31, And so it continues

 After giving it some thought Lorni and I decided the ferry is the only safe way to get back to the UK, we couldn't wait to see if France comes off the PLUS list as Ferry places fill up quick, I book my crossing with Brittany Ferry's, Santander to Portsmouth and return with a cabin and................Oh my god! £750  I could take the wife on a 7 day Mediterranean cruise for less. Got you by the short and curlys. After about three weeks they announce that France is no longer on the Amber Plus list...grrrrrr.

That's the first tick on the list of things to do, Next is to book the hotels I need one night there and back to the ferry port and one night in Portsmouth on arrival and later on 4 nights in a hotel near Swindon as my ex wife has sort of gone off the rails a bit...I was going to stay at her place.....more expense now and of course a bigger food bill....I don't seem to be able to catch a break at the moment.

All accommodation now sorted including 4 days with my brother in Dorset. That's a few more things ticked off the rather long list. Next thing is the bike so I had her booked in at the local dealers for a full service all fluids and filters were changed plugs replaced and greased up and checked out on the diagnostic computer..everything fine so I picked her up same day...great service.

They even cleaned her for me, not that she was dirty as such just very dusty from standing in the garage for a month I ordered a 60 litre dry bag for the passenger seat and a quad lock for my phone which is now fitted along with a handlebar brake lever lock which I have sent to my sons house as everything coming form the UK now has import duty and VAT added to it.

Along with my new litlok the bike should about as secure as it is possible, next on my list is all the paperwork for proof of vaccinations and tests etc that will be sorted by the end of today ...fingers crossed!