Location / fireeagle testing

This weekend sees the start of a few small runs out of Melbourne – a little further afield than I’ve managed before – and with any luck they’ll contain as much excitement as the full-on trip would have done. The big outback trip looks as though it wont happen – news on why at a…

Is it me or are the roads really quiet at the moment? Since Christmas I’ve found myself coming down the A1 into London (rather than the M1). I used to ride down the A1 everyday from St Albans as that seemed most sensible, but it got so busy I switched to the wide, filter friendly,…

Just when I thought things were getting boring all hell brakes loose. Riding home this evening from Alexandra Palace I was stopped at traffic lights when a corsa behind me felt that stopping was optional. I’m pretty much okay, nasty bruse on my chest where I went through my windscreen and my ankle is pretty…

Amid all my concern over my friend Ian buying another scooter it got me thinking about the boxes we put ourselves in. I’m a mac using, real ale and malt whiskey drinking, Honda and BMW buying, IAM training, living in St Albans, London, cigar smoking, Biker. And you’d be surprised at how many others are…

I don’t think I’ll ever forgive the wonderful Sarah Mines for this but there you go. Here are the rules: Each player starts with eight random facts/habits about themselves. People who are tagged need to write a post on their own blog (about their eight things) and post these rules. At the end of your…

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….