14 March 20:50

Post date: 26-May-2010 11:35:45

Fetching the 1200gs today.

I got up at 5:00 to walk to West Ealing station, took a train to paddington, then took tube to Euston station, Hammersmith and City line did not work, got to Euston on time though, boarded the train to Manchester, had to get off as the train was broken, then boarded the train next door and finally left 10 minutes late. (In my eagerness to book the tickets to fetch the bike last night, I booked to the wrong destination, thus I have to go to Manchested to change trains to get to Newcastle!) will arrive in Manchester soon, then we have to travel on to Newcastle, then on the metro to North Shields, then the current owner will fetch us, cant wait to see the bike that I will use to travel from the uk to cape town!!!

Picked up the bike from the former owner, the bike looks fantastic! Good solid ride, took a while to get used to but soon I am the master.

Stopped at Wakefield for a rest at the Premier Inn, very cold and tired, will continue my journey back to London tomorrow to start planning my journey to Cape Town!