I leave on Monday week for Spain and Portugal, into more heat and fire-warnings, hopefully easing by then.
I have new tyres, Heidenau K60 Sport, 50-50 road and off-road, courtesy of Two Tyres, not that far away over in Greenwich, who did a good job while my KTM dealer in Ipswich couldn’t look at my bike till mid-September.

A couple of impulsive buys on my last visit to the Adventure Bike Shop in Suffolk and I have saved some weight on this and future travels – just over 1kg on a lighter disk lock and compressor.