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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.
Other than being on the road, I can’t think of a better way for a travel enthusiast to spend their time than reading this book. Ureka stands as the best new motorcycle travel book I’ve read this year. Why? Read on…
It surprised me! You’ll see why it also delighted. Let’s put it this way, if you’ve never listened to an audiobook before, then well, this one might be the start of something new. Zen Motorcyclist think so.
So how did the ride go? The ride? The 50th anniversary of the ride made in 1964 from John O’Groats to Land’s End on the original Royal Enfield Continental GT. The ride started in appalling weather up in Scotland, and the two teams of riders who brought the bikes down into England had an extremely […]