BIRTHDAY bash

Turning 40 is a significant milestone for many reasons, but mainly because it’s mid-life-crisis territory. It seems to be a good age to ask those big existential questions, ponder the meaning of life and run off with that work colleague 20 years younger than you in a 10-year-old convertible.

Men find stupid new hobbies to distract themselves from the monotony of their working lives and women spend their afternoons by the public pool enjoying the spectacle of the lifeguard, also 20 years younger.

Okay, so maybe I’m being a misogynistic prick and combining all the stereotypes Hollywood has created about the dreaded mid-life crisis and rolled them into one, but, 40 years old is still a significant birthday. This year, BMW Motorrad’s legendary