Picked up a puncture on just about the farthest north you can get on Skye. Eventually manage to plug it with repair kit but it's 500 miles to home, it's a Sunday, tomorrows bank hol Monday and theres probably not a tyre in Scotland anyway. However, for piece of mind johnny at the b&b has a GS and very kindly offers me the use of his wheel to get me home. Top man.
The B&B - Lochbay - is a stunning place, in a stunning location run by Tash and Johnny. The best we've ever been in, no arguement. If you arrive on a GS it's even better as Johnny has one, hence the loan of the wheel - maybe its an additional service to punters to cannibilise his bike for spare parts? Reminds me of a visit I had to RAF Coningsby, arranged by a work pal ex.RAF. We went to see the eurofighter typhoons, and in a corner of the maintenance hanger was a typhoon that had been gradually cannibilised for parts - £69 million parts bin. They were gradually using all sorts of bits off it.
We also got to see inside the BBMF hanger for a really good close up look at the Spitfires & Hurricanes and have a chat with the maintenance crews. The Lancaster wasn't in but had broken down in Holland after an air show. A replacement engine was being prepared and the German air force (of all things) were sending over transport to pick it it up and deliver it to Holland!!!. According to my grandad, the best things to come out of Germany weren't mercedes & BMW but empty lancaster bombers - not very pc but the sentiment of that generation I guess.
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