Day 8 As payment for Brian & Diane’s hospitality I had agreed to do some DIY in

the morning. Afterwards, I went off for a ride on my own and got hooked up with

six other bikes who I thought were on route to Le Mans as they all seemed to be

knee down merchants. Great fun! When I got back to the house, Liz was standing

at the end of the drive in her bike gear demanding to be taken out for a blast. It’s a

tough life but somebody has to do it.

Day 9.  We left about 9.30am after a leisurely breakfast with our rainsuits on and

headed for Le Mans.  We managed to find the circuit and had a ride around to find

the Mulsanne straight but gave up due to the rain becoming torrential.  We got onto

the motorway and headed for Calais via Alencon, Rouen and Abbeville.  It rained

all the way to Calais - 316 miles - but it was still great fun.

We arrived 2 hours early for the 6.30pm ferry. The UK immigration officer insisted

I remove my helmet so he could check my passport photo. What a pain when you

have got all your wet weather gear on. I can only assume terrorists or illegal

immigrants are buying motorbikes to enter England now.

I enjoyed this trip so much that soon after returning booked a holiday with a

motorbike tour company to go to the Italian Dolomites. It’s taken me months to get

around to writing up this trip and I can still remember every day so vividly, even

most of the French roads that we travelled. So if you are thinking of doing a trip get

on and get it booked: you won’t regret it.

EKAM Clothing

All current clothing is being sold

at a discount. A wide selection of

clothing in various colours and

with a new logo will be available

from September to be ordered on

a ‘special order basis’ one month

and (normally) collected the next

month.

REGALIA

Various other IAM and EKAM

items are available.  Stickers with

the IAM logo may be purchased

by full members only.

See Nick Mackean on Club Night.

ENHANCED ADVANCED

ASSESSMENT

Anyone who would like to enrol

for the Enhanced Advanced

assessment, please e-mail

co-ordinator@ekam.org.uk

with the following details:

I would like to enrol on the

Enhanced Advanced

assessment programme.

Name:

Phone (day):

Phone (evening):

e-mail:

Name of observer:

Advanced Views

DVD now available for £5 from Nick

Mackean on Club Nights.  

Roadcraft  £12

Please note that prices of items such

as Roadcraft that are advertised in the

club magazine and elsewhere are

liable to change without prior

notification.

Highway Code

Copies of the latest edition are

available through the Club.

EKAM Observers

David Andrews

Mark Andrews

Richard Ayling

Graham Bailey

Brian Baker

David Collings

Tony Green

John Hull

Barry Huntley

Paul Ingleton

Ian Lancefield

Paul Lane

Miles Moseley

David Nightingale

Paul Pilcher

Paul Ritchley

Tony Rowlinson

Trevor Shearsmith

Jim Smallwood

Ian Wade

Paul Walker

Phil West

Nigel Wright