Destination Ace Cafe London..

..two years ago rats headed darn sarf in search of the legendary caff and it seemed fitting and appropriate that they should make a return journey in August 06.

Scary, Bugsy, FBA and Slime made good time heading down to London, deftly avoiding the monsoons and pausing at services for pie, pop and photos

Once again the rat ritual began.. take a bottle of Lucozade, a wimpering rat and lick his head until he agrees to buy pies for the rats for ever

Hard to explain how Warrs is the oldest dealer on the planet or summat.. 'twas the usual corporate bollox as featured in all the other dealers.. couple of nice bikes there tho..

Instead of pratting aboot taking pictures, the rats should have paid more attention to the rolling black clouds heading in from the north.. Rats rode thru' bouncin' rain, thru the centre of London with taxis casually nudging them off their bikes and into the gutter at every junction

But hey! cool cars and even cooler bikes (belonging to rats - obviously) at the Ace.. then a quick stroll up the road for a tasty bit of chinese pie and a couple of beers.

Scary IS a beautiful eater.. and four battered kittens later .. he was full and ready for pudding

Sunday brought baking sun and cool breezes.

Nightmare on the North Circular.. Slime was beyond consoling when they discovered he was to share a bed with FBA..

several tense and frantic phone calls later, he had his own bed and the uncontrollable sobs and wimpering ceased..

Wherever there's a window - there will be FBA - with a bit of a glazed look..

bit of a pane but that's the way it is..

And there are videos on the rat rides page if you need to see more of this epic trip..