The Final Countdown.

Two more days to go and I am on the road for four months, The bike is packed and ready to go I have packed and repacked many times. At first I had my gear in three bags and there was no way possible to fit the mountain of luggage onto the back of my Spyder. In the end I placed everything out on a table in the shed and removed everything but the essentials from the mass of gear I thought I might need. It is amazing what you can convince yourself that you might need.

I had to be ruthless in my packing and managed to get the load down to a bag containing my tent and blow up bed ( At 50 I deserve some comfort!) and another bag containing the majority of my gear. I managed to fit a majority of my camping gear into the front compartment of the Spyder.

If I was rich then I could afford to stay in Hotels, but alas this is far from the case. In order to stretch my limited funds to cover a complete circuit of the almost 15000km I wish to travel then some camping out is required.