Was supposed to be camping on Exmoor Friday night but bottled it due to p*ssing rain and instead stayed in parents caravan in Charmouth and then took a looping run up through Bude and onto Bampton to catch up with the SAM/IAM die hards who did camp and then back home near Ringwood.
Friday evening ride down and Saturday morning up to Bude then on to Torrington was pretty good weather then got caught in horrendous storm, car in front pulled over as visibility was so bad but when I stopped water poured down the neck of my jacket so carried on - slowly!! Rain let up but didn't stop for the rest of the afternoon until I turned off the M5 at Taunton and by then my boots had given up their valiant struggle to keep the water out. Got home about 8pm Saturday having covered 380 miles, most of them pretty enjoyable. I don't mind riding in the wet but when visibility gets really poor it's not so much fun.
Plus points were that all my gear apart, from the boots kept the water out, PR3's performed faultlessly and the NC returned nearly 75mpg which isn't bad considering Friday evening and Saturday am miles were covered at a 'spirited' pace. Can't really complain about the boots either, Sidi Black rain, kept out the deluge up until 30 minutes of motorway which I guess was like subjecting them to a hose pipe.
Off to Wales next weekend for some proper rain ; )
