BYB Sunday.....Spur of the Moment Decisions!

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18.11.07
B1366

“Do not dwell in the past,
do not dream of the future,
concentrate the mind on the present moment.”

Buddha

Well it's all right, riding around in the breeze
Well it's all right, if you live the life you please
Well it's all right, doing the best you can
Well it's all right, as long as you lend a hand

You can sit around and wait for the phone to ring
Waiting for someone to tell you everything
Sit around and wonder what tomorrow will bring...........

Traveling Wilburys

I love spur of the moment incidents and yesterday, Saturday was a good example.

We set off on the motorbike around 11am.
We weren't sure where we were heading, just watching the sky as usual.
The B1366 leads up to the Moor Road (A171) which takes us through Whitby and on to Scarborough.
Looking at the sky we headed to Whitby for lunch at the Whistestop Cafe, our local Bike Haunt.

After lunch we decided to head inland and so we returned to the A171, heading inland as decided.

At one point we came across a line of bikes heading in the opposite direction.
As we passed we noticed our pals Paul and Sharon heading to Whitby.
Jon pulled in..
"That was Paul and Sharon!" he said
"Turn round and go after them !" I said.
So we did!

We caught them up and Jon stayed behind Sharon, Paul was in front of her.
As I mentioned last week, Sharon has just passed her direct access test and is using her spare time to build up her road experience.
This is a good way to gain confidence as she feels "protected" to a greater extent when Paul is in front and Jon is behind. She knows they are looking out for her.

We pulled in at the petrol station and whilst Paul went in to pay Sharon told us it was Paul's birthday.

"Great!, don't let on we know!" I said.
I stored away the information.

We pulled into the Whistestop cafe again and whilst Paul and Jon were talking about the bikes, Sharon and I went inside the cafe.
We claimed a table and Jon and Paul came inside.

I had nipped out to the back of the cafe, where Ang, the owner and friend of ours was cooking.
We found a candle, got a muffin and stuck the candle in the top.
There were quite a few of our biker pals in the cafe and by the time Paul & Jon came inside everybody knew what they had to do!

As Paul sat down I grabbed the plate with the muffin, walked up to the table and the entire cafe joined in with "Happy Birthday" to Paul, followed by a big round of applause.

It was great!

Sometime it is nice to leave space for moments like this, totally unplanned and spur of the moment!

We then rode together and visited a couple of bike shops, Paul's choice, being his birthday!

It was a good job we managed to get out yesterday as the weather is dreadful today. It is windy and raining!

Jon is working inside the shed and I am going to spend the day pottering!
Some baking perhaps, a DIY spell possibly, but staying inside and keeping warm.

Appreciating our warm home.