"Corsicaworld": the chapter ends.

In these idle winter months, I have found myself thinking about a trip we took many years ago on our airheads. So I went digging around old hard drives and found some photos from that trip, that we had jokingly called Der Korsika Blitzkrieg and I think it's high time they found a home here. You can see them on this page in chronological order, they speak for themselves anyway so I don't need to add more nonsense.

I haven't been back to Corsica since 2012 and I have longed to go back every year since I last was there, some years more than others.

In 2016, Marco and Witold went on a fast tour over there and discovered a few new places that would be worth a second look, such as a high-altitude campsite. I would also love to revisit some fan-favorites such as l'Agriates and the entirety of routes D69 and D84, but the truth is, after all this time, that there's really no telling as to if and when we'll set foot on that playground of an island again.

Their 2016 tour was not without its troubles (yes, that really is Marco towing Witold in one of the photos below), and the two learned some very valuable lessons about what can go wrong with these bikes. We've since done our best to be prepared by bringing some tools and spare parts based on what happened to them (and to others over the years), namely an ignition control unit getting fried. More on that below the fold.

Above: no, that's not Witold's GS, it's a cow. The cow is smaller and much lighter.

Ah, the breakfast of champions.

So, Corsica just isn't going to happen, but other trips might.

Witold has a new connect with the adventure world: he's already been to Tunisia, crossed the Pyrenees off-road, gone through some Balkan states, really putting his GSPD through the wringer and it's fair to say that bike now needs a full rebuild (it didn't let him down though). He's also had a Yamaha single cylinder rebuilt in "Gauloises Blondes" livery that he test rode (and already crashed) in Sardinia; it will be his ride for the next adventure. If I manage to go ride, there will be some prep work to do on the bike and some spares and tools to set aside, including an ignition control unit...

Corsica is in the past; the future takes us to God, the Country and the King.