InvictaMoto's Devall Boys!

The last day. Breakfast where we had plenty plus bags to make a packed lunch. And plenty of coffee. We were off in a slightly roundabout route back to the A3. I had to stop in one village as I had forgotten to put my glasses on! From here it is difficult to remember the order of things. Ride. Petrol. Snack and repeat. A little detour around a roundabout on the border with Belgium and France. It means that the eagle eyed men in black could spot terrorists... Yeah. Some 411 miles later we arrived to the usual up-cock at Eurotunnel.  Long delays as the French checked us OUT of their country and almost as long as we got back through British passport control. Off to the train and on the quay when they decided we weren't going after all as a police car needed the carriage to itself. It was impossible to go back and so we watched, four bikes and nine cars, as the train on a parallel platform loaded and buggered off. Shambles. In the end we set off almost an hour la...

Up early and the weather had turned. From about 3am it had been raining. It was still raining as we had breakfast and then set off to get the bus. This time not wearing shorts and t-shirt but full bike waterproofs and boots. We were equipped with borrowed umbrellas. We decided to cut the trek and view from the bank  at G. I think the hill is the one called Horsepower Hill. We had a good spot right at the top where it was flat and then at times had to defend from people that think standing an inch from you is acceptable.  Maybe on a Tokyo subway train, just maybe! It rained through warm-up and to the start of the MotoGP race.  This benefited the British racers as Scottish rider John McPhee won Moto3 by a country mile, Sam Lowes finished third in Moto2 and inspired tyre choice saw Cal Crutchlow win the MotoGP race from Valentino Rossi (hurrah)  and Mark Marquez (boo-hiss). We sang the National Anthem twice on the day. Pity the other British were too ig...

Tickets bought. Committed now....

The last time I went in 2011 the tickets arrived today. After some upheaval and a change in the organisation in Brno and Moravia, the website became live today. Only Silver tickets at €52 and Gold at €68 are available but when I click on the link to buy online, the GP isn't an option on the "shop page",  Hopefully in a few days the link will be sorted. My Czech frend, Jiří, has offered to buy the tickets for us and I can send him the money. http://www.automotodrombrno.cz/grand-prix/en/

Whilst Neill is planning his Wild Hogs trip to Scandinavia for earlier in the summer, I have my Arizona trip at the forefront of my activities. So this trip will be a bit of a back seat job for a while. What I have done is to book a B&B near to Brno for the weekend of the GP.  This is a fall back position in case we aren't able to secure something with my friends in the area. Prices as you can imagine are sky high at GP time and I am hoping that if we do have to use this B&B, it won't suddenly rocket in price!   It's not that far from the circuit but will involve a walk down to the main road to get one of the free buses to the circuit. It currently costs about €30 a night for the two of us with breakfast at a further €2.  Some of the hotels in Brno are more like €80 and upwards a night.  Still cheap I guess but......  MotoGP tickets go on sale in December and I can buy online or maybe get one of my friends to buy them locally. I don't thin...