bookworm - simple answer is 'as often as I can!' - sorry, don't mean to be flippant, but I would hope to get up for a few hours at least once or twice a week. The once or twice a month do a long-run, with a full compliment of drunks and vagabonds, and then a few times a year go even further. I would expect to do Cork to Leicester (guess = approx. 600miles) return 5/6 times a year, and then even further travels to as far as the bird will fly for extended holiday cruising a couple of times a year. Does that help?