Loss of father

[Anonymous 1]

I lost my dad to cancer on 8th January this year, after a long battle. He wanted to come home from hospital and we as a family worked hard to make that happen.
We were with him to the end. During our long nights together as I did four nights a week doing his waking care, we had long talks about life and everything. He seldom slept much.
He said spend your money on experiences, not get to the end of life saying I wish I had done etc etc with a pile of money left over winding up a rich man in the cemetery.
He invited suggestions from the family as to what they would like to do to see the world.
I said in a moment of madness I’d like to do Wheels and Waves show in Biarritz, France in June.
Right ! he says, ride the Royal Enfield down there and be a man, don’t take the Yamaha, far too easy. (distance is 965 miles each way)
Well dad I’ll have to make a few modifications says I, well use the workshop machinery and get on with it he says.

Later, a few days after his death I was handed a sealed letter by my mother, it had been dictated to the hospice at home nurse in his final days as he could no longer see to write. It contained a considerable sum of money and just a few words. ‘make that bike do the journey we talked about, learn along the way, enjoy it and get back safe’, Dad.

He was never a man to use many words, led a very private life and seldom spoke to many people. he built model steam engines in his retirement.
He was a damn good engineer with a vast amount of knowledge and I relied on him as a source of reference.
He was 81, he had been married since 1958 and my mother has been very traditional old school, doesn’t agree with modern women at all.

So I will be making that journey starting on the 8th June finishing hopefully on 22nd back in UK. Dad is coming with me, some of his ashes making the journey in a small stainless cylinder next to my engine. Hopefully he will have a chat with the boss upstairs to give me good weather.

[Anonymous 42]

Sorry for your losses, Engineer.

Your post is very inspiring!

I spent just the right amount on FUN!

I $PENT ALL OF IT!

[Anonymous 1]

I’ll try to spend all of mine, before getting the the grave saying wow what a ride.

[Anonymous 54]

I am sorry for your Loss Engineer.

I wish you, your Dad and the Royal Enfield a safe, memorable and Spiritual Ride!!!

[Anonymous 6]

Sorry for your loss Engineer, wishing you a safe journey when the time comes and I hope the sun will be shining down on you during your travels brother!

[NerdTunnelerParticipant]

My condolences…

Good luck Engineer…Make your old man proud…

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[GnosticParticipant 2491]

My condolences.

Put a good show for your father.

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[Anonymous 43]

Dang it, another good man has left us. Ride the Enfield in his memory. It will be ok if you stop once in a while to pick bugs out of your eyes, sometimes the little buggers get past the face plate or goggles. Clear vision for safety.

Last conversation I had with my Dad we were talking about how bright the stars are in Western Kansas. Sometimes when I’m feeling like crap, I’ll go out, far from the light pollution of the city and go look at the stars.

My dad dropped dead while making dinner two days later. Poof, lights out, gone. Free from his aches and pains, arthritis since he was 25 wrecked his hands and knees.

He and my family helped me get through all the bulls~~~. In that conversation about stars, I thanked him for all the help and that someday I would be free from the c~~~ and my kids would find me, things would be good again, way better than the previous years.

[AwakenedParticipant 35201]

At least you had the opportunity to say “Good Bye” in both of your own ways during his last days.

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[MutineerParticipant 1467]

My condolences also.

Good luck on your journey.

“Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming “Wow! What a Ride!”
― Hunter S. Thompson,

"The secret to happiness is freedom... And the secret to freedom is courage." - Thucydides

[AttonParticipant]

81 that is a hell of a life span.

A MGTOW is a man who is not a woman's bitch!

[SandalsParticipant 4253]

Amazing story. Thank you for sharing.

[GeraldParticipant 3620]

Sounds like an awesome man and an awesome trip.

No longer can we walk away, we must run. Remove the motive power.

[DocParticipant]

You made me crack just a little then when I reached the point in your story about the letter. That is epically beautiful.

On the 24th February it will be the 3rd anniversary of my Dad’s passing. My Dad didn’t wait for nature to take him, instead he hastened that process considerably with several cable ties.

Anyway – I am sincerely sorry for your loss Engineer.

Ride that Enfield. My Grandfather has one.

The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape, finding oneself in the ranks of the insane. Marcus Aurelius

[NerevarParticipant 8040]

My condolences, brother!

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[MarketWatcherParticipant]

I am sorry for your loss. Your father sounds like a great man. Awesome to get the letter. Fix that bike up and go brother.

[PuniShredderParticipant 2268]

That’s beautiful man!! Sorry for your loss. I never had a dad, only a piece of s~~~ sperm donor but I always imagined a good dad would be like yours. God Speed.

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