A vote of confidence

So, it was a typical bank holiday weekend again in so much as the heavens opened and any ideas of relaxing in the sun for the holiday could be forgotten. Last week of course we enjoyed almost uninterrupted sunshine and temperatures nearing 80 degrees but as ever it seems, one mention of an extra day off work and the rains come!

As luck would (n't) have it my holiday weekend was destined to be spent in large proportion on the road, almost 600 miles of road to be more specific and a large proportion of that riding pillion, so it was on with the elegant 'plastic bag' (somehow those waterproof suits don't carry with them the same kind of street cred that leathers do!) regalia and hit the road for hours in torrential rain.

Now there isn't much I know much about in this world but there are two things I know alot about, the first is cats (though I seem not to know enough about holding onto them recently) and the second is bikes. I haven't really ridden for years but I am a much experienced pillion, I've probably done way more miles on the back of a bike, in all 'genres' of riding, than I ever have in a car and I know only too well that to ride in conditions like yesterdays, of torrential rain, blinding spray and enough lying water to make aqua-planing on four wheels a problem let alone on two is a very tall order....and to sustain it for hours on end requires a high degree of concentration and not a little skill on the part of the rider.

But ride it we did, or rather Fletch did and pretty impressively....... there is one thing above all else that is required by a pillion and that is complete and utter trust in ones rider, without it it's a 'no go', because lets face it, far more so than in a four wheel vehicle, every time you get on the back of a high performance bike you relinquish responsibility for your life to the guy/gal on the front end........hey no pressure there Fletch ;o).

But this isn't about me but rather a big vote of confidence in the 'guy on the front' who rode with great skill and immense concentration under some very demanding conditions ....like I said, I don't know much but I do know bikes and you know your stuff my friend!