fatowl wrote: ↑Sat Oct 23, 2021 8:30 pm Thanks to everyone for all the replies, i'm investigating a few ideas.

I'd be interested in what solution you use, as I'm in the north of Scotland and fancy using the ferry to Spain, and it's nigh on 600 miles of boring UK dual carriageway / motorway there, and the same to get back home

One of the things I don't like about it is the engine is hidden, just like the NC750x, which to me means it looks less like a motorbike.

One way hires, you'll pay a premium but probably work out cheaper because you're off hiring the van when you're riding. That would be my suggestion too. Just need to have an address in Scotland that you can send them to eg a friend / dealers / relative / bike friendly hotel (Buccleuch Arms in Moffa...

She loves her car...has a home charger and it does her 20 mile each way mixed commuter run in town, city and rolling countryside at low cost, but as a medium or long-distance tool ...forget it. If I had an electric car, then for the long journeys I currently do, ie 6 hours plus of driving, I'd hire...

Had to wait FIVE minutes to get fuel in Ullapool this afternoon

Feckin motorhome blocking the entrance, once they'd paid no more queue

Richard Simpson Mark II wrote: ↑Mon Sep 27, 2021 9:28 pm The 'media' created the shortage, and now they are spinning it for all it's worth.

Or maybe our "masters" decided we needed something to distract us from the gas prices?

Maybe something like walking sandals: https://www.gooutdoors.co.uk/16005330/peter-storm-mens-saunton-ii-sandal-16005330 :?: If it's warm, your feet stay cool, if it's cold then wear a pair of socks :oops: and if it's wet your feet will get wet, but hopefully your socks won't get wet as you won't nee...

what i noticed was the further back towards england i got the more deperate it became ...the last three garages on the route home were shut .. situation is nuts I reckon that the greater the population density the greater the fuel "problem". Drove from Aberdeen, a couple of "no fuel ...

The Garvault hotel, just visible on the B871. A relaxing antidote to the madness that the NC500 can be:

No sign of HMS Vigil here today ☹