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Everything is different, at the other side of the North Sea. That excentric habit of riding at the wrong side of the road, to
queue without pushing people aside, to celebrate everything old...
The nicest aspect is that it makes a great motorcycle country: narrow roads everywhere, many hills and mountains, and people who not
only love motorcycles and cars, but also are very good drivers. Of course, the English way: always a gentleman...
In September 2001, Ernst and me took some days off, on to England. Our plan was to reach Exmoor, and we succeeded, but it was a ridiculously
long ride in a couple of days.
The UK is fantastic: it's simply is the most beautiful motorcycle country in the world, because of the roads, the corners, the small-scale
landscape, and especially because the traffic, where going fast is appreciated (and because the English, as everyone knows, just are crazy).
To 
Exmoor...
In August, 1997, I went along, on a BMW R1100GS, on a greenlaning trip with British XT500 enthousiasts.
It was a mighty experience, both to discover the greenlaning tradition, and to do that on my big, heavy BMW.
To Greenlaning...
