It came and went so fast. First intentions were to have a lazy, relaxed weekend and to let others get stuck in traffic jams and end up in crowded places. And in the main, that's how it panned out. The weather was none to brilliant so there was little or no opportunity to wash the cars, mow the lawn or trim the bushes.
However, Monday was fine enough for Suzie and I to take a drive out into the Derbyshire peak district, doing both the Cat & Fiddle and the Snake Pass. Ploice were out in force chasing every biker that so much as breathed. Along the six miles that is the Cat & Fiddle I saw a clearly marked but sneakily parked Police CCTV camera recording van, a plain Volvo estate car with speed detector and camcorder, a fully marked up Volvo persuit car and a couple of police motorbikes, one in full colours and one plain with discretely mounted blue lights. Talk about victimisation... (or targeting resources as the authorities term it) but it was enough to (almost) spoil our day out and I was driving (not riding) for a change.
Anyway, we had a walk across the top of the lady Bower dam and seemed to generally be going against the popular flow of traffic. We saw some pretty long traffic jams, with the one out of Chatsworth house being the most notible at over 5 miles long (and going nowhere at all). But we weren't part of it and had an enjoyable trip. It almost persuaded Suzie that touring on a motorbike might be "sensible" when she realised that to a large extent I knew my way round the area simply because I run and hide in the Peak District whenever I get a chance for a ride out. Now she realises what she's missing out on. Time will tell.
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