Hi,

Hopefully everyone is back and settled into normal life again after the eventful trip we all had. I got up early this morning and went to the bike and started to load the gear up for an early start to try and get a good 130 in before breakfast try and break it's back before lunch, then I realized it's only 35 miles to work anyway.

Just wanted to say thanks to all who took part in the trip and made it another memorable one, thanks to Norman Jnr and Norman Snr who are 2 of the funniest men I've ever met and when the chips were down and the seriousness of Butch's situation became obvious Norman Jnr was their to help whilst we got an ambulance sorted. Between me Norman and Chris we arranged for Butch to be flown back to the UK for further treatment through his insurance etc many phone calls back and forth, Norman Snr thought he had an easy journey home on the back of my trusty Pan European but he volunteered to ride Butch's BMW back home after a tumble in the car park in Kiev and another latter in the day Norm found his feet and brought it back home safely.

The riding was hard work and their was pressure on every day to get to the hotels, again everyone pulled together to make sure we got their as a group without anybody getting lost ( at least until I shot off back early to the UK ) Routes and roads in the southern Ukraine were interesting to say the least it was tough riding and very very warm which didn't help matters but again we  pulled together as a team and made it work without incident.

I could think of a few stories to tell that stand out but we would be here for ever so I'll save them for a pint with anybody who wants to listen to me.

Once again thanks to everyone who took part I'd like to be able to call all of you friends, maybe we could do something again in the future !!!!!

Andy Lawton