I’ve been thinking about mistakes, humour & ice. A weird combination? So what sparked this thought process?
Author Archives: Sam Manicom
The heat of the day was full upon me and knowing that I should get out of the sun for a while I pulled over…
Endeavour 360 contacted me a few days ago with a series of questions about travel, the world of travel and could I offer any hints and tips?
I fell into this book and didn’t emerge until I’d finished it!
Birgit and I would like to wish you all a very Happy Christmas and a Brilliant New Year. We hope that whatever you have planned for the season, you, your families and your friends have a wonderful time. I love this time of year because we all get together and the feeling of goodwill is […]
Ex Magazine. “So what is all this overlanding lark all about and how did you get into it?”
‘I want to ask you some questions you’ve probably never been asked before.’
I was contacted by Jim Martin from the Canadian on line radio station Adventure Rider Radio. Would I be willing to be interviewed? ‘If we are going to be talking travel,’ said I, ‘then absolutely.
I put off reading this book until I had the time to do it justice – it waited quite a while in the end! Why wait? Well, this is a book by a first time author about riding a Triumph Bonneville motorcycle across the USA; 3 months on as many of the non-main routes as possible. I liked the idea and I wanted it to be a great read, but I was worried that it could be a hackneyed, cliché packed, monotonous diary.
I was delighted when the team at Adventure Bike TV asked me to be their first ‘Under the Visor’ interviewee. This is how it went.