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My Chance To Convince The Wife ! - jollygiant - 22-07-2010
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Ohh well when I came back from "The Ring" (sorry I know I'm boring everybody now [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/unsure.gif[/img] ) we stopped in Belgium for lunch and bought some chocolates then some red wine from France!!!
Just call me Casanova!!!
My Chance To Convince The Wife ! - ChrisG - 22-07-2010
Of course if he hadn't stopped for chocolates and wine we'd now be calling him a eunuch.
At the risk of getting on topic [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/rolleyes.gif[/img]
If she's not ridden pillion much before the chances are she'll get bored and uncomfortable fairly quickly, so I'd aim for several stops. If she's never been on the back before try and take her out for a couple of short runs before hand to make sure you don't get a mile up the road on your romantic break to find her a screaming quivering wreck. Assuming you don't have an intercom work out some basic handsignals for "I need to stop for a pee" and "go on, see if you can outrun that porsche"
Avoiding motorways makes sense but that's a tricky trip without them. I've done Bracknell - Maidenhead - Marlow - High Wycombe - Aylesbury - Leighton Buzzard - Milton Keynes in the car when trying to avoid the M25, and some of it's pretty but it's not particularly quick and she might not want to spend all day on the back.
My Chance To Convince The Wife ! - Studley Ramrod - 22-07-2010
I did wonder if an intercom might help or not. [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/dunno.gif[/img]
My Chance To Convince The Wife ! - ChrisG - 22-07-2010
I find it helps the pillion stop getting bored, but not quite so helpfull from the front seat. With the Autocom I can also hook up the iPod so we can both listen music on a long run which helps too. I might have nearly solved the issue of pillions now though [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/rolleyes.gif[/img] .
Mind you I did a tour in france many years before the advent of satnag with a map holder on my back and the pillion navigating. Much less hassle than having to stop and look at a map on my tank bag, but somehow it was still always my fault when we got lost [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/rolleyes.gif[/img]
My Chance To Convince The Wife ! - Lagotete - 28-07-2010
Right. Would the locals advise me if I can improve the attached itinerary?
I want to go through Herts and Ashridge and Cambridge
On the way back Hunntingdon and St Albans
Weybridge Ashridege Cambridge Huntington St Albans