What is the best luggage you can buy for a motorcycle? There is no single answer to that question. It depends on what you want to carry? Where are you going and for how long? Are you camping or staying in accommodation? Many factors apply when considering not only what suits you but what suits […]
Read More How to survive the many options of motorcycle luggageWay back when you were almost obliged to have a Lemsip to treat a cold at least once a year. You may have been unlucky to have had influenza. Should you complain you then had stage two flu, otherwise known as man flu. For most of us a global pandemic never crossed our mind, and […]
Read More Brewing a roadside adventure with a cup of teaA seasoned camper knows his stuff. He knows how to handle the elements, work with the conditions at hand, and be resourceful. He also knows what he needs from his kit, and in the case of a motorcycle camper, he knows how to pack light. Such is a seasoned camper. I’m not one of those. […]
Read More On the road with camp 2.0I had returned from Spain. I’d unpacked and accounted for everything. I’d washed the bike and now my attention had turned to what next? Not wanting to go over the same old ground and with renewed enthusiasm after a successful tour, I was looking for something new. I was only looking for day trips to […]
Read More GPS is more what you’d call ‘guidelines’ than actual rulesCastles and Knights Surrounded by mountains, the city of Ponferrada straddles the course of the Sil River. It was also home to the aforementioned Castillo de los Templarios, a Templar castle which covers approximately 16,000 square meters. In 1178, Ferdinand II of León donated the city to the Templar order for protecting the pilgrims on […]
Read More Travelling Northern Spain – A tale of Picos and Pinchos (3/3)The Potes Triangle The following morning was bright and clear with barely a cloud in the sky. Our planned route was around the coveted Potes Triangle. Unsurprisingly a triangular route around the Picos de Europa. Looking at it on a map it seemed to offer everything from hairpins, tight curves and faster sections with long […]
Read More Travelling Northern Spain – A tale of Picos and Pinchos (2/3)