This was the later part in the day from where we’d stopped in Matlock Bath and the meet had ended. Stoney, Khaldi and I were all riding back to London, so I was going to go to DutchRudder’s house as that’s where Stoney had left his bags. I have satnav on my phone (+headphones), so I was going to guide us back to the M1 and then we were going our separate ways when we got to the M25. All went according to plan until…….. they stranded me…

aka The ‘Monkey Meet’ 🙂 Props go out to PicklePoo98, TheNonAngryBiker and KTM Dutchrudder for organising the Northern Vlogger meetup in Nottingham on the 1st July 2012 They were up on the Friday and stayed until Sunday, but the main meet-up and ride out was on the Saturday.I decided to go as a last minute thing. Seemed a long way to go, but the weather was good and so …. f*ck it off I went. There were more people than I expected (35 or so bikes) which is small scale compared to some of the US meets, but as it was (unofficially the first) UK meetup it was a good…

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One of the things that’s great about being a biker is that we often ride alone, but we’re all part of something much bigger. Hog, Scooter, Sportsbike…. It doesn’t matter what you ride. I’ve never experienced anything that bonds us to complete strangers like being part of the biking fraternity. The backstory: This poor lad it trying to learn the knowledge so he can become a cabbie. He was stranded about 25 miles away from home on an unlit stretch of road between Staines Upon Thames and Ashford when his bike broke down.