It's amazing what you stumbling across

We set off from Skovde heading inevitably south knowing we only had about 250 miles to do today. We decided to head off down minor roads and explore a little and perhaps even find some good roads. After a while, we were held up at road works and noticed an advert on the van in front of us for a Motorcycle museum. Perhaps the botanical gardens or the Viking burial ground was a stetch but Tim was definitely up for this.

It was a place called Falkoping and we found the museum by looking at a town info board. Ironically a few minutes later the van pulled in as it was in fact one of the owners of the place!

It is a fascinating hoard of bikes with the oldest dating back to 1904. Two of the four guys who own it were there and are pictured below with me, Lennart (right) and Goran. The were very hospitable and made us coffee and fed us sticky buns. The museum was on three floors and they had hundreds of old bikes. Lennart ( Magnusson) had been a speedway rider in his youth and there is quite a collection of speedway bikes. In the picture with Tim, he is showing him a photograph of him doing motorcross in 1954!

What a great day! They have a website at http://www.mcmuseet.se/

Reluctantly we left Falkoping and rode on. We decided to press on so that we could visit the ship musem in Malmo where there is a German WWII U-boat. I have driven past the U-boat a lot as I visit my company's HQ in Malmo but have never found time to visit. Unfortunately, we arrived at 1630 and the place had closed at 1600.  I will visit it one day!

Ok, so time for a beer in the main square before heading to our hotel. NB This is not a drink driving confession!

Going out to dinner in Malmo tonight and then tomorrow have a big day in terms of miles so repeat ten times " We will not go mad tonight...we will not go mad tonight....we will not go mad tonight......."