I took the opportunity to sit down with him and talk about his life on the road for the podcast. Since we were sitting in my dining room, we talked …and talked …and TALKED for over an hour! That makes this the longest episode of the podcast, but it’s well worth listening to, if for no other reason than to glean pearls of wisdom from Sam’s hard-earned experience.
I was knocked off my bike in California earlier this year – the classic, ‘Sorry mate I didn’t see you.’ I would have been a real mess, even at the slow speed I was doing, had I been wearing ordinary jeans.
Africa. A dark and dangerous land?
I’ll never forget the sensation I had when I started out on this. I knew that I could be making a huge mistake…
Insurance. What do you do if you are planning a long distance adventure outside of your country or region?
17th, 18th & 19th of February at the ExCeL Centre – London Docklands
If you are reading this then you may well know that I’ve been lucky enough to ride a couple of trips through Africa on a bike. Both a year long. Brilliant fun! So how about some top tips?
Whatever you are up to…
Perhaps just one or two days
A man in a work-worn dull brown pick-up pulled up alongside us. He wore a battered beige cowboy hat…