Wingless in Limone
As soon as the dust had settled after the Blackpool Light Parade my wife and I set off on holiday, as indeed did three other couples who had been in the Organising Team. The Event had gone as well as we could have hoped given the weather and a few other problems, and we had enjoyed ourselves but we were also ready for a break.
One couple flew to Florida, carrying with them, as a present from his Light Parade friends, a plastic inflatable sheep. This was for Smitty, our incurably bachelor Motorcycle Drill Team solo rider of last year’s BLP, in case his seemingly inexhaustible supply of lady companions ever runs out. Two more couples rode off to Italy on their GoldWings to spend a week based in Limone on Lake Garda.
My terminally arthritic hip restricted my wife and I to four wheel touring for this holiday, so we also set off hoping for some Italian sunshine but in our motorhome, leaving the bike and its trailer at home for a change. This holiday was planned some time ago to give my hip a last (gentle) outing before continues………