Bob and Bonzo, connoisseurs of quirky road trips, fired up the Honda Blackbirds and set off for the north of England with a cheeky detour into Scotland, on a mission to bag the last stops of this year’s Grim Riders sculpture trail.
First stop, Henry Moore’s King and Queen at Glenkiln, presiding over the countryside like statuesque monarchs (and a few very confused sheep). Next, Edinburgh for the Giraffes, a pair of towering scrap metal wonders that had Bob wondering what his bike might get turned into next time he wrote it off.
Then it was on to Gateshead for the Angel of the North, wings spread wide enough to make Bonzo briefly reconsider his career as a sidecar passenger, followed by Peterlee’s Apollo Pavilion, all brutalist concrete and 1960s sci-fi vibes. Last stop, Middlesbrough, for a look at Kapoor’s Temenos, a steel loop so vast it probably needs its own postcode.
They rolled home with camera rolls full of sculptures and bikes covered in more miles and mud than usual. A road trip worth the retelling, even if their mates have heard about it one too many times since.
Websites: Sculpture Trail Ride Google Map
