April Fool Round-Up

It’s finally here, my new house, and with it (most importantly) is my new garage! I was adamant from day one that this garage was going to be a shrine to my bike. A clean, healthy environment with a red painted floor, white walls a ‘clean’ workbench, a ‘dirty’ bench and a kettle – not…

There’s no doubt the modern traveller carries more gizmos and gadgets than the first Apollo missions. That of course brings it’s own problems; how on earth do you keep everything charged and running? I’ve riden all over the world on the motorbike, but I’ve managed to keep my cameras, laptop and other electronic paraphernalia running….

Oscar, originally uploaded by mattcashmore. I miss the cats. In fact I think the hardest thing about being all the way out here is the fact I had to leave the cats behind :-/ The thing is I find myself wondering if I should get another cat out here as a stand-in before my two…

I was going to write something nice about Ian’s new bike – a Honda Silverwing I was going to point out that it doesn’t look half bad, that it is rather comfortable, that it does sound quite good, I was even going to go as far as saying I wouldn’t be too embaressed to ride…

New Year Eve London 2008 (Fireworks), originally uploaded by T@H!R – طاھر. It’s that time again when we look back over the last 12 months and take stock of what we’ve done, and importantly, take a moment to think about what’s to come. For my part, it’s been a massive year of change. Leaving the…

First Draft ————– As I sit here in my plush M&S dressing gown, red wine in one hand, laptop in the other and Northanger Abbey on the TV, I’m hardly the picture of a motorbike adventurer; facing the world with only 600cc and a toothbrush. Friday night saw me gripping the sides of my toilet…