Sometimes something as simple as a mistaken email address can lead in an unexpected direction. That's what happened when I had the email for one of our officers wrong... I ended up emailing a gentleman from Somerset England, who just happens to be a fellow rider. Dennis Barker has ridden in places most of us here in the American Northwest will never have the opportunity to see from a bike. We've exchanged photos of rides we've taken, and I thought I'd share the ones I received. Thanks Den, for showing us another viewpoint!
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"You guys look as though you really enjoy bikes as they should be enjoyed - easy-riding with a 'few'? beers at the end of the day, whereas most Brits in my experience have to try and get everywhere at warp speed on their Fireblades, Ninjas or GSXR's, consequently missing out on most of Nature's attractions en route; the night-time conversation tending to be about who got there first, or fastest, or who almost had an almighty accident when they overtook somebody who was crawling along at 100 mph!"
"I shall now climb down from the podium and try and find a few pictures for you - some are in Scotland, others in France, Italy and Switzerland. (The Italian Chapel is in UK, it's a monument built by Italian prisoners-of-war (1943-1945) in the Orkney Islands off the north coast of Scotland, just out of shot is a Nissen hut which they refurbished as a place of worship.)"
"I shall now climb down from the podium and try and find a few pictures for you - some are in Scotland, others in France, Italy and Switzerland. (The Italian Chapel is in UK, it's a monument built by Italian prisoners-of-war (1943-1945) in the Orkney Islands off the north coast of Scotland, just out of shot is a Nissen hut which they refurbished as a place of worship.)"
GS alongside Loch Ness 2006
Overlooking Kinlochewe, Highlands
Italian chapel monument, Orkney
Standing Stones, Orkney
Le Mont St. Michel
St. Mere Eglise - effigy of John Steele
Utah Beach, 2002
Rocamadour
Coffee stop, southern France
Italian-Swiss frontier
Col de Grd St. Bernard
Mont Blanc glacier
Camping at Arcis-sur-Aube
Breakfast in Arcis-sur-Aube after a very wet nightHave any friends who ride in far places? Get them to send us some photos. Maybe we can get a collection going here!