Cornwall Sept 2010

Cornwall Sept 2010

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Name	McOo & Paufski
Age	30 odd
Start Date of Trip	2nd Sept 2010
Duration of Trip	8 days
Total Miles Covered	600
Total Cost of Trip	£550
Countries Visited	England
Bike Make & Model	Transalp 650 & F650GS
Age of Bike	10 & 6
Mileage at Start	12k & 14k
Bike Modifications	Givi Maxias, HELD dry sacks and Mk1 Bungee cords.
Bike Problems & Accidents	None. But we did help out a fellow rider who had just dropped their spanking new F800 at a T-junction and was understandably horrified and in a state of shock. Less than 10 miles on the clock! Luckily just bruised pride and minor scrapes on the footpeg.
Highs	Riding some fantastic English country and coastal roads in perfect weather!
Lows	Getting split up at a contraflow, at rush hour and every street was one way with no u-turns!?
The Single Most Important Lesson Learnt	On the A39 "Red Route", watch out for old peoples driving, they are the real danger, not the corners.

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September 17, 2010
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Route in Google maps: http://tinyurl.com/mandpcornwall2010

This was our mini-tour of Cornwall, the objective of which was to: test some new bits of kit, figure out what else we need and to generally consume as many pasties, ice creams and pints of Cornish Rattler as possible.
We are experienced campers, explorers and bikers, but are currently rookies at combining them all, so this was a simple potter around the south coast, part holiday, part bike tour, part experiment with a view to doing a long tour of Morocco in 2011.
We took the scenic route through Somerset countryside southward, wild camped on Dartmoor (within stumbling distance of The Warren House Inn), then along the coast from Plymouth down, crossing Torpoint ferry (30p) and Fowey ferry (£1.50!) into Kernow.
Camped at The Lizard for a couple of days, then round to Treen Farm Campsite (which I highly recommend) via Marazion, Newlyn (crappest pasties in Cornwall we reckon), Mousehole and Lands End (£1 entry for bikes).
Stopped off on the north coast near Padstow for a couple of nights to refuel on more pasties and fish & chips before riding back along the A39, through Lynmouth (down the gorge), across Exmoor and back home.
Plenty of great views, great roads and rather luckily, great weather.
P's F650GS seemed to not bother using petrol, just seemed to sniff the fumes and only took about £20-odd to do the whole trip.
As for our kit test.. we decided we need to invest in a decent tent and some form of additional seat padding! We only did 600 miles all round, but averaging 40-50mph, that's still plenty of time for numb arse syndrome to kick in ...

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Numb bum syndrome

May I recommend a sheepskin rug as a seat cover? Fluffy Bum was one of my mum's sheep who made it to the freezer and who's sheepskin was made into a rug. Got married and FB was banished to the attic. Roll on the years and I had to pick up my son from Nijmegen (see Issue 2). Got FB down and bungied her to the saddle and 900 miles and thirty hours later my glutus maximus was ache free. Have also used it as a sleeping mat, cosy and warm. Hope this is of help.

shambolic , January 28, 2011