Welcome to the July edition of Scootering !
Anyone who knows me will tell you that I have a habit of starting new projects, getting three-quarters of the way through them, but then I seem to get distracted by another ‘bright shiny object’ and move on to that. I then editor, it’s almost futile. The metaphorical red button was pressed, and the pace of the project did slow, but thankfully, and for the first time ever, I now had a comrade in arms to keep the project moving! Big Stan fancied a ‘tinker with the Targa’ and got stuck right in, and though even he ran into a few issues with it, the project finally got finished. He enjoyed a few hundred miles of running in, and then delivered the beast back to my door. I was like a spoiled kid at Christmas. The irony here being, after all the delays finishing the project, now that it was finally ready and being delivered… lockdown was upon us and the planned jaunts to rallies up and down the land have been scuppered! Well for now, in the short term at least. Thankfully, though, I’ve been out enjoying the benefits of living in the remote Yorkshire Dales, and getting in lots of twisty-back-road action on the scooter, and what a pleasure it is too… a welcome oasis during this bleak time. The good news is, despite current troubles, nothing lasts forever… this situation will resolve eventually, and I look forward to the day when I can stand with a group of like-minded individuals, drinking a pint, discussing our scooters, swapping stories and having a laugh together again. Roll on the good times.
