UK 2016

It is the 20th. Bloody Google wants to make all things the same so if I have more than one profile ie as isolve or as a traveler Google gets silly. But they are American ! Even the Poms have seen the good Ole USA as the enemy in commerce. But one day summer will come to the British Isles but not this week. I have ridden for 15 years plus all over the world and have never before had rain for 7 days in a row. I left London for New Milton after two nights in the big town and loved the place the hustle the bustle the city the action the Opera and the history. But I was equally happy to leave. New Milton is positively rural. I like it. The bike was looking good. My host was acting like a pommie dork sadly. He did not identify when I was coming so I was a problem. Could not believe after 3 years and visiting on 6 occasions that I was a problem for his management and security the poor bugger. He had to stay with me at all times (he claims) to avoid insurance invalidation. I think it is nonsence and he is having an emotional crisis 'at home' but never mind. I collected the bike having stood at the gate for 2 hours at the agreed time 2 pm (I didn't know you were there). Sadly it left me short of time but made my first night at Core in OK time. The Air BnB turns up some great stays and this was one. Swiss Cottage was 'a council flat' in London perfectly adequate, the stop in New Milton was clean tidy friendly and good. The Corfe Castle was special. More later. So my first stop at Corfe was a biking on the push bike experience. It was good because it rained and I was forced to take shelter in a Pub. A good Pub and I found a 'friend'to consider the important issues facing the world as you do in a Pub and had great afternoon sheltering from the rain that passed without notice. Dinner at the local Pub of course. Day 2 was a motor bike ride through a Township that had been commandeered by the Army in the war. Neglected ever since. Just and abandoned town. Odd really. The Coastal Township nearby was again different. It seems unusual that people would flock to a place to sit on stones under a grey sky threatening to rain but if you have two weeks and this is what it is this is what you do. I attended the local pub again with about as much enjoyment and that was not much. The good part was a visit to ghe church the following morning before I left ND this will be the subject of my next record.