Tuesday morning would be fine for me. Have to be back in Cambridge for a meeting at 3pm, but that gives the entire morning for drinking tea!

At a guess the 3rd party who sold you the bike forgot to send off the paperwork.

When they finally remembered they just used the current date of the day when they sent in the paperwork instead of back-dating.

Bernard Smith wrote:nothing like that packing excitement is there? Now where did I put.......

First time since autumn that I've looked for some of my kit - good thing I packed today, it took me most of the day to find things!

Sounds just like my sort of riding and conveniently I am often free weekdays in the morning if that suits you? I'll bring the stove :cheer:

Yup, me too B)

I've got a weekend pass so I'll be up there... just have to locate all my biking kit which has ended up scattered to the 4 winds over winter :S

This is a great idea! I'm keen to get involved. I'm in Cambridge and am either happy to go for a ride with Rikbat while he has it (how is it getting here from Banbury? Maybe I can help there?) Otherwise I'm planning on going to the Touratech travel event (same weekend as the Taffy Dakar though - so ...

Vango banshee 300, up in under 10 mins. 2.4kgs, small pack size, fits I'm my topbox and it's double doors so you can choose which side to get out. I've used it for 10 days in France and plenty of other trips. 1+ used it in Ireland for two weeks, totally waterproof, can get some condensation and the...

Hey Tommy, Great website. I look forward to following your travels as they unfold. You sound like you have quite a lot of riding experience, so I was wondering what sort of mileage you're planning to cover daily if you intend to get to Cape Town with only 43 days of riding?! (Of course you've bought...

I use a 690 Enduro as my only bike. Absolutely adore mine. Every time I ride it I end up grinning from ear to ear. Out the box they do need some extra work to turn into a decent adventure bike as they are a little bit too off-road orientated but in total I've probably only spent a couple of hundred ...