Motorcycle Sport & Leisure

The Two Towers

Two fortresses facing each other across a border that has seen more than its fair share of bitter warfare over the centuries. A ring quest and a travelling companion from another race (Yorkshire). Nothing to do with Lord of the Rings, but a day out for my mate Phil and I.

The ring quest was to find a circular route that visited Smailholm Tower in Scotland and Lindisfarne Castle in England on roads that would suit Phil’s Royal Enfield Bullet and my Triumph Street Triple. As most of you probably know, the Bullet 500 single is

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