No Blogging for a while

 It's been almost a month since I figuratively put pen to paper, there's been a fair bit of motorcycling going on but other circumstances has left me a bit fed up with the interweb world. Mostly every time I read the news online it always seems depressing, even youtube has more than its fair share of crap content these days. Nobody seems to put anything on line without having a "disaster" and "is this the end" or "please buy me a coffee or I won't be able to post content anymore".

Some people I used to like following for their content come into that category, the answer to those people is "Get a F***ing job" Motorcycling is a brilliant hobby and I have enjoyed it almost all of my life (the first 14 years of my life were the only times I didn't enjoy it because I didn't have a bike) So why do people have to try and be influencers (it's a thing a believe) are they motorcyclists or are they media stars? I will leave it at that before I get into a proper rant.

The good news is we have had some good weather, the sun is getting stronger and warmer and hopefully the Cooncil have used all their overtime budget pouring salt over the roads. Bikes are ready for Spring and three Nortons have been prepared and have had a wee run, Fiona's MK3 LeMans is waiting for April 1st when I shall be applying for historic tax, it's all looking good for 2025, lets get out there and enjoy it. 

Various photos taken this month in bonnie Perthshire

MVD Ready

BMW at a telephone exchange

eyeing the scenery

The Tay the silvery Tay, flows from Dundee to Perth and back every day (McGonigal, Scottish worst poet)

Glen Quaich

Loch Tay

Fiona doing Drone Maintenance

  Airheads at Glenshee

Nice

Braw day out with Budge on a couple of Airheads

Glenquaich

My 750 out for a run

BMW Airhead day out

A wee run last Sunday at the beginning of March just to blow the cobwebs away, Mrs Rondelli on pillion taking care of the Video angles. A nice stop in Muckart for lunch , the only downside is the road was closed between Gask and the Kinkell bridge due to roadworks necessitating a small detour towards Auchterarder. A good day out! 

Managing some motorcycling

 Saturday was good as we left Perth, the sun was shining but as soon as left the City limits heading westward the ominous dark clouds revealed themselves in the background. Just after Glenalmond the road was slippy with debris and caused a couple of loose sphincter moments for both of us, the Sma Glen was looking great although the usual potholes are starting to reveal themselves in parts of the road, just after the bridge we passed a tour bus coming in the other direction, that's what causes the potholes, green travel my backside. 

We took the Glenquaich road, quiet and stunning in the sun but always the threat of rain, stunning rainbow at the top and then after that very heavy rain, the run down the hill was tricky through the hairpins, like riding in a river bed, running water and the debris making sure we had to concentrate fully , the plan was to stop at Kenmore but the rain was heavy so we carried on through the village and turned left past Drummond hill, I notice this road isn't signposted with a road number and is on Google as National Cycle route 7, that is a worry, I will use it more in future although a boat would have been a better option than a bicycle on Saturday as large parts of it were flooded .

A stop in the nice layby overlooking Loch Kinardochy for a cuppa and our lunch (Which we had prepared earlier) and then on past Tummelbridge and Loch Rannoch and a run down the A9 from Pitlochry. A grand day out, some wind, some rain but on the bike whats not to like. 

Keep on keeping on.......

Rainbow, never found treasure though

Lunch

More rainbows 

In the wrong order, but going up the pass

Heavy clouds and sunshine 

Are we free?

 That used to be a catchphrase on a well known UK television comedy program and lately I have been wondering "Are we free" certainly not free to say what we want, the socialist government have put paid to free speech in just months in office, mind you the left of the right were slowly taking away the freedom of speech anyway. Any comments on your concerns will have you labeled with a whole range of titles you wouldn't be proud to have pinned on you. The state sponsored Stasi will question you if you put anything "they" don't like on Social media and have arrested recently some well known people for saying it as it is. Its very sad that the UK have sunk into this quagmire of filth so quickly and with nary a quiver of protest.

As motorcyclists we are at risk from non elected think tanks who would like to see us off the road or onto electric bikes as a minimum whilst the obscene spectacle of overweight Lycra warriors who pay not a cent for road tax or insurance continue to use our roads as a personal race track. Because of the Green lobby we pay more for energy in the UK whilst India and China keep churning out coal powered   polluting power stations daily.

Anyhoo, the good news is that at the moment we can do what we want (almost) and so I did manage a couple of days out on the bikes last week, Thursday a day out on the Airhead and Sunday a wee run on the 650 BMW's, its a great thing for clearing your mind. Thursday I stopped in to see an former colleague and friend who has just signed up for a 2 year lease of a new Norton Commando at a price that is scarcely believable. A brand new bike for £100 deposit and then £68 a month, hand it back after 2 years or buy it for £12K and that on what should be a £17k motorbike. I'm not sure what the scam is here, just like the abundance of Turkish barbers springing up in various town who never seem to have customers, anyway, rent a cheap bike and get a cheap haircut it seems like a no brainer, nobody can lose.......can they?

Loch Earn, cold but sunny

Glen Ogle

Glen Ogle (again)

And with a filter (Maybe I should get a filter for my brain?)

Sma Glen

Icy layby

Out of my depth

At last, motorcycling in 2025

 Although this winter has been mild there has been a lot of ice and a while of subzero temperatures. This last week however saw a minimum of 4 degrees and very dry so I got out to take advantage of the conditions. I must say the relief of getting back out on the bikes were needed for both of us, I've said it before not riding the bike for any prolonged period of time starts to get me down, I am not a fan of winter for that reason but the tangible benefit of clearing your mind whist motorcycling is for us anyway an essential part of life. 

Doctors should advise this to patients who are a bit run down, "When was the last time you were out on your motorbike?" "Not been out for weeks" " well go home, get your bike out and do at least 100 miles, you will feel better" " Oh and remember to take your vitamins as well"

I was out on the R100 earlier in the week and then the 650's Saturday and Sunday , even the roads weren't too mucky, brilliant.

Oh and I got a chance to try out my new drone , it has a "Follow me" option, it was like riding with a parrot behind you, quite funny, not so when I tried to get it to follow me into Perth, it decided to go its own way and crashed in the undergrowth in a nearby field, what fun.

Keep on keeping on my friends

Brilliant for January

Sunny

Not so sunny but no complaints

watching the river flow by

Action shot 

No action shot

Stopped for a cuppa, we were almost home but wanted to prolong the day