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step that we were struggling a bit with. Deep down I knew that if someone had said “How much is the trip going to cost?” and insisted on a clear viability analysis I’d be exposed as a charlatan. I had followers who were keen … and hopefully that would be enough, and besides maybe Lawrie would come through with a big cash injection. After all, he was working in the generous land of Uncle Sam.

Penelope and Samantha were uneventfully ridden to Liverpool and dispatched. Well, almost uneventfully. Spectacularly, one of the spares-filled army-surplus ammunition boxes came adrift from Samantha and bounced down the M40, throwing its contents into every lane. There was no way that the myriad of important bits and pieces could be gathered up safely or even unsafely, so we had to just abandon and ride away. With the bikes on the briny, there was lot more tranquillity to our lives. We tinkered about and prepared to say farewell. I’d been in the UK for five years and was wondering about a life back in New Zealand after South America. Steph was determined that she would somehow earn enough money to join us

Samantha trial-fitted with water bottles and two tyres.