Whoo
hoo!!! Sunday morning and the sun was shining and there were barely
any clouds in the sky. It was touch and go all week with the weather
and the latest storm heading our way as to whether we were going to
be able to get out for a ride at the weekend.
It
had been a whole month since we last got out on the bikes and I was
suffering withdrawal symptons! Four of us met at the local petrol
station and headed off towards Oxford.
We
headed to Wendover, through Great Kimble and out of Thame. The roads
were dry and the recent rain we’d had, had washed the salt away, it
was a little on the chilly side but it was soooo good to be out on
the bikes.
The
closer we got to Thame the more standing water there was in the
fields and they were like mini lakes rather than fields. Made me
realise that even though we’d had a lot of rain this past month, we
have actually been quite lucky here and got off quite lightly
compared to other parts of the country.
We
arrived at H Cafe and there were a few bikes there, probably around
25 which is really good for the time of year. We had a little wonder
round the bikes and there was a Suzuki 750 (I don’t know what the
model is but I’m sure one of you will be able to tell me) and a
Kawasaki ZXR750 both in really great liveries. Put it this way, they
were so nice that I actually took a picture of them both.
There
was also an old Ural 750 with a side car which looked to be in
pristine condition, obviously a very well cared for machine.
Alongside it was a rather old Moto Guzzi, again in lovely condition
in, what I would call, an army green colour.
We
went inside and had some brekkie and a rather large quantity of
coffee whilst sitting watching and listening to bikes coming and
going.
After
brekkie we went back outside into the car park and just as we had
stepped outside there was the arrival of a group of riders that had
come from the Ace Cafe in London of maybe 40/45 bikes. The noise was
brilliant and we were just standing there watching them all coming in
and ooing and ahhing over the bikes.
Of
course with the new arrivals we had to have a look round just so we
could decide what bikes we would put in our imaginary man cave at the
bottom of the garden although the way I’m going, I’m going to
need an aircraft hangar to get all mine in (oh, and an awful lot of
pennies……!)
Next
door to H Café is Infinity Motorcyles so, as it would be rude not
to, I left the guys looking at the bikes and popped in to have a
little look around. I like to have look to see what new products are
out or upgraded versions of what I have. Unfortunately
they had lots of things in there that were tempting me!
They
had a good range of women's clothing in both leather and textile and
a fairly good range of boots too. Even though I don't actually need
new bike gear at the moment, there was a jacket that was tempting me
……
As
the sun was still shining we decided we weren’t ready to go home so
decided to go for a ride to find a cafe for coffee and cake. We
headed back the way we came and stopped in Wendover at Whitewaters Deli Cafe. The cakes there are delicious and they went rather well with
coffee.
When
we got home the bikes were filthy and took a bit of cleaning and
polishing (or so I understand), I just park up in the drive and next
thing I know, my bike is all clean and shiny ready for next time :-)
A
great day of riding – great roads, great mates, sun, coffee and
cake – what more do you need!
BK
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