Travelling Northern Spain – A tale of Picos and Pinchos (1/3)

I’m no stranger to the ferry to Spain. Over the years when my Dad lived near La Cala de Mijas I’ve taken numerous sprints from Bilbao or Santander to Malaga and around the coast. These previous trips had always been transporting his cars back and forth from the UK, with all other visits by air. […]

Post Brexit Euro travel with a dash of Pandemic

It seems a lifetime since I last travelled in Europe. Looking back it was a very different time. Brexit had yet to happen and a global pandemic wasn’t even a consideration. Some travellers did manage to get onto the continent in the short period between lockdowns. All I managed to achieve was a shelved plan […]

Travelling the world overland, two weeks at a time

If I ever presented at The Overland Event it occurs to me that this would be the title of my talk. Like many people who have such commitments that their travel plans are limited to two week chunks, I approach my RTW travel in sections each with a sticker loving adorned to the luggage like […]

What survival techniques I learnt at the ABR Festival

Having had the ticket for what seems forever and having recently added a Thursday VIP ticket I embarked on a four day excursion to the Adventure Bike Rider Festival at Ragley Hall. Ok, so it wasn’t life or death survival but it was my first camping experience outside of the back garden. I lasted two […]

The Distinguished Gentlemen’s Ride featuring Mental Health Motorbike

The events documented in Are We Doing the Stelvio Today? seem a distant memory given the worldwide events that have happened since. The months that followed that trip were taken up with writing the book and then bringing it to publication. Then the pandemic placed almost everything on pause. But not everything. I was about […]

Cornish tales of Distinguished Gentlemen

It seems remiss of me that I have not posted an update as to my activity. Especially so when there is so much fluidity to my plans. My plans for May and the baton relay ride would have to change. It was decided that this would be postponed, a fate of many events over the […]