Paying the price

This is my girlfriend Sandra and her Yamaha YBR250 on their first 1000-mile trip, from London, through Snowdonia and all over Wales. A dream ride, she had no problem whatsoever keeping up with my FZS600. This is by the Llandudno Cable Car, at the tip of Marine Drive — a four-mile scenic coastal road that shouldn’t be missed (despite the £1.50 toll charge). An otherwise phenomenal tour, until I left her backpack on a park bench in Coventry, including her three-day-old Rukka gloves, passport, driver’s licence and wallet — never to be seen again. I’ve been doing the oil changes ever since… Roman Mittermayr