I just returned from a week-long trip to the Metzingen area. I taught one of my leadership classes there. This time I travelled by car because I was fed up with the unreliability of the airlines. On the last two trips, my return flight had been cancelled just an hour before the scheduled departure and I had to drive 10 to 12 hours by rental car after a long day at work.
So this time I went by car. The drive from Garding to Plietzhausen was rainy, with some sunny sections and a few traffic jams along the way, 12 hours of driving in total. For part of the journey, a 1200cc GS rode in front of me, and I matched my speed for a momentary feeling of togetherness. The driver had obviously switched on the cruise control, he was doing a constant 130 km/h. That pleased me, because that's exactly how I want to ride on my way to Los Montesinos. He was dressed thickly, with a rain suit over his suit, and a neon-coloured high-visibility waistcoat on top. It rained a few times during our time together, which was just for me and secretly together. The driver was not impressed by the rain, he bravely drove on at his 130 km/h. I would have liked to wave encouragingly at him, but that would probably have irritated him more than pleased him.
On the return journey today, 23 September, the weather was kind to me and the bikers. Blue sky, sun, no wind, no traffic jams, little traffic, except for the small stretch before the Hamburg Elbe Tunnel. Again I saw a few GS, all fully packed, on a grand journey.
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