9th May Oakamoor

Day before off and I'm eating a sausage sandwich in Oakamoor. Sun's out too. The inevitable "what have I forgotten ?" question is beginning to niggle. I find that whilst you can become fixated by such things as the volume of shreddies (5 in my case) & whether to pack spare trousers (no, you don't), the only thing to really think about is paperwork. For me, that's passport, US visa for later (ESTA), insurance, flight stuff & my wallet. For the bike, that's the exception letter for customs, original reg. certificate, insurance & pick up/return depot stuff. Think that's it. Oh, & to be on the safe side I've got a map & satnav. Former does not cover the area I'm heading to first (British Columbia to the Yukon) & the latter has a new unproven data card. So we're good to go - well sort of.