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Recycler
03-12-04, 05:49 PM
Lets learn from our collective experience -
For instance my favourite touring tips to share are:
1) To convert KMs on continental distance signs to miles look at your speedo. For instance if it's 100km to Grenoble then 100kph = roughly 60mph = 60 miles to Grenoble - HEY PRESTO!

2) On approaching a hairpin whilst climbing / descending a mountain have a good look to see if anyone is approaching from the other direction. If they are try and wait, leaving all of the road for yourself as some of these corners give you enough to think about without a French bloke coming the other way with a donkey in the back of his transit van to distract you (true - Alps 2001. It surprises me that the Donkey was not wearing an equine seatbelt given all the Euro legislation).

Share your lessons learnt through life's best teacher - experience.
wheeliebin
03-12-04, 06:03 PM
Avoid camping trips to the Forest of Dean in October :wink:
jabba
05-12-04, 10:19 AM
Always carry a toilet roll you never know :shock:
wheeliebin
17-12-04, 09:08 AM
Gaffa tape (bodge tape) has a million uses (as do cable ties), from tent repair to holding together broken panels in the event of a spill.
Can't wipe your arse on it though.
DaveS
17-12-04, 06:18 PM
Can't wipe your arse on it though.

Are you sure? You could probably do that as long as you don't use the sticky side and then reuse it again.
Maverick
17-12-04, 08:42 PM
Wallet, AA Card, Water and a bag of peanuts.
wheeliebin
18-12-04, 06:57 AM
:? Go on then, I'll ask.........why peanuts ?
african swede
20-12-04, 10:53 AM
Can't wipe your arse on it though.

Are you sure? You could probably do that as long as you don't use the sticky side and then reuse it again.

You'd be suprised what you can wipe your arse with;
Emergency stop required by missues down on Exmoor once on the Pegaso. No toilet paper on board.. Only had an A-Z. Paper a bit shiny but seemed to do the trick, but we will just never get to visit the south east of England....
Another occasion, up diving in a quarry near Aberdeen with no facilities in January. Mate got caught very short and the only thing we had for him to use was our mince pie box. A bit rough he said...

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DaveS
20-12-04, 06:50 PM
Mate got caught very short and the only thing we had for him to use was our mince pie box. A bit rough he said...

Fantastic!
DaveS
20-12-04, 06:51 PM
Mate got caught very short and the only thing we had for him to use was our mince pie box. A bit rough he said...

Fantastic! How festive.....
Maverick
21-12-04, 02:59 PM
:? Go on then, I'll ask.........why peanuts ?

So you can feed the monkeys in their cages that brings the whole of the UK to a grinding halt wondering why there is a biker sitting on the side of the road drinking a bottle of water.