Many years ago I was a keen motorcyclist. These days, with too many other hobbies, I don't have a bike but back then I was an IAM Observer, commuting every day and out on a run nearly every weekend come rain, shine, snow, ice..... whatever the Manchester weather could throw at me. One memorable run on a windy and cold winter Sunday we rode along the top of the moors from Glossop to Buxton, horizontal snow/hail and almost white-out conditions. When we stopped in Buxton for a brew several of us got parking tickets on the bikes 'cos we were parked in unidentifiable parking bays in the car park........