Farm life 2024

Sunday 20 Started the day with a visit to Kelpies on the North East of Falkirk. These huge art installation of two houses heads represent images of the Scottish mythical beast the Kelpie a water creature that looks like a horse. Very impressive. More driving in the beautiful Scottish countryside to our breakfast spot Tinto Hills Tearooms near Thankerton. Here I met a motorcyclist enjoying a ride and a Sunday morning coffee. Really think I need to come back and ride here. Next we visited Hadrain's wall or the ruins of part of it. It was the Romans Defence line across English to keep the Scots out. Originally 4 metres high what we saw was part of the foundations. The view of the English countryside was picturebook idyllic. Next we went to Lockerbie to see and reflect on the event of the Lockerbie bombing where a bombed PanAm jet literally fell out of the sky in 1988. The site were three houses were destroyed and 11 people on the ground killed is now a reflective garden. The momentum ...

Sunday 13 Last day of Super Bikes. Better day for Aussies Talya came 7th and Tara 20th WCR and Remi 9th in SBK and Ollie Baylass 13th . His team mate came second again. Met a bloke who was a Jack Miller fan and we yarned between races.  Robyn and Kate had a great day and went to visit Chatsworth House the inspiration for Jane Austin's Pemberly House in Pride and Prejudice. Came back to accomdation at Hartshorne and they were having a Pizza night with live music. Small group about 30 people good fun and good evening. We got out washing done too.  Monday 14 Dried our washing and then headed to York. Thought we would take the non motorway roads but it was not fun just congestion. So we M1ed it. York was amazing. Old buildings very close together. Could spend ages there. We then went open to Thirsk for the night. Visited the Yorkshire Vet building. James Heriot centre was shut. When to Kings Arms Hotel in the next village for dinner.  Tuesday 15 Today we headed to Scarborough...

Sunday 6 Started a bit earlier today packed up our camp for the last time.  Another good breakfast and we were on the road at 8.50am. 164k gravel road back to Thargomindah. We had one stop and arrived at 10.45am. Took a photo in front of the Thargomindah sign then to the caravan park to clean up, change and repack for our flight home. We took the bikes to a container near the airport and then walked over to book in for our flight home. Flight home was on time and we got home ahead of time landing in Brisbane before 5pm. We said our goodbyes and Nay picked us up. Got back to Ben and Nay's welcomed at the mailbox by Robyn and the kids. Was pretty tried. Think the flat out ride took it out of us a bit. Nice to sleep in a bed.  Monday 7 Nay had booked me a doctors appointment to have my rib injury checked out. Doctor was a good guy who sent me for an xray and prescribed some Panadol Forte. Xray showed the rib cracked and some possible bruising on the lung but I was clear to fly. R...

Sunday 29 Up before 5 to get to the airport to start our desert gateway dirtbike adventure tour. Picked up Dave Floyland on the way. Flight with Rex for Thargomindah left about 8.20am Landed in Toowoomba and St George and then Cunnamulla. They the flight crew informed us the landing gear door was not shutting properly. So they would have to return to Brisbane. They were sending out another plane but it would not be here until 5pm it was 12.30pm. I rang Chris Allan and he ferried us the 8k to town and to the pub for lunch. We took a walking tour around town and then Chris took us back about 4.30pm. We arrived at Thargomindah about 6pm then went to our camp-site at the back of the pub where they had swag tents set up on camp beds. We found a spot and put our gear with it and headed to dinner. Corn Beef and veggies. Shower and a bit of a yarn around the oil heater then bed by 9 30.  Monday 30 Desert tour started in earnest today. Mixed riding some single tracks gravel roads following ...