Well it is Saturday the 28 of Feb,
Got my friend fit for the road, still needs a few pieces and a little work but for now it has cost 200e and that is all the money I have today.
In two or three hours we will be on are way north for Belgium (happy days).
The weather could not be better to start a trip, sunny and warm.
I just have to finish a little cleaning in my apartment and have a bath then we are gone.
I thing we will be on the road for 5 weeks so it is nice to come back to a clean flat.
I will try to up date my blog along the way (Internet cafe)
Well not a lot to say, just that I am very happy!!!!!!!!!!!!

This is the scooter I had before this one.
We made about 7,000 k together then some one stole it.

TODAY
I took my friend to see the scooter doctor, he said it will cost 270e to restore my friend to the handsome young scooter he should be.
This has made my spirits down as I do not have this much money to spend right now. So I must sit here for about three more weeks.
I like my apartment, but when some little s--t 300 k away had 10 mins of some sort of weird pleasure is stopping me from living my life the way I would like I think I have a right to be angry.
But it will only be a matter of time and we WILL be back on the road (yes yes)
Thanks again for the encouraging comments, it is good to have some news of old friends. Hope to see some of you soon.

Still at home!!!!
On Thursday I must go to the shop to see how much it will cost to
get my friend back on the road. The motor is good but some of the
other things must be done by law (lights and bits). So I hope to be
on my way north to Belgium by the end of the month or the start of
March. (cant wait) It is not easy for me just to sit here in my apartment,
although it is a very nice apartment and good to have a bass I feel like
my life is slipping away and I am just sitting in a waiting room
until it is time to die. I want to be alive not just passing time!!!!!!!!!!:
Thanks for the comments I am happy to read them.
I am still angry at the man who did this to my friend, but not to much
now, when I look out my window and see the weather.
When I travel I spend a lot of nights sleeping out in the nature (some thing I
love doing) and right now it would be very hard. 10 years ago it would
not have entered my head but at 55 with health problems I must think
about this, but not let it rule my life.

Well I am back at home, have been here for a few days but to sad to write in this blog.
I had a very nice weekend with friends in Bergerac and should be half way to Mons by now. But some S--T head thought it would be fun to try and take my scooter, he got only 250m be for he gave up (good lock). but who ever it was decided to kick the f--k out of it and slice the seat open.
Some people have a very strange sense of enjoyment.
Any way I,m at home because my scooter is to sick to try for Mons and it will take time and money (I do not have) to get us back on the road.But it will happen.
In the mean time I will try to work out how to put some photos of past trips in this blog. I took some pic,s with my phone this time but can not get my bluetooth to understand what I want.
So look in now and again.

Now it is Monday and the trip will start for me.
Had a very good time with friends in Bergerac, drank to much and smoked a lot of hash;;;; But now it is time to head north and roads I have not traveled be for.
The weather is shit wet with no sign of change. But this is all part of it for me.
I am hoping it will take around 8 to 10 days to get up to Mons.
My body is not to good, I came off my bike be for Christmas, and my body is taking a long time to recover.
From now on I must look for some where to sleep each night, this will make my days very short because it get dark by 6.
I will look for a internet cafe along the way.

I got away a little later than I wanted but it was the right day.
It was a good day ot been back on the road, my scooter took some convincing. It did not like going up 1200 m to start but after an hour or so it was running good. Then it became a joy to be on the move again.
Made around 210 k,s about 6 hours. But the road was one I have traveled many times so, not to interesting for me.
From Clermont-Ferrand I went west to Ussel, Tulle, Brive and there turn south down to Souillac. This was my first night.
Souillac is a very nice small market town on the Dordogne for most of the year it is very quite, but for 3 or 4 mouths each summer it become total madness.
The next day about 110 k,s west and I am in Bergerac, I like this road; at this time of the year it is very nice to take time to enjoy the Dordogne.
I will stay the weekend in Bergerac to spend some time with friends.
My first night here and some one takes my scooter. Who ever took it only got 300 m then left it. So I got it back the next morning looking very sick and brocken; but luckaly most of it was just the cosmetic things, so with some tape (a lot of tape)
I put it back together (for now)
Will add more later

Well it is that time, if I stay here one day longer I,m shore I will
go mad.
But things have changed, now I will head for Bergerac in the south-west of France. Then (I think) north-east.
I would like to say more but now it is 3 10 a.m. and I must try to get some sleep. I hope to be on the road by 9 00 a.m. if my
scooter is in a good mood.
Be for I start I would like to send out a big thank you to a
long time friend with out who what I am about to do would
not be possible. thanks Adam.