Diary of a Detour

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Hi, I’m Ali and I love to travel and take nice photos.  Whether that’s on one of my scooters, to street art locations or on holiday adventures worldwide.  You can read about it all here! 

In 2018 I was diagnosed with breast cancer, which I also write about honestly to try and break the taboos of this subject.

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Isle Of Wight Scooter Rally 2003

Friday We arrived at the ferry terminal and hadn’t been there more than two minutes when someone planted a huge kiss on the back of my head.   Luckily it wasn’t...

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Woolacombe Scooter Rally 2003

When we got to the do on Friday night it was being evacuated as someone had set off the fire alarms.   Despite wanting to hang around to see some firemen,...

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Modrapheniacs Rally – 2002

The gods were smiling on us as we rode down to Dorset, keeping the rain at bay for the 2 hour journey.  Everyone else was already there so we cracked...

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Camber Sands Scooter Rally – 2002

So, it was my third Camber rally but the first ever with my son, Sam.   It started off well, we sneaked off to the swimming pool early, before anyone else...

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Isle of Wight Scooter Rally 2002

I didn’t actually write much about this rally which is surprising as so much happened! For example, I got together with Lee, my future husband! I had the best time,...

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Woolacombe Scooter Rally 2002

I’d only got 10 miles down the road when Stacey rang with the bad news that Jamie had suffered a blow-out at 65mph near Bournemouth.   An ambulance was on its...

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Bridlington Scooter Rally 2002

I didn’t write any words to go with this, sadly, so please just enjoy the gallery. Some of the photos are not for those of a nervous disposition. It was...

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