Spring weather returns to Provence so a dream ride through four départements, Bouches du Rhône (13), Alpes-de-Haute-Provence (04), Var (83) and Vaucluse (84). Warm enough to play and no sign of the strong winds that had been forecast. Checking in en route with Lionél in Peyrolles-en-Provence, who looks after my bike, and very happy to find the convenient boulangerie in Gréoux-les-Bains has reopened with a new boulanger and staff. That’s a Tarte Citron I’m enjoying in my photo. Then up the twisty road to the Valensole plateau for a ride through the fields of lavender with distracting views of the snowy Alps above Allos and Barcelonette.

Unlike yesterday’s: Marseille snow

Going home time from the GBMCC pub night. The last of about three dozen club members striking a pose and getting ready to ride home after another popular club event in Kennington, southeast London.

Photographically, this is the latest in my series of photos of “After the...”

• After the party
• The morning after

If you want to ride stylish then a Bonneville 750 or a Vespa PX125 are good choices but today’s blizzard means it is probably not a good day to ride the bike to work in London.

Not the largest motorbike show in the UK, taking just one of the ExCel’s four halls this year, but with plenty of bike art on display. There’s a current fashion for retro styling of new bikes, so including numerous restored “classic” bikes on the stands fits well. This makes an opportunity to explore the visual aspects of motorcycle engineering over the years from a 1938 Brough Superior model SS80, similar to that owned by TE Lawrence, through the first 1970s Kawasaki models to the latest production Suzuki GSXR.

Read more: London Motorcycle Show 2018