22 OCT - Due to bad weather coming across the U.K. from the west and the 70mph winds we stayed yet another night with Jane and Julian. (Thanks to Jane's wonderful meals I'll have to go back on Weight Watchers when I get home in November.)
Thankfully this morning was a blue sky day. We loaded up the Beemer and I rode it to the top of the driveway alone.Didn't want to drop the beast on the slippery hill leading to pavement. Sara was happy to walk the 100 yards.
The 100 mile ride to Buxton was scenic and even more so the last twenty-five miles when there were numerous rock cliffs along the road. We didn't have time for a swing over to Ireland and Jane suggested we take a swing through the Buxton area as we've never been in this part of the U.K. We're happy that we took her suggestion.
We left our friends in Clun (the nearest village) at 10:00 and got to Buxton at 13:00. Stopped at the city tourist information office and Sara found us a B & B, the Braemar. It's strange, but nice, to be able to park the bike in the unfenced driveway and not worry that it might be gone in the morning.
Tomorrow we'll ride the 25 miles to Manchester and stay near the airport to be ready to turn the bike over to the freight forwarder on the 24th. We fly to Toronto on the 27th, on Air Transat, with the bike as cargo.
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