Panamaniac onabike: Exciting times ahead!!

It's SPRING!!! (well, nearly)
Time to get some serious biking done. It all starts this week-end for me with a trip down to the Ace Cafe on Sunday to meet fellow Biking enthusiasts Steve & Paul to carry out the ancient old English Spring pagan rite of passing many coins over a winnowed & warped antiquated Melamine alter to the high priestesses of the Gaggia tribe to placate the espresso God and his mates Cappuccino & Latte.
(There may be a 'burger in there somewhere as well?!)
Once we've paid our dues to the above, then good fortune will befall... someone, who, I don't know, but it's looking like Ex Banking bos ses at the moment, & for sure is unlikely to be me.

Moving on...

Now the coldness has all but retreated back to Siberia and is about to be replaced by the warmer temperate monsoons from Southerly regions, far more in keeping with the British psyche, It's time to hone the finely tempered skills of sliding down the road to road test your kit, getting off the bike without putting the stand down and trying to balance it vertically, sharpening ones wit on sleepy non bike drivers (as described in Highwaylass's blog), Drinking vast quantities of Tea/Coffee and, of course, eating lots of healthy food such as Cheese Burgers, Bacon/Sausage sarnies supplied by the huge network of British roadside cafes, most of which are accredited with at least 1 Dunlop Comet (the reference to the Comet may become very apparent 20 miles down the road!! and anyway Michelin Stars are for unadventurous wimps who want to live 'till their over 50.)

I will be treating the bike to lots of 'Road time' during the next few weeks in preparation for this years endeavours, which include the following (Feel free to join in with some of these should you feel the need)

The Round Britain Rally. (and all the 'add-ons' incorporated within it.)
The East Coast Challenge. A rather genteel affair and a nice day out.
The Welsh National Rally. A good use of Wales?!
The English National Rally. Proper biking, lots of miles!
The British National Parks Ride. The grimrider (Biking God) had a nasty accident to get time off work to set this up, or was it boredom, hmm... can't remember.
RBLR 1000. Jury's out on this one at the moment.
End to End. Lands End to John O'Groats. I do this every year so why should this one be different?
Other stuff, yet to be decided, found or if time (& Funds) is available.

I'll also have you know, I am now a member the Camping & Caravan Clubs
'Association of Lightweight Campers'
(Lightweight refers to the size of my tent, not my total incompetence at 'getting it up' -the tent that is?!)
This will obviously make me far better at camping than your average biker -and £5 lighter as well- useful when touring (not the £5 bit)

So I start with a good, positive outlook for the rest of the year, so it's all downhill from here......hmm, did that come out right?