Mental Health Motorbike Ride to Recruit May 2021

I sometime question my judgement. Of the many purchases during lockdown one was a wall clock in the shape of a blue partially open sardine tin. A yellow fish forms the pendulum which wobbles side to side. In my defence I was not aware when I checked out online that the clock ticks, but tick […]

Helping the community with training, or how to be less of a dick

You wake up, you stumble into the shower, get dressed and do work. You eat, you drink, you get some brief entertainment from the show on TV that you aren’t really bothered about. You go to bed. Occasionally you get to go out and ride that motorcycle you keep in the garage. Sometimes you get […]

A Tale of Two Countries

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it […]

Supporting Mental Health Motorbike at the Overland Event

From today through to Sunday you can pick up a copy of my book, Are We Doing the Stelvio Today?, at the Overland Event. Throughout this year I have been working to support Mental Health Motorbike who are a new organisation with the goal of tackling the issues faced by the biking community. What does […]

Unexpected travel disruption leads to Pre-Adventure

Pre-adventure is having to make changes on the fly before departure. Is this classed as part of the adventure? If you accept, as I do, that the planning is part of the journey then the answer is yes. Planning – Revision 1 I previously wrote about the planning for the next trip to the Picos, […]

Planning the Picos

This year I have written off, or had cancelled, many trips. Most notable of these was the trip to the Isle of Man with two very close friends from the US. I should also mention the Mediterranean cruise booked for my 30th wedding anniversary. Should that have taken priority of a mention over the TT? […]