Our two groups converged on Edinburgh today, the Irish contingent coming from Stranraer via Dumfries and Lanark, the Scottish contingent coming via much of the highlands en route from Inverness.
Advanced Riding is all about identification and anticipation of hazards and we have noticed as we move around the country that the local style of riding is matched to the local hazards; so whereas us Southern bikers, accustomed to the cut and thrust of London and M25 traffic, have our senses finely tuned to making the most of filtering and overtaking opportunities, the more remote communities develop skills around such things as anticipating sheep in the middle of the road, and knowing which way they are going to jump next, not something us Southerners see much of. Fortunately we all survived the day without any physical contact with any of them.
We rendezvoused at Saltire Suzuki in Edinburgh with Scottish IAM members representing the Edinburgh Advanced Motorcyclists and Forth Valley groups, and were chaperoned through the Edinburgh traffic by:
- Peter Woollven - Senior Observer and Committee Member
- Stuart Richardson - Senior Observer and ex-Chairman
- David Betts - Events Coordinator.
Saltire Suzuki were marvellous hosts, giving the bikes a free check over, adjusting chains and tyre pressures as a goodwill gesture and their contribution to the fund raising run. Thanks also to the individual donors at Saltire.
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