A Donkey on the Edge

Terrible pictures but astonishing transport system. The docking kiosk allows individual or subscription payments using your oyster card—get out of the metro and hop on one of these:-)

Sorry about all the bike pics. The beast is officialy on ebay

Well, am on the train back to London after an expensive and frustrating day in Wiltshire. Back when I was commuting to Salisbury I picked up a speeding ticket and looking at the evidence paperwork the rozzers sent I thought I had spotted a procedural mistake.

Anyhoo — banged to rights, guilty, guilty, guilty.

Still, the court was in Devizes which was nice, and very helpful and friendly they were too. After the verdict I treated myself to a Pint of 6X, a cigar, a beef, suet and 6X pudding and another pint of 6X and got some reading in. Sort of a mini-holiday from the daily London family thing…

Now that’s what I call handling. Check out the piles of logs :-)

Which, as far as my crude appreciation of the language of Siegfried goes, translates to the wall isn’t so motorcycle-friendly (he’s commenting on an orange crash barrier he avoids at a corner’s apex).

I downloaded this thing late last night and had a watch this morning—and I’ve forgotten the site I found it at—will credit later if i can track it down.

The most noticeable feature is the smoothness of the ride, no harsh moves and very little slowing down. It feels like a Gran Turismo education tape, particularly the one were you have to complete a time trial in a Eunos Roadster. The car is very underpowered, and it’s impossible to complete the Mountain track on time without the most delicate touch.

This particular lap is done on what looks like an R100 BMW, so not exactly a horsepower fiend, but the left-hand needle rarely drops beneath the 240kph mark

Drool…