Seton racing at Snetterton

Our welcome from Seton. What a nice bunch of people.

Our greeting from Plonko Racing ...

A thoroughly nice guy, despite the dodgy shorts.

Plonko Racing in action

MZ Racing. If you haven't seen it, go on, go watch. It's much quicker than you'd think. This bike's for sale ... It was tempting before I checked the bank balance.

Seton Tuning ... one-two in each race.

Grantham classic vehicle show

Well, the weather looked good, A random selection from the pages of MCN's events page saw me heading for Grantham. The classic vehicle show ... Well, the ride there was good, the show was not so impressive but sitting on the grass with a hot cuppa and a burger was fine.

The few vehicles on show were all beautifully restored / maintained and manicured, with a couple being rare, I would guess. Check out the camper!





Peter and I went to Wittering airfield to take part in an Aardvarks trackday. We were put in the fast group which was a little intimidating for me at first. It became good fun once I got over my initial apprehension. This is Peter on the last bend (no pics of me since I had the camera). This was a long-long opening bend and I think the 400 was powering as hard as it could - and still not enough to keep it nailed on its side. I'd followed Peter through this bend a few times and he was leant over more than this at the apex. Still, not bad, eh!

A quick ride to the seaside...

The view from the harbour wall at Wells Next the Sea

or is this a beter version?

Fishing or crabs off the harbour wall - them, not me

A very poor phto of a miserable looking Steve. I really wasn't unhappy ... trying to figure just when the camera's self-timer was about to finish its countdown.

France 2007 Day 6

Turn a corner and ...

The Chateau at Montmort, 25 Km from Sezanne

At Reims (pronounces Rhees) ... Parking on the road "Interdit".. On the path.. C'est bon.

The cathedral at Reims

My first and only traffic jam - just outside Lille.

Oostend (or Ostend as I know it)

More Oostend

On the ferry... Met a german chap, Frank, on his way to the IOM. Was about to ride all the way there from Dover via Stansted, where he was picking up his girlfriend. I wonder how he got on?

France 2007 Day 5

This is where I stayed the previous night ... Just
outside Auxerre so life was not without its little luxuries ...







I must return ...

Then, finding a puncture in your tyre when you wake up isn't fun ... The owner of the house went on the internet and found a bike shop called Spirit of Bike. They were first class - look them up if you're in Auxerre and have a look around the shop.

Auxerre ... A beautiful place









Given an unusual array of ice cream flavours .... Yes, I'd pick the Violette. It tasted ... Yuck, to be honest.



And so to Sezanne ... The edge of Champagne country.


The hotel


It's an armourer ... The window to the right was stuffed full of rifles and shotguns.


Is there NO escape from work?



Sezanne was a lovely village ... a little ramshackle in places but then you encountered quaint houses like this

France 2007 Day 4

I didn't stop long in Clermont ferand but I took this picture of a giant wind-vane assembled on a roundabout.

This was the first roundabout on my way in to St Pourcain. I guess the Tour de France will pass this way. Anyway ... despite this part being a little tatty, it turned out to be a very pleasant town as the subsequent photo shows.



The map showed a viewpoint at Vaux so I decided to stop and have a break. I couldn't find the village .. all there was was road! Devoid of traffic, so I sat and snacked while I was there.

I may have spoiled the view by standing in the way of it.

Waitrose / Sainsbury.. eat your heart out. This is a store resaurant .. The Leclerk in Moulin. And the food was good, too.

Moulin town centre...

One ... from the back ... you'll notice the white spires (I didn't... DOH!)

The other, from the front... You'll notice the spires aren't white. I didn't at the time.

Twin twin-peaks (I couldn't resist the play on words). This is Moulin, obviously has two churches from this distance.

The river, and bridge ... it's a red bridge at Moulin... a sort of "Moulin Rouge Pont" ... Come on, keep up.

Do I have to tell you where I am?

Can you tell what it is yet?

So, how out of context is this? It's in Guerigny ... Just North of Nevers.

I just thought it looked good - it's at a place called Chateuneuf-Val de Bargis - so I just took the photo.

Of course, I didn't see the full name on the sign so I thought it might be the Chateuneuf du Pap. I rode about thirty miles to find it wasn't. DOH!

More out of context ... An Irish Kebab house in France. WHAT? This was at a place called Varzy if you want to try it. Reputedly the best Irish Kebab house in the region.

Actually Varzy proved to be a pretty little village away from the main road.

The next few photo's are of Clemecy... No context needed at this point.