Cologne Motorcycle Show
This was a splendid end to the 1978 season. The last two riders were lucky to find where we were staying. A lorry shed its load between us as we left the autobahn at Cologne. But we were not superstitious about there being 13 of us on the run.
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As well as enjoying the motorcycle show we also took a ride along the Mosel valley and visited Traben-Trabach where a group of us had made friends the previous year.
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The Mosel wine was refreshing. The Baverian beer very strong and very necessary with strong goulash soup. We tip-toed back into the hotel at night and crept silently up the stairs. Right at the top of the stairs Wendy Piggott knocked over a huge Chinese urn and it took the other twelve of us to catch it.
- Ben Crossley