A ride out to Culross - Fife

[macvisual]

My original plan was to take out the Suzuki V-Strom thou for a run as it's been lying/neglected since the Honda Innova ANF 125 arrival in mid January. So as I brought the V-Strom out all polished/gleaming I pressed the starter button but to hear a horrible fast auto clicking sound, dead battery...!!! Pushed back into garage and connected it up to the Optimate battery charger etc......annoying stuff.
(This bike ride was last week)

My next and only choice left was the Honda ANF Innova. As time was closing in to self-isolate (cv19) thought I wouldn't ride too far just in case.....and play it safe.


I rode first to Kincardine, this is the rear of the 'Scottish Police Training College;

No entry by APM Photography, on Flickr


I found the local Kincardine Parish Church for a photo opportunity;

Untitled by APM Photography, on Flickr


Next I rode out to Culross in Fife, wOw such a beautiful/quaint/scenic village, full of character.
Here's a photo with Culross Abbey;

Culross Church by APM Photography, on Flickr


Top end of Culross village;

Culross - Scotland by APM Photography, on Flickr


In the heart of Culross village there's beautiful cobblestones;

Cobbled streets - Culross by APM Photography, on Flickr


On my return travels home I stopped off at a local Motorcycle dealership which had displayed signs saying it was presently closed due to cv19.

Motorcycle dealership by APM Photography, on Flickr


A really enjoyable ride out on such a small machine.


mac
Scotland

[johnnyboxer]

You are supposed to be at Home, unless

Shopping for essentials

Collecting meds

Attending to a dependent person, on social care

Travelling for work, as an essential worker

I have seen 2 bikes out today - idiots

[FallingDown]

Was this today? Might wanna pop the news on mate

[macvisual]

NO, this wasn't today, it was a ride last week. I've adjusted my original post to mention this now.

mac

[FallingDown]

NO, this wasn't today, it was a ride last week. I've adjusted my original post to mention this now.

mac

Nice pics

[johnnyboxer]

NO, this wasn't today, it was a ride last week. I've adjusted my original post to mention this now.

mac

Good
Thanks for clearing it up

[dazcoates]

You are supposed to be at Home, unless

Shopping for essentials

Collecting meds

Attending to a dependent person, on social care

Travelling for work, as an essential worker

I have seen 2 bikes out today - idiots

I may have been one of those Idiots then .
Oh hang on , I had to go to work, on the Bike .
Dont forget some people that HAVE to go into work might ride a motorbike .
Or is that a crime in itself.

[johnnyboxer]

You are supposed to be at Home, unless

Shopping for essentials

Collecting meds

Attending to a dependent person, on social care

Travelling for work, as an essential worker

I have seen 2 bikes out today - idiots

I may have been one of those Idiots then .
Oh hang on , I had to go to work, on the Bike .
Dont forget some people that HAVE to go into work might ride a motorbike .
Or is that a crime in itself.

Saw two out yesterday - super Moto with day glo leathers on

Definitely joy riding and not essential travel, like you

[SteveW]

I'm a bit confused.
I can go out for a ride on my push bike, provided I don't mix with other people.
I can go out for a walk, with family members, provided I don't mix with other people.
I can go to work on a bus or a train to my non-essential job and mix with other people.
Why can't I go out for a ride on my motorcycle, provided I don't mix with other people?
I've got a tank range of 220miles I wouldn't need to visit a fuel station.
It's the "mixing with other people" bit that's important, or the touching of handrails, door handles etc...that other people have touched or will touch, isn't it?
Am I missing something here?

[daveuprite]

I'm a bit confused.
I can go out for a ride on my push bike, provided I don't mix with other people.
I can go out for a walk, with family members, provided I don't mix with other people.
I can go to work on a bus or a train to my non-essential job and mix with other people.
Why can't I go out for a ride on my motorcycle, provided I don't mix with other people?
I've got a tank range of 220miles I wouldn't need to visit a fuel station.
It's the mixing with people bit that's important, or the touching of handrails, door handles etc...that other people have touched or will touch, isn't it?
Am I missing something here?

It's not really about contact, Steve. It's about not crashing. We all know that when we go out on our bikes we risk screwing it up, or someone screwing it up for us. Doesn't matter what a careful, skillful, accomplished rider you are. We know that motorcycling is dangerous, and we know that we might crash. It's what makes it exciting and fun during normal times. But for a while this year we are not in normal times.

In a normal year, the consequences of crashing your bike are the deployment of an ambulance, hospital staff and a recovery bed etc - but it is broadly within the capacity of the health service to carry this out and it's what we pay our taxes for blah blah blah. I love riding too, and I am prepared in normal times for that to mean breaking a leg, collar bone or perhaps much worse. And in normal times I wouldn't feel guilty taking up health service time/facilities as an unfortunate occasional by-product of my hobby.

But this year, with Covid, it's different. If you crash now, you will divert a whole ambulance crew (maybe even a helicopter if the crash is bad enough), from attending a covid case, and you will take up a critical care bed that is needed for someone in desperate respiratory need. You will divert staff, many of them, from their priority task right now. Our jobs, all of us, during this crisis, is to REMOVE the pressure on our health service, NOT to add to it.

All this requires that we do is be dull for a while. Just this year. Be boring. Leave the bike in its garage, just this Summer. There will be other Summers to have fun.