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First Solo Motorcycle trip to the Lake District
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- čas přidán 27. 05. 2021
- My first ever motorcycle camping trip through the Lake District, up to Gretna Green, Glasgow, Edinburgh, and then Perth. T
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I imagine lots of CZcams people would have edited out all the mishaps and oops's. I appreciated the realistic portrayal of an 'adventure'. 😊🇨🇦 Your attitude was great.
Thank you so much! It was important for me to keep it real as this is as much about my own journey as it is for CZcams 😍
Well done. Many of us lived vicariously through you. Lifted us, and in these days of misery and darkness that is no little thing. ☺️
Thank you so Much Mark :) Hope you enjoyed the video! I have another coming out next weekend!
Much more fun to watch than the world-travel bikers. Not everyone has the financial backing to do that stuff. This is more like biking for real people. Good fun video. Nice grumping occasionally too, which is always endearing 😂
Thank you so much 💓💗💛💖
Crackin view of the reality of motorbikes. Pissin rain, everything soaked, cold, can't be bothered going for a pee. However, it's still the most fun thing to do
Great video saffy, your doing all the mistakes we've all done. Keep up the good work 👍
What a great video. I'm 45 and sitting my mod 2 next week and live in Cumbria on the NW coast and can't wait to hit the lovely roads the Lake District has to offer
Best of Luck! I'm originally from South Cumbria :) Lake District has a special place in my heart
I'm 62 and intending to do mod 2 this year. Good luck with it
Love everything about this video. So true and so fun. Thank you 🙏
Glad you enjoyed it! Hope you keep watching!
I’ve just watched this, although I appreciate it’s been online a while now. It’s great to see someone being honest about the trials and tribulations of a solo trip like this. We all make silly little mistakes every now and then, so it made me smile to know it’s not just me!
I had the pleasure of living in Scotland for nearly a decade, and miss those roads dearly.
Solo touring is an amazing thing to do, although I have a real anxiety whenever I don’t have eyes on my bike; whether it’s a quick wee stop or an overnighter.
If you’ve not toured abroad, I can recommend it. My parents live in the south of Spain, so I do an annual ride down there and back from Kent, through France. It’s amazing!
Anyway, thanks for the video. I’ll have a look at what else you’ve got on the channel 👍
As you have by now realized, a map is your best friend! They don't need recharging and won't quit on You! Just practice with them a lot and you will come to appreciate them a lot.. Sat nav is great, but undependable. Love your video, thank you so much for sharing.
So true! Thank you so much! Glad you enjoyed the video!
You my lady are great ..well done ..and you keep on doing great things ..
Thank you so much
Awesome video .. love your honesty in showing all the mistakes that we all make ..we have to, it's how we learn ... thank you for sharing
“Have an existential crisis and it’s just there on the right!” 🤣
You know it's true :p
For a first ever trip, you handled yourself fine. The next one will be much easier..
Thank you so much! Just got back from my second (although much smaller) trip! Video should be out next weekend ;D
very well done 800 miles big ride i am going up to scotland next week from essex on a old cs550 1979 with 104,000 on the clock lol davey
Sounds like an adventure and a half! Ride safe!
Loved the petrol station voice over lmao.
And you are soooo clumsy in a very loveable way! :)
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Quick tip for keeping your fingers dry: Call at a petrol station and pick up a pair of plastic gloves from near the diesel pump. Put them on an then put your gloves on over the top a carrier bag for each foot inside your boots works too.
Great video, definitely do not be hard on yourself everyone makes these mistakes when they are preoccupied, as you probably was thinking about your ride, route, weather etc. Ride safe
Thank you so much for your kind words
Great little adventure. Whenever you get out of your comfort zone and do something new, you'll make mistakes. It's how we grow. And navigating without a sat nav is a skill that so many don't have.
" somehow I'm in Durham" Saffy you're a scream 🤣🤣😂👍
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One of the most refreshing things I’ve seen on CZcams for a while...nice one Saffy.
Thank you so much! So glad you enjoy my content!
You look well in the alpinestars leathers ! keep up the good work because it really is an honest reflection of how things pan out.
Just done Ireland Belfast - cork - Killarney - dingle - Galway - Sligo - Back to Belfast then on to Dumfries before returning to Yorkshire 1600 miles.
The dingle peninsula was something else.
Greetings from Tameside Greater Manchester once again........ Loved this little jaunt you had...... Keep up the great work.... The perrils of putting your bike pants on before the toilet are very real..... Once again Loved it loved it loved it... Toodle Pip...😁😎👍📽️👊✌️🍻🏍️
Thanks for watching😊 the motorcycle pants struggle is all too real
Good ol reliable SV 650. My Vstrom 650 has done 80,000 kmts now and still going great . Just done tyres brake pads rear, and oil changes every 3 or 4 thousand kmts, pretty much same MTR as SV😊 bought it in Folkstone and took it back to NZ after the UK adv,
HI the best tip I have is get 2 foil survival blankets 1 under your sleeping mat and 1 on top your bag keep you warm and they fit in your kit
I love watching motorcycle touring around England and Scotland. You are very courageous lady taking your first solo trip for 800 miles, you learned a lot about yourself and how handle adversities. Congratulations. 2 tips for rainy weather carry large plastic bags to put on your feet inside your boots keep your feet dry. 2. pack 2 large towels to soak up as much moisture as possible from the inside your boots
Have fun on your future trips.
I'm so glad you got some proper waterproof gear and boots!
Fab film. Out of the many motovlog videos i have seen this is by far the most refreshing and entertaining by a country mile. Awesome!
Love it! Grit and determination. Also gave me a much needed chuckle this morning.
Thank you for that great video! That was nice to see your road trip
The petrol station directions bit killed me :'D
4:53 The absolute grumpiest person I’ve ever seen in my life. I wish I was that grumpy when I am grumpy
It's all a learning curve, being your first solo trip and figuring things out as you go I reckon you did ok, nice to see you put in your mistakes and wrong turns, it shows how down to earth you really are.
Thank you so much for your kind words 😭 🥰 here's to another year of madness
Hi Saffy, I have the same bike as you and have just completed my first solo ride that included the cat and fiddle and the snake pass, I thoroughly enjoyed it and want to go further now. great inspirational video, thank you.
So wounderful lovely and happy girl You seem to be. It was so fanny to see what a honest person is with all the positivity. Keep be youre self and ride safe and best luck in summer 2022
Thank you so much!
No matter what predicaments you get into you always manage to smile n laugh through it all......👍👍👍keep up the gud work
What a great, natural video, funny and inspiring... I unfortunately, would have to be more worried about loo stops but... Easier for blokes... Keep up the videos
Honestly, the first toilet break was a shock doing it wild but eventually you loose the shame 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Great to see you back, great vlog ride safe 👍
It's good to be back ☺️☺️☺️
Absolutely fantastic,
Really enjoyed the vid. Nice to see some good humour and honesty. Well done for completing your trip.
Thank you so much 😍💕
Hey! I found your channel today and had to subscribe! This is the second video I had watched of yours and I just love your personality. I love that you show your “mistakes” along with everything else. It makes the video so much more relatable/real for me. I have been riding for almost five years and plan to take my first solo motorcycle camping trip in 2022. Thanks for making quality content for all the female motorcyclists like me, and everyone else! ✌🏻
Excellent, a little map work is so fulfilling, I always purchased a new ordinance survey map when traveling
Afar. But that was 55 years ago, now google does the job. (Still like maps).
You still have to learn some things. but a nice review of your trip. When I travel I separate my clothing in plastic bags. That way they don't get wet and smelly. Boots are rarely waterproof, take several pairs of gloves with you. By over-boots and over-mittens for the rain., it's not that expensive. There are neck-collars for the rain and other things. Yes all the clothing for riding a bike ads up but when you buy good quality it has a long live. I am riding for more than 50 years and I just ordered my fifth pairs of boots and I am using my fifth helmet a Shoei Neotec II, expensive yes but very good. Previous one was a Shubert Concept, used 10 years. It's only my fourth winter jacket and fourth trousers (2 winter and 2 summer) I have 10 pairs of gloves from very light for warm weather to very cold. Yes in winter when the roads are dry you can drive very well, so minus 10 or more is no problem.
Your voice over of the guy giving you directions had me in tears 😂😂😂
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I just love the energy you have on these trips! Keep it up x
Thank you so much 💓
Brilliant, been wanting to do a trip like this for years!
Awesome adventure! Well done for doing it solo.👍
Thank you ☺️
Every trip is an experience you learn from. But keep going and keep doing them. I really enjoyed watching this.
Thank you so much :) Glad you enjoyed the video 😍
This made me smile. Good for you keeping the real bits in. Most rides have some sort of mishap - at least mine do; yours were really entertaining. Keep it up wee biking sister.
Thank you so much Del and welcome to the mad house
I've just done Scotland on my own for the first time from South Wales so feel your pain and done just under 1800miles. So a BIG well done to you and it will get easier in the future 😊
Loved it a proper review of a trip warts n all. Fair play Saffy 👏👍. Ride safe.
Thank you so much Andy! I try to be as honest as I can :D Hope you enjoyed the video, I have another coming out next Saturday
Well done
Perseverance and resilience definitely come to mind 👍
Thanks 😊
Good video, but you missed a heap of stunning Scottish roads and scenery. Give yourself more time up there next time.
Good to see more content Saffy. Keep it coming.
I didn't! Unfortunately, a few of my SD cards got corrupted from the rain and I had to make the video with what I had which was a shame!
@@SaffySprocket Lomo Bags will keep your kit dry, they are also superb price, can’t recommend them enough
Great video 👍👍👍
Absolutely enjoyed your video made me laugh all the way through keep it up it's only get better
Thank you 😊💕
Great video, awesome trip and in the rain for most of it no wonder you felt grumpy. Looking forward to your next video maybe the North Coast 500 as you like Scotland.
It was so cold riding in the rain 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Very recognisable!
Thank you :-)
Sat watching this and hearing you gush over the A7/A68 route - I love that road and follow it from Edinburgh to Otterburn/Hexham quite a lot. It's a beautiful twisty road. So glad that guy suggested it to you!
Good to see the not perfect human side of vloging great video hope you enjoyed the ride looked like fun
😻😻 thanks
Absolutely brilliant adventure here well done you part of getting lost makes it more exciting trousers and jacket always over boots and gloves stops you getting wet very impressed 1st solo journey you stay safe 👍👍👍👍👍
Thank you so much Deg! Wet socks are literally the worst too!
Saffy, you definitely present tragicomedy. The tilted horizon is so symbolic.
I do love an occasional Dutch tilt 😂
So glad I've discovered this channel.so fresh and real.keep up the great work.we need some t-shirts lol
It's amazing keep it up ... stay safe and discover more fun ... I wish one will take my girl on fun full tour
Wow! That's the first video longer than 15min that I've actually enjoyed watching from start to finish. All the ups and downs it's exactly like every trip I go on on the motorcycle 😅 it had everything, getting wet, breaking something, getting lost, getting dry, Happy times, hangry times, epic realisations and best of all getting lost haha absolutely cracking video and just the right balance of scenic riding and chatting to the camera. Best bit was around the 16min point when you got on the A7 and your happiness of a great road and some good weather it was beautiful. Look forward to your next adventure 😁
Thank you so much! I really enjoyed the A7 alot!!!!
I really enjoyed your video. Your positivity and your sassyness (yorkshire) despite the problems you had really made this video stand out to all the rest. Thank you for uploading. I was in the lake district this weekend just gone, it's a beautiful place with lovely roads 🙂
Glad you enjoyed it!
A good tip for riding in the rain, keep 2 plastic carrier bags handy and put them on your feet before you put your boots on and your feet will be dry and roasty toasty.
Honeslty. This. ahahaha
You have such a positive attitude and it's great watching these videos. I think you could be Ewan Mcgregors new partner on one of his Long Way series!
Just go old school with directions taped to your tank. If it rains put it in a plastic bag. Doesn't break, go flat or lose signal.😁
Amazing nowadays with our phones and sat nav we never get lost .As a 50 yr old biker I used maps all my biking life until the last 7 or 8 yrs when I gave up using a road maps and went for the ease of the electronics. And sometimes I would love to go back to the maps it seemed more exciting. Great ride thanks.
Haha, Kes-Wick. Fantastic video, great content.
;D thanks
Thank you for sharing your adventures, looks like a pair of gaitors from any outdoor shop may be useful to keep water out of your boots (maybe Decathlon good value). I like your honesty I got soaked in the rain recently and have now purchased a set of Oxford Rainseal in hi viz green my plan is to bung them on over my standard gear, they do a top n bottoms or a onesee, so good that you highlighted the issue with your phone, shit happens 😏 maybe i will bring maps on my big trip when i find the courage to get out, i would like to go to Eyemouth over the Scottish border
I did eventually upgrade my gear as my travels went on!
Kudos for sticking at it nothin worse the being wet and cold great watch keep it up you did great : )
Thank you 💕💕😊
Hello from AUS. Congrats on that epic first solo trip. 800 miles is not to be sneezed at. Well done.
I was thinking that yes lots of things have changed in the almost 40 yrs since my first big trip, but the rookie errors are still much the same as the ones I made all those yrs ago.
I still make some of them !
I'm sure you will have many more to come.
Thank you 💕 Rookie mistakes will never change 🤣
Well done Saffy nice run out, I will have to keep my eye out for you when you are riding in Manchester, ps got the same bike
Thanks Steve ☺️☺️☺️
Well done. Glad you kept the bad bits in as well as the good. Next time should be easier as you would have learned so much from your first trip.
Go girl!
Watching you on this trip really makes me want to get out there on my bike, even though its getting cold. Great video! Tip from my hiking days is to stick newspaper in wet boots to soak up all the water. Much faster than trying to use a handryer (although I've been there)
800 miles with a rucksack, noooo, invest in a tank bag, invaluable piece of kit, write your general route on paper,, major road numbers, and slide it in the transperent pocket on the top of the tank bag,,, old school,,, enjoyed this vid keep the cockups in,, ride safe
ahahah I only use my rucksack for very light things like my purse and lunch
Hilarious. Loved it.
Thank you so much!
Very well done! 👍😎
I'm off on around a 500ish miles trip this weekend,from Glasgow to the Applecross Pass on my MT-125 & camping, but have another few lads with me, as not so called manly enough to go by myself! 😂🤣😂👍
Don't think it's down to manliness :D Spending time with friends is a great way to spend the weekend
Amazing really natural video.
Thank you so much!
thanks for this
it makes me feel I'm not the only one muddling my way through a journey and i have been told my navigation skills are ZERO good
i say life is an adventure so i don't mind
as long as I'm alone 🤣🤣 but i have my old android phone in a waterproof case sharing data from my iphone
A MAP HMMM what's that then.
happy travels i will be watching😁
not in a creepy way🤣
I love watching this one ,I don't know if it's the mistakes you made that brought tears to my eyes with laughter or my wife punching me telling me to be quiet . Just remind yourself ,you did it ( how is another question) . Take care Mal in Australia
great vid enjoyed all of it please make more come up to durham we have some great roads over the pennines .
Durham is on my list, I was on the East Coast Last weekend! Wales is next - but then I'm going to have a weekend or two off while I recover - then hopefully back on it :)
This is BOLD for the first solo go Girl ✌️
Great video you have a true spirt for adventure and without a Sat Nav 👏
Thank you so much 😘
I so much enjoyed this episode. Love your scuba style!! And all the funny mishaps witch i can relate to. What i am wondering....... how did you move the spots from the left corner of your mouth to the right?????? Pure magic!. Saffy...you did put a smile on my face. Thank you!
You tried to do too much in one day, don't push yourself so hard and you won't get as tired and you will enjoy the ride more. It's a lot harder doing the milage on a bike than in a car I find. Enjoy your riding, it really is the best. Xx
Thanks for the tips!
Saffy, great vids, but don't tap the fuel tank with the nozzle, metal to metal creates sparks and we don't want you getting to your destination too quickly......🙂 x.
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Hello from BR! Nice trip! Stay safe!
Thank you! Ride safe
800 miles for your first solo trip is good going 👍. You could do with a little more help from a more experienced rider just to finesse things. Get yourself some good waterproof boots and gloves, I know they are expensive but if they keep you warm and dry 😁 worth every penny. Looking forward to your next trip.
My first solo trip was also my first trip ahahah :D and honestly, I don't think anything is waterproof in Scottish rain
@@SaffySprocket I've done thousands of miles in torrential rain, and true waterproof trousers, jackets and boots definitely exist. Not textile stuff, it's all only shower proof, but proper plastic coated waterproofs are a must have. Because they're also wind proof they make a HUGE difference on cold days.
Waterproof gloves however, are a myth. 😂
EDIT: My top tip is to only ever trust plastic to be waterproof. I even wrap my luggage in bin bags before strapping it down. Also has the advantage of keeping it all clean!
@@ElMuelio Try out the Klim Gortex range, it can even beat the Scottish weather
OK, so where’s my postcard and stick of rock, did you manage to catch any Haggis while up there or were their little legs too fast for you.
Yep, as soon as you hit Longtown, Canobie and Langholme you are in the Scottish Borders.
Things have changed since I was young and found out that no matter how tight you tied the string to hold your gear on it ALWAYS managed to work loose with every bounce, but elastic bungie cord springs back after every jolt so it worked in THE OLDEN DAYS. Then again, we didn’t have Velcro then.
Out of all the travels and rallies I have done; it has always been the ones that never went smoothly that were the most memorable, even after 50 odd years I still remember them.
Impressed, that’s what bikes were made for.
Got lost in the post 🤣🤣🤣🤣
I'm trying to get back to riding therefore any little info is highly appreciated and this was really great to watch and very motivational too. Thanks for sharing it. Any possible videos regarding your luggage or even tools taken on the trip would also be really great. Safe rides out there! 👍👍
I do have a separate video on what luggage I took, and I'm planning on filming some more explaining what I didn't really need (I'm an overpacker)
@@SaffySprocket great, thank you!!
Enjoyed your vid, I often go on solo trips, last one was fran
France I meant, keep it up 😀
Well Saffy, I know this was a few months ago but you done it, isn't it the best feeling! Hard going at times these bike journeys but people wonder why we bikers do, and that feeling you get when you are on your bike stays with you for rest of your life, isn't that good. You also make me laugh, and I say good on you, wish I was there with you:-)
Well done safe riding
You are so brave,Well done 👍👏👏
Thank you so much ☺ you're too kind ☺
@@SaffySprocket
I also planned to go to Scotland this summer by motorcycle for driving, hiking and camping and then the whole of Britain and then the whole of Europe and the world. One question I want to ask is what program do you use to edit the video?
I have no idea 🤷♂️
Enjoyed your video!
Thank you ☺️
Brilliant videos I’m really enjoying them, I had a naked bike and traded it in for a Royal
Enfield Himalayan, yes it’s slow but for the journeys you are doing it might be worth considering one day and it’s got bags of character … just like you.
Well that was an adventure 😁👍🏼
That was the point of the trip 😁
Best adventures are always the ones with a story!
Great video! Road trip fun .... 🤪
You should totally base yourself from your sisters in Perth for a trip. Thats part of my stomping ground, and the roads around the area (well from Perth north really) are epic.
That said I may have to look at getting over the border sometime, got to give England a chance 😉
Wow! Great!
Thank you so much :D