Homeward bound...

Probably the most boring and congested road of the entire trip was the M1. I'd imagine that any foreign travellers who come to the UK in a similar fashion to our taking on Europe would be sorely disappointed and indeed we passed a large number of glum-faced Johnnys on bikes heading back to Euroland as we crawled through the seemingly endless roadworks north of Luton.

Before long, however, we were glimpsing the green fields and rolling hills that are Derbyshire and to a fanfare which would have impressed even the Queen and to the amassed throng of RLB followers we arrived at our Mecca as one.

What actually happened was that following very near misses with a Nissan Micra and two cyclists we turned up at an empty Red Lion in dribs and drabs to find the power off and the pedigree cloudy!!! Reality dawns...!

The Red Lion Bikers Tour of Europe 2011 has been a fabulous trip... we've laughed til we cry, usually at each other's misfortunes of course. We've had a lot of fun in some beautiful places and we've experienced wonderful roads which can only truly be appreciated on two wheels. Our machines have been impeccable (yes, ok, even the surrender monkey Ducati, though Reidy would at this point like to apologise to the owner of a white Merc ML in Lake Garda who now has a few dents in the passenger door) and have not missed a beat between them (fuel problems and bricks in the road ignored at this point). We have travelled a collective 17500 miles at an average speed of 55 mph, have contributed hugely to resolving the European debt crisis and last but not least, Tony must now be referred to as Tony 'two pants' (apparently there was a slight accident during the first week).

Europe has been as diverse and welcoming as we found the west coast of the USA to be last year and we heartily recommend anyone to follow in our tyretracks.

Once again, it's been fun describing our experiences to you and thanks for all your comments.

The Red Lion Bikers will be back...

East Coast USA 2012 :)

Cheers :)