Sep 06, 2011

After deciding on some more exploring today the rain set in overnight so all we did was ride into Maidstone to sort out the Road Tax for the bikes then headed straight back. The wind was ferocious and both tested out the waterproofs which worked well and we remained warm and dry so a good outcome. We are hopeful any rain tomorrow will be patchier so we can do some more exploring but it was nice that we didn’t have a set destination we had to get to by a certain time today.

PS: Since originally posting this we have learnt that the winds today were between 8 – 10 gale force. To this non yachty that sounded big and it had certainly felt big as we had ducked and weaved in the wind on the motorway amongst the shredded foliage on the road surface so we asked him how that is measured. To quote him (more or less) If you’re out on the water in Force 8 you are scared sh----ss, Force 9 you are too scared or sick to know how scared or sick you are and Force 10 you wonder who it was who sent you to your certain death ……….. didn’t feel so woosy after that!