 Richard and Jude's travels continued. 34,687 km, 25 countries, 186 days. After leaving the South Tyrol region of Italy we had a one night stop just south of Stuttgart before a marathon 800km ride to Calais via Luxembourg and Belgium, trying to avoid thunder storms, and then hopped on the Eurotunnel train to Folkestone. Once in England we had another 5 hour ride to meet my father at my favorite pub “The Boat at Erbistock” on the banks of the river Dee for a few celebration drinks. What a ride it’s been! Not sure if we want to stop but it will be great to stay put for a while knowing we don’t have to plan the next days route and book the nights accommodation and it will be great to catch up with other friends and family. Thanks to everybody for all their support and words of encouragement, it is much appreciated. Jude has been absolutely amazing on the trip. She has not only endured being on the back of the bike, not something I would like to do, which is no easy task, but Jude embraced it and not once complained about my riding! Our bike performed flawlessly. Not a single issue, fault, puncture or breakage despite being 2up, fully loaded on some pretty horrendous roads over a long distance in extremes of weather. During our journey we have been trying to raise awareness of the amazing work Black Dog Ride and Mental Health Motorbike do in supporting people with Mental Health issues, they truly do excellent work and it would be appreciated if you just check out their websites in case you come across somebody in need of their services. As part of this Winston, the Black Dog mascot, has accompanied us on our whole journey and has endured more than we have. He is looking a quite grey now, as both of us are as well. https://www.blackdogride.org.au https://mhmotorbike.com What next? We plan to keep the bike in Europe for a while so we can explore more of the wonderful places we have not yet visited then who knows after that? Richard & Jude
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