In Feb 2008 I took a trip to New York with my friends Pete and Fe, staying on E 17th Street in the hotel from the Manhattan Murder Mystery film, doing all the touristy things plus seeing the NY Giants Superbowl victory parade, which was a bonus :-)
In June there was the Isle of Man TT for which I took the race week off work as holiday:
Straight after TT was my parent's 40th Wedding Anninversary, so I flew to Liverpool, hired a car and drove down for the weekend. With the nice long lens on my camera, I tried to get some candid photos of the guests
After that was just the wet summer, with only occasional rides and wanders, seeing my friends Harry, Kaiy and Pete a fair bit though.
Come September and I had three weeks booked off work. First week was the UK Honda Africa Twin group meet on Dartmoor, with a few rides over the moors, and one very cold dip in a shallow ford:
The plan then was a few days at my parent's, my mate would come down from the island, and we'd head off to Biarritz to play on the bikes in the Pyrenees. A couple days before we were due to leave, the Channel Tunnel had a fire closing one of the two tunnels, and then on the day we were to depart, I had an anxiety attack!
Holiday cancelled :-( After seeing the Doc and getting some tablets, I was able to still do some rides with Pete, in the local West Country area where my parent's live.
Portland Bill lighthouse, Dorset, England
Glastonbury Tor and Abbey, England
Apart from some work trips away, that was pretty much it until Christmas - even the bike didn't move once I'd got home! With 6 days holiday left to take, I decided to go to my parent's for Christmas on a whim, and as it was my brother's 40th birthday on the Saturday before, it seemed an ideal time.
Christmas passed quite peacefully, and even managed to drag my Dad out for a walk on Boxing Day with the cameras.
And thus ended the year.
This weekend I'll try to get up to date, but no promises :-)
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