Sunday is paper day, and the bike needed a top up so I took it on an outing to the petrol station 1 mile away. However, it was 25C, not a cloud in the sky, and I was in the mood for "making progress" so it was the scenic route back for me after brimming the tank off.
My cunning plan involved a bit of boring riding to warm the bike up before getting onto the road at Abington (see map later) which has some nice sweeping bends which makes up for the plethora of low speed limits and signs saying don't speed.
From there Haverhill looms large so bearing swiftly left to nip round the back of it the A143 beckons which is a lovely country road all the way up to Bury St Edmunds. There were dozens on bikes in this road and we all nodded at each other while grinning manically inside our helmets while enjoying the route. I obviously wasn't the first one to find this road :-)
After reaching Bury my arse was complaining so I took the quick way home along the A14, making it back to the petrol station I left earlier a mere 90 miles later, and needing to refill the tank yet again.
The bike could be heard sighing to itself when I finally rolled up on the drive as the engine went "ting ting ting" as it cooled down.
A grand day out and a top road found for future rideouts.
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Sunday 23 May 2010
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