Day 1
A trundle up the A1 to York, I set off an hour after Mrs scorch (she took the car) and I arrived an hour before she did :hehe:. Just short of three hours including a tea stop. Beautiful weather, bike behaving itself for once
Flushed with enthusiasm I dragged Mrs S. out for an evening blast up the A166 from York to Bridlington. Unfortunately I can’t provide pictures, but it is a fantastic trip. They look after bikers in Yorkshire. Speed camera signs every 400 yards, but no speed cameras. I can remember as a kid that the road was infamous for fatalities, and they know that bikers will be bikers whatever the deterrent, so the roads are wide, the surface is free of lumps and bumps, and the long sweeping curves are well coated with shell grit. The corners are also well signposted, and to increase safety they have been constructed to allow the drivers/bikers to see round them. Aside from a few hairpins, no blind bends.
The journey back was less entertaining; we left it too late and came back in the dark. The bugs and moths were as thick as snow, and I had to keep twisting my helmet back and forth to get a decent view through the splats. In addition, the temporary repair to my jacket zip failed (Despite posting it some time before my trip, your slider didn’t arrive in time Waspy, Royal mail…grumble grumble, at least it will be there when I get back… 
). Fortunately I was carrying some insulting tape, so I span like a whirling dervish on the garage forecourt, while Mrs S unwound half a roll of black tape round me to keep the jacket closed.
Day 2
Popped into Malton to get some new rubber as the front tyre was showing a distinct lack of legal tread. Michelin road pilots, 160 quid fitted. I also managed to find a compatible zip slider in a camping supplies shop. It’s been hot during the day, but it gets chilly after 8pm, and I was in serious danger of getting chilblains round the nipple region.
Then a solo trip down my favourite road, the A169 from Pickering to Whitby. On the way out, I caught up with a couple of bikers, so tagged behind them for the duration. I’ve followed faster, but then I know that road really well. Fish and chips in Whitby. Don’t bother with the famous ones like Trenchers fish bar and The Magpie, they all went down hill when they gained popularity. Royal Fisheries in Baxter Street do a marvelous bit of battered cod and chips
The journey back to York was fantastic. I took photos, but to be honest its hard to beat the one I found on line. This is my favourite corner, bit iffy tipping it in on the way down, but coming back up tested the edge of my new tyres 
Again, this is a famous bikers road, so every corner was shell gritted and the general condition of the road was fantastic. I don’t trust the new boots enough to give them the full beans, but it does seem to have stopped my front end drifting. Happy days.
I met a golf gti driver on the A64 back to York, who seemed convinced that he could outrun a Triumph Daytona…:doze: He kept me entertained for the last 10 miles or so
Day 3
A171, Scarborough to Guisborough. Never done this in its entirety. Again, I took pictures, but my phone can’t compete with the photos available on line:
It’s a fair old run, but well worth the effort. Bit congested with holiday traffic, but I adopted the ‘Alba Method’, and left them honking furiously in my wake. Tyres scrubbed in now, all bar half an inch or so. I have to say I didn’t think I would find them as sticky as the Battlax 021’s, but they haven’t let me down yet. Hooked up with a ktm for a while. I think he must have bought the slower model, he wasn’t nearly as hard to keep up with as NumNum. Bike still running beautifully, I’m thinking of writing to Triumph to let them know. Can’t be often they get positive feedback…
Day 4
Mrs S, being of an artistic bent, dragged me to the Yorkshire Sculpture Park. She wants to go back tomorrow, as do I, because there is a couple of routes near Wakefield that I fancy having a go at while she gazes at lumps of scrap iron set against the backdrop of a beautiful country park.
PS: if anyone knows how to insert pictures in text, rather than have them all appear at the end, Ill be glad to hear it…
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It does look good though . I hope you will bring enough chips back for everyone !!
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