Motorbike Diaries (Harley Davidson Forty Eight)

Manchester To France ..... and back!

Day 2 - 4th Sept 2016

Destination : Rosewall Campsite, Weymouth

First thoughts:

Last night in a hotel 

Last night in a bed

Last night with a hair dryer

LAST NIGHT WITH CENTRAL HEATING! 

Im sure I will grow to miss these things I take for granted verrrry quickly over the next few days! Had a great nights sleep at 'The Moonraker', maybe due to the fact I knew we would be sleeping on the cold hard floor soon!

Alarm at 7am (FFS I'm sure this is meant to be a holiday)

Showered, and off to the hotel dining room where Ryan enjoyed his 5 course breakfast (standard) said our goodbyes to our gorgeous hotel, packed up the bike and off we go. 

(Dining room at The Moonraker)

We decided to revisit Bath before we headed off to Weymouth as we didn't get the opportunity to visit the Roman Baths there. Im so glad we went back! The Baths were amazing! So much history there and surprisingly, the Baths were warm! Not what I expected. There are so many original artefacts that still remain standing - the rest were preserved inside with plenty of historical noting. You could really imagine what this place looked like all them years ago.

History lesson over. Destination Weymouth to the Rosewall Campsite. http://weymouthcamping.com

The weather had forecast rain, we didn't want to drive in the rain let alone pitch a tent. So we made our way to Weymouth sooner rather than later. 

The campsite had great views and great facilities. Iv only ever been camping once before and that was with Ryan in Wales in May this year. It was only for the night but I loved it - hence the adventure holiday this year. 

We bought a new tent for the trip as we didn't own one ourselves. We bought the Vango Omega 350. A 3 man tent so we had plenty of room. However despite the instructions stating 12 minutes to construct - we actually spent the best part of an hour putting the bloody thing together hahaha. Obviously a real test in our relationship hahaha.

(Me posing like I had done it all on my own)

(View from the top of the campsite - see the huge ship on the horizon?)

Once the tent was, you know, kinda pitched, we drove over to Weymouth Old Harbour where they had a festival on with plenty of food stands and lots of 'knick knack' stalls to look over. There was a real sense of community spirit here with live bands, freshly cooked seafood on the front and free flowing alcohol. It definitely didn't feel like a Sunday! 

We couldn't visit the harbour with out going to the Northe Fort where we must have climbed a gazillion steps before we could relax at the top and enjoy the scenery. The weather wasn't fantastic but you wouldn't get to see this in Manchester. So, we made the most of it and was just a great excuse to lie down for a while!

To finish off our visit to Weymouth Old Harbour, we stopped at 'The Old Ship' for some tea and fed our coastline appetites with nothing other than Fish and Chips.

Back at the campsite we dropped off our bags and headed over to the local pub - 'The Smugglers Inn'. This pub was fantastic and would be even better in the summer with the glorious views from the other side of the harbour. 

(The Smugglers Inn)

(Couldn't agree more)

The pub had a great atmosphere and was very 'oldy worldy'. Over exceeded our expectations for a 'campsite local pub' Definitely a must visit if you are in the local area. 

The Gin and tonics were going down a lot better than expected also. 

(Ryan beat me at the drinking game - oopsy)

Circa 100 miles done today 

New blog to follow for day 3

K

xxx