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Bogger Back To Base
Ride Date 25 Sep 2025
By Bogger
Day 10 Thursday.
We docked back in England at 7.00am and started to retrace our journey back to the M4 and home. Again it was busy up the A350 and progress was somewhat sedate. It took us two and a half hours to reach the M4. We had a stop a few miles before the M4 to stretch our legs. We’re just about to set off and something caught my eye under Pete’s’ bike. His wallet had dropped out of his pocket and landed under the sump. Lucky escape! We hit the M4 and headed west. I peeled off onto the M5 and north. Pete continued on to south Wales. We waved our goodbyes.
I had one stop on the way back for petrol and a very expensive motorway pasty. I arrived home at 1.30pm after a good ride back.
When I look back on this trip I can’t believe how much we crammed in, it was none stop. None stop, but somehow really chilled out and mentally relaxing. The decision to visit Ronan (poor bloke) was a very wise choice as we really enjoyed our time with him and his family. The bikes ran faultlessly. All the people we met, French and English, were fantastic. The town of Riberac in my opinion is a little gem, as was the Air BnB. All in all a really, really excellent trip with lots to see and do. Surprisingly I didn’t feel exhausted for days after.
The FF lads and lasses were obviously as mad as a box of frogs. You’d have to be to ride the machines they had built and ridden. But that didn’t stop them from being fantastic, entertaining and welcoming company.
Here’s to the next adventure. Let's hope it’s as good as this one has been.
Bogger.
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Feet Forward Prologue
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Bogger Back To Base
Just a few notes for His Boggerness on the final ride home. It's been a crazy, fun and yet somehow relaxing adventure. Go figure!
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