East Kent Ride - June 14th

Today as it was sunny instead of a lie-in I would get out for a ride. But where to?

In the end I did a circuit of East Kent. Home to Canterbury and then loop back home.

With the M20 closed northbound both the A20 and the Canterbury road were packed with foreign trucks.

Why these guys can't follow a clearly marked "diversion" is anyone's guess.

Stone Street to Canterbury wasn't the diversion route. Twats.

I stopped in Canterbury for fuel. ASDA selling at 100.7. I have missed out on the lowest price for years at 99.9p.

I had the Yamaha app running in my pocket. A bit disappointed with the lean angle. I did try. Honest.

So another shortish ride done.

End mileage: 9670.

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The weekend showed how weak the battery has become. Having had to use the dbPower unit on four separate occasions during the day in Belgium was the giveaway. We are in the second winter of this problem where the battery isn't strong enough to start the bike. In the summer it charges and holds that charge and although I keep the dbPower unit to hand I rarely have to use it. But in winter it barely has the power to turn the engine over. It's simply "clunk". The lights come on though and that probably doesn't help. So what to do? Being a fair weather biker nowadays I won't be using the bike that often until the new year. Do I get a new battery sooner rather than later? It might end up freezing away in the garage. I have a garage in a block away from the house with no power, so a trickle charger is no use either. I have been looking at a replacement though. A Motobatt with a high cranking power should be around £75. So unlikel...

Cup of Tea - Having a go at it!

Well that didn't work out as I expected. The TomTom satnav/GPS had a wobbler and so I only managed P, O and E before calling it a day. I need to connect it and delete the routes it thinks it has and update the one that I will amend on MyRouteApp. The E wasn't the one I was expecting. That both village signs were in quite dangerous areas meant a stop wasn't very clever. Some of the roads TomTom chose would be difficult on a DR trail bike. But we managed it in the end. P - Peene Railway Museum O - Ottinge Court Farm E - Eythorne Maybe a POE challenge! In the end the stats were:

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