After a manic 3 weeks back to London trying to pull everything together! I now have a wonderful Honda XR 250 Baja (that my boyfriend purchased without me even seeing it), a crash course in how to ride, pumped full of vaccinations and as prepared as you can be in 4 weeks.

I also met the lovely Paul and Zoe Jenkins who have been invaluable with information and all those handy hints, along with the laughs! Thanks for the great weekend in Salisbury (note, the Spork is going well, still harry high pants and we haven´t needed a mallet yet)

So, this is all we are taking

and Voila, it fits!

On the 15th Sept 06, we are overwhelmed by the departing committee that turned up at 18A Chelverton Road, Putney, London which left me an emotional rollercoaster of joy, fear, excitement and the unexpected travels ahead. We wave our goodbyes only to be stopped by our local red lights and a twat who tries to cut me off. Normally, I would be quite subdue but as I was on high adrenalin, I tell him where to go. We ride for 15km in the first hour, get us out of London! we ratrace through London traffic and head for Dover