Author: Matthew Cashmore

2012 Travel Book List

2012 Inspirational Travel Literature Nominations
ByMatthew Cashmore January 11, 2012January 24, 2012

I asked a question on twitter and Facebook last week about the travel books that have most inspired you. I was amazed at the response. With that in mind I’ve decided to launch an annual list of the top 10 most inspiring travel books in the world. The idea is to create a list of…

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From The Road

2013 – this looks fun right?
ByMatthew Cashmore December 9, 2011March 16, 2012

Comments and thoughts? View 2013 in a larger map

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Reviews, Gear | Reviews, Touring

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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black sea | From The Road

2012 will see me heading out to the Black Sea.
ByMatthew Cashmore October 5, 2011

I’ve been playing with where I should go next… google maps you know. Anyway Top Gear did a run out to Albania earlier this year and that got me to thinking… Italy, Albania, Macedonia, Kosovo, Bulgaria, Romania, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, and Slovenia all sort of form a nice circle from the Adriatic to…

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Reviews

Dreaded time of year…
ByMatthew Cashmore September 1, 2011

…. the time has come to renew the bike insurance. Hate it. Once again I’ve spent hours going through quotes and trying to figure out which policy is best – I think the thing that winds me up the most (other than making a bunch of phone calls and filling out blasted web forms) is…

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Budapest – The City
ByMatthew Cashmore July 27, 2011

Budapest, a set on Flickr. It’s been a blast getting this far – I’m holed up in a hotel for the day whilst a tummy irritation sorts itself out so I’ve taken the opportunity to get all the photos of the journey so far together – here they all are!

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budapest | From The Road

Wet, so very very wet.
ByMatthew Cashmore July 24, 2011July 24, 2011

I’ve given up and booked into a hotel this evening. I’ve done this for two reasons. The first is that I forgot my sleeping bag and mat – yeap not just my docs. I managed to swing by Decathlon in France on the way into Germany and bought a €20 bag and a €10 sleeping…

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budapest | From The Road

You always forget something
ByMatthew Cashmore July 23, 2011

It’s 7am here in Calais. I’ve woken to a feeling that I’ve forgotten something. A quick check of my camping gear reveals it…. I’ve left my sleeping bag and sleeping mat on the spare bed back at home. I’ve also left my V5 and insurance docs. This is becoming horribly predictable on my little jaunts….

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budapest | From The Road

Budapest Itinerary
ByMatthew Cashmore July 19, 2011July 19, 2011

The plan for the run out to Budapest started as a straight forward dash out and back. But after asking for advice on the Horizons Unlimited forum for places that were somewhere along my route and that I simply couldn’t miss the Stelvio Pass was pointed out to me – how could I possible go…

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From The Road | Reviews, Gear

Horizons Unlimited Tyre Changing DVD – Review
ByMatthew Cashmore July 8, 2011July 8, 2011

I don’t know about you but the very idea of dealing with a puncture when I’m on the road fills me with dread. When I was running tubeless tyres it wasn’t quite so bad – plug the hole – pump with CO2 cartridges and get to a garage. But now I have tubes…. well I’ve…

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