Hi Martyn and all at the forum.
The Autumnal weather has started to have an impact already, high winds, horizontal wind and sub 10 degree temperatures. Derwentside is only about 20 miles from us, so it will have similar weather.
My last good ride out was on my 2015 Bonneville to a 2nd world war revival Festival near
the end of July, at Kent. My sons Bmw 650 conked out down there and had to be transported back home. I collected a speeding offence on the way back through Lincolnshire on the Bonneville but I still enjoyed the ride.
My other bikes are : 1967 Triumph T90, 1955 Matchless G3LS/C all alloy Trials and a 1933 AJS 33/12 "Bigport" 250, OHV. The older bikes only get ridden around our farm but I like to get a few thousand miles on the Bonneville each year. I bought the Matchless from over Derwentside about 2 yrs ago, you might possibly have spotted it in the past.
regards Ed