Bournemounth – Sunderland
As we see, the red line will be the trip. It is going to start in
Bournmounth (in south) and then all the way to Sunderland.
Why am I doing this actually?
Just to
sure, I want to tell you guys that this is just a task we got in class. So it
dont means that I am actully going to do this now. Purhaps in some years, but
as I am 16 years old my parents would not let me. So that is why.
What am I going to ride all
the way?
As I love my
70ccm moped (about 15 Horse powers) so much, it will be my choice to ride it.
Yeah, it maby sound a little wierd and crazy and I might will getting some
problems somewhere on the road up to Sunderland, thinking about it is not the
best vehicle to drive long distance trips. But again it is something i life
for.
Which places I would visit?
One part of the task we got in class, is also which places would
you visit?
1.
Stop
The first place I could visit is Leicester. I am going to stop
there for a sleepover in «Holiday inn Express Hotel» after driving from
Bournemounth. I have heard that Leicester have some great festivals, so one of
them I would go to is
«Bands on Parks»
2. Stop
(Wrote as something I already done)
I woke up in Leicester at the «Holiday in Express Hotel» and had a
great breakfast with scrambled eggs, bacon and a cup of tea. After the
breakfast i packed my bag and headed up to Selby.
Problems on
the highway!
Meanwhile driving my moped north the country, I suddently got some
big problems. The tank with coolant (cooling liquid for the motor) got empty
and the piston inside the cylinder god overheated and I had to push the whole
vehicle to the next gas station.
When I got there I had to remove the fuel tank and some wires to make it
possible to change it. At first I had to remove the cylinder head and then the
cylinder. I had to change piston and then replace the cylinder and the cylinder
top. (Picture of the cylinder and the piston).
I refulled the coolant, replaced
the rest of the part on the moped and continued the ride.
3. stop
After some hours driving on the
road with the brand new piston I decided to stop by Selby (between leeds and
hull and the map above) to take a sleepover. I parked my moped and checked in
at «Maypole farm bed & breakfast»
The morning
after I woke up and I knew this was going to be the last day of the journey, but
to day day I was going to drive by the coast. I seated on the moped right after
i woke up and ate breakfast.
I drove
about three and a half hour when I saw that I needed to refill the fuel tank so
i pulled out of the highway. It was a sign that told me it would be a gas
station about two kilometers this directoin.
While I was driving
down to the station I suddently saw the beautiful North Ocean.
I pulled out
of the road and into the gas station. I refilled the tank, bought a sandwich
and coca-cola and enjoyed the view of the ocean.
After a while I was thinking
it is now time to finish this little adventure, so I drove out of the gas
station and into the highway again.
Two hours
later, I saw the sign where it said «Sunderland», and I drove out of the
highway and in to the exit. After twenty minutes I found the hotel I was searching
for and I finaly reached my destination. At the end it was an incredible
experimance, but if I had to do this one more time I would probably choose an
other vehicle, because my body hurts after many hours on a little plastic seat and
the moped I was driving is not really made for long distance rides.
