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[Grahamm]

Well, I'm back from my holidays and I've found the biggest PITA with driving is definitely being stuck in a queue of traffic for half an hour that, had I been on my bike, I would have filtered past in a few minutes! The result was that a journey that would have taken four hours on the bike ultimately took five in the car

Still, at least packing is easier, there's no need to have a  list of "That goes in the top box, that goes in the left pannier, those need to be put in the tank bag", just chuck it all in the back and you're sorted.

Also, because of the windy conditions, I did my first three days of surfing at Putsborough (better shelter from a southerly/ south westerly) because I could take my board with me. this also gave me lots of practice of navigating along narrow country lanes and reversing into passing places...

Unfortunately I also discovered what an absolute rip-off parking could be! If you want to use the beach car park, it cost £12 in the morning!!!

This is supposed to be an "all day" rate, but if you only want to surf for an hour or two, it's utterly exhorbitant.

Fortunately, after that, I found there was a place at the top of the hill which while technically a passing point, traffic usually only comes one way along it, and, if you get lucky and there's a space, you can stop there for free.

There was one lovely moment when I was waiting for some waves and a dolphin cruised past about 50 yards away 

So now I have my boards with me in Portsmouth and I can go down to East Wittering or Bracklesham if there are waves there (just not for the next couple of days because I'm knackered )