Stratford-upon-avon and then the the A46 towards Evesham and then jumped onto the M5 north for a few miles until we turned off onto the M50 (what did I say about boring old motorways?)
After getting to Ross-on-wye we stopped to get petrol as unknown to me Bob's fuel light had been on before we hit the M5, at the petrol station Bob managed to put 19 litres of petrol into his bike, so assuming he had a full tank to begin with he only had 2 litres left!
10 Minutes later and we had arrived at the Round Table Cafe where we met up with Ray and Bonzo and tucked into our very expensive breakfasts (Thanks Bonzo)
Bonzo didn't have much time today and soon had to head back to Cardiff, so after saying our goodbyes (Bob, Ray and Bonzo are meeting up again in a few days as they are all off to France and Spain for 12 days) me and Bob headed back towards the Midlands.
A few more pictures can be found here
Round Table Cafe
MOT Time!
It's that time of year, well to be more accurate, for my Sprint ST it's the first time.
My Sprint ST is now officially over 3 years old and is due an MOT test.
Now I know that a bike that's only 3 years old shouldn't really have any problems but that doesn't stop me worrying about it, as a young lad I hated MOT tests, my bikes would always fail on some minor issues such as bent forks, lack of tread in the tyres or missing headlight bulbs!
I had recently serviced my bike including new brake pads front and back, a new set of tyres and a complete going over with a fine tooth comb but that still didn't stop me worrying about the forthcoming MOT test.
Obviously I needn't have worried though as it passed without any problems, so I have 12 months to go until I start worrying again.
Now I just need shop around for my bike insurance as thats due in 3 weeks time....
Today is Ben's 8th birthday - Happy birthday BB Monster!
