Stuffy article? Far from it.
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With India Bike Week kicking off, my thoughts have been meandering in that direction this morning. I started to think about the people you meet along the way and how so often they will surprise you. I was also thinking about how dangerous preconceived ideas can be; about how important it is for a travellers […]
Into the Horizon states on its cover that it’s all about a lifelong obsession with motorcycles. So it is, but much more too.
One of my favourite bits of travel kit is…
An officer strode directly towards us. He was wearing a black paramilitary outfit. The crowd of other people trying to cross the border parted without a word…
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 […]
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.
Sometimes a traveller’s plans simply don’t work out as intended, but for Sam every mishap is the beginning of a unique adventure; silver linings do exist.