Looking forward to a fresh start

My writing comes from my experiences. When the experiences are limited, then so is the writing. I am reminded of this while browsing my posts over the last year, or rather lack of. To further reinforce this I stumbled upon a stub of text that I wrote back in November 2019. I was barely home […]

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 […]

Mental Health First Aid Training Courses

I have been a supporter of Mental Health Motorbike and have helped out wherever possible with the donation of books for them to sell for fundraising. It is with this in mind the I wanted to help with awareness of the training courses they run. Could you spot the signs of a friend, family member […]

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 […]