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Wot I did on my holydee

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  Scotland!  For a brief period, it wasn't raining. next, Yorkshire... Before the TV series, I came to Goathland on a school trip where I wasted most of my spending money in this post office, buying crap plastic animals, battery-operated fans and lots of mintcake.   Final stop was Norfolk, though I took no photos so here's a cracking picture of a Chubb fire engine at Elvington aviation museum instead - fond memories of the Corgi airport crash truck I had as a nipper. Covered 1552 miles over 6 nights, Pan European is a hefty lump that's awkward at low speed/parking, but was great for this trip.
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All change in 2024

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  CLK is for the chop... as is this house, we're starting a new chapter. CLK has been replaced with this E220CDI which I won in a raffle last week - it's bloody great, especially for 2x £20 raffle tickets.  Had to collect it from the North Pennines though, on many trains.
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Old, high mileage, no service history, dodgy previous owner

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2023

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  First ride of the year today, using this old thing - after a Xmas break of TV, eating, Microsoft Flight sim, more eating, even more TV, going out on this was like being hit with a firehose of sensation.  Clutch switch seems to have failed as I can't start it without being in neutral now (had an embarrassing stall at traffic lights and held up a couple of cars I'd blasted past just 30 seconds earlier). Bought myself a fancy GPU, I needed it for Flight Sim VR!  Hopefully I can get 4-5 years out of this, at which point it'll probably be worth 50p.
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Tokyo

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 I've come to Tokyo to move some IT kit around, and take photos.
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Big, obsolete buses

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I set the sat nav to use the 'Fun' route...

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 ...and it took me to these sheep. Have had a couple of nights in Snowdonia ( not in the company of sheep), 750-ish miles covered in total.  Was TOO HOT though, so I spent £10 on a visit to an old copper mine where it was wonderfully chilly.  Shame about all the steps - motorbike boots and wet, iron staircases are not a happy combination.
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