InvictaMoto's Döra the Explörer

The weekend went very well and we had a great time.  I have written up the blog on my "On the Road Again" blog-space so here are the links. http://invictamoto.blogspot.co.uk/2014/07/the-somme-weekend.html http://invictamoto.blogspot.co.uk/2014/07/somme-weekend-part-deux.html

I started writing this on Wednesday. The 16th July 2014. The 98th Anniversary of William Devall, last of Vauxhall in London and the 7th Battalion Shropshire Light Infantry, succumbing to wounds received in the Battle of the Somme. Tomorrow, Döra and I will go across to France again. Thanks to people like William and the next generation that fought in the Second World War we are able to travel with few restrictions. Something else we owe to the hundreds of thousands of (mostly) young men that went out and never returned to their families and their loved ones. On Sunday, four days late, I will call into the cemetery and plant a Poppy Cross to show that the Devall family remembers his sacrifice. Laurence Binyon's Poem "For the Fallen" "They went with songs to the battle, they were young. Straight of limb, true of eye, steady and aglow. They were staunch to the end against odds uncounted, They fell with their faces to the foe. They shall grow not old, as we that are left...

A month away to our holiday in Spain. With about 5500 miles on the odometer, two things are on my mind. A) Tyres. Will they last a month here and then about 1500 miles around Spain, plus there and back miles? B) Service time at 10000! After hot weather in the UK I chose to wear the Joe Rocket mesh jacket in France and generally that was okay with the light waterproof over the top. http://our-spain.blogspot.com.tr

Got home from work and as it was sunny and dry I decided to take Döra out to put some air in the tyres and fill up.  The pressures are shown as 36psi front and 42psi rear; the same as the GS. Easy to renenber! The pump at Stop 24 costs 50p to start it, but according to the RAC and others, these are more accurate than free ones. Both tyres were a couple of pounds under which was not too bad.  As petrol is 7p a litre or 31p a gallon more than Tesco, I went down one junc on the M20. "Pay at the Pump" was the only option and with 205.6 on the trip I gladly filled up.  The yellow fuel light has been on a while and the "miles to empty" showed 10.  I need to check the tank size as it took 17.98 litres to fill right to the top!! So maybe there were a couple of litres still in their. Good for 25 more miles! On the way home I stopped at the kiosk by Seabrook beach before going home. I didn't want too many miles as I wanted a full tank for Saturday and the Somme Trip. http...