Hope that "surf's up"

Magnetic key box maybe, have them on Amazon.

When I was into serious trail riding, there’s a waterproof spark plug holder that everyone used for their spare plug, that has a screw top. If your key would fit in one of those, they’re only around £5-£6.

Nor would I. Always have valuables in the sleeping bag with me, no matter where I'm camping.

That’s the problem with cars. If you fancy a bit of diy on them, then you’re in to trolley jacks, axle stands, 1/2” drive socket set etc. Then there’s the problem of where to keep this newly acquired stuff. Great if you’ve a garage or big shed, not much fun if you haven’t.

Glad you’re all sorted

If it’s the same size as the 1000, I just force fitted a 27mm socket into a length of hollow tube. Ran some Araldite around the joint and bound it with some gaffa tape for good measure. Then drilled through the tube at the other end to get a screwdriver through to act as a T bar.

I was camping at Donny for WSB, and was amazed at the lack of security. Was never challenged for the camp site wrist band or track entry tickets. They did the same tannoy announcement at Brands as they did at Donny, regarding texting some number if any suspicious activity is noticed. I figured that the biking fraternity would not sit back and watch any just stop oil shenanigans, like the tennis and snooker, and would be quite capable of protecting our own event.

Is the Mrs. still catching the bus or have you sorted her some wheels yet?

No the Scott’s aren’t cheap, but trust me they do work. There’s a group of about 10 of us, and every one to a man has them. When we’re away for a week abroad, and the weather turns nasty, you are on the bike all day and every day usually, and being wet would make the trip a total waste of time. I agree on the Gerbings, they do wet out. I use duck wax to try and enhance their waterproof ness on my heated ones, but if you’re in rain long enough they will leak. Rukka Virium(textile) or Rukka Apollo (the leather equivalent), both of which are goretex, are all I’d wear in persistent rain. Again not cheap, but they do what it says on the tin.
I used to use the boot covers before goretex boots came out with success. Can’t remember the make off hand,but I’ll try and find out, might have been made by Held.
As a last resort, pedal bin liners over your socks is a good “get out of jail” option

Have you got your car yet Grahamm?

I remember chatting with an RAC guy who said that, these days, for anything more complicated than a flat battery or tyre, it was becoming almost impossible to do roadside repairs any more...

Ain’t that the truth……sadly

Yeah, quite correct. The mot guy cut my neighbour a bit of slack, as he had no way of getting back home. Moral is, make sure you’ve got money, credit card, bus pass and mobile phone when you’re going for an mot in case it all goes bandy. A few years back I had to get the bus home to get a legal numberplate for my Fireblade, after the mot guy decided to fail it after years of passing it with the moody plate.