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Reviews for 2012
ByMatthew Cashmore January 17, 2012April 17, 2012

After being prodded on Twitter, and reminded on Facebook that there’s been an ‘unacceptable lull’ in my reviews I’ve started putting the list together for 2012 reviews. So far I have: Power Traveller Products Power monkey Mini gorilla Exped Down / Syn Mats TATONKA – Narvik 2 EXPED – Orion Garmin Zumo 660 – long…

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Tortillas to Totems
ByMatthew Cashmore October 31, 2011October 31, 2011

I’ve been reading Sam’s books for quite a few years now. First there was Into Africa – a journey through the heart of, you guessed it, Africa, by a man who had only just figured out what a motorbike was for (travel of course). Next up was Under Asian Skies which took us right across…

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Red Tape and White Knuckles by Lois Pryce – Review
ByMatthew Cashmore June 14, 2009

Every now and again a book comes out of the blue that you end up devouring in hours – Lois Pryce’s latest, Red Tape and White Knuckles, is one of those. I had the distinct pleasure of meeting Lois in London not long before I headed out to Australia, I already knew of her first…

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Wine Snob
ByMatthew Cashmore March 19, 2008

There’s nothing better at the end of a hard day than a long cold beer, except perhaps a beautifully rich, deep bodied, glass of Bordeaux. Neither is that practical on a bike. The beer? Well it tends to be warm, and the wine? Frankly it doesn’t get out of France before I’ve finished off my…

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They let me out of the garage
ByMatthew Cashmore January 31, 2008

They’ve let me out of the garage – goodness knows why – but Patrick, Stace and I headed down to the London Business Centre over the weekend and met up with some great people who are there to make planning your trip nice and easy – but in the main we just liked to play…

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EXPED Downmat 7 dlx
ByMatthew Cashmore December 28, 2007

I started to write a review for the EXPED Downmat… but discovered the best way to get my point across would be in a badly filmed and encoded video uploaded to YouTube. And so it was done. It may not be cheap, but £115 for total sleeping comfort is worth every penny. I love camping,…

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TomTom Rider Review
ByMatthew Cashmore October 5, 2006March 14, 2012

I’ve lived with the Rider for a little under six months now. I’ve gone through using it in rain, hail, snow, wind… for short rides, for France, for get out a jail free card when I want to go ‘off route’… and I love it… I’ll say now it has one serious short-coming, but I’ll…

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