Touring

Getting ready for Russia is taking many different forms. At the moment it’s mainly taking the shape of sorting out the route, and that means lots of tea and coffee, with large quantities of biscuits. We’ve also scheduled in some ‘training’ days – basically just getting some miles under our belt together. On Saturday I…

Got back very late last night from a mid November jaunt across the channel to France! All the photos here What a fantastic day, every time I go over I’m amazed at how polite all the drivers are, how good all the roads are, and how much warmer it can be than the UK! We…

I love this place, I really do. The beer was outstanding (Brains SA don’t ‘ya know) the people where friendly, the sun was out and I managed to pinch a plot right in the middle of an Ariel bike club meet.. couldn’t be much more perfect. The field is small, but will easily accommodate up…

Okay, I must admit I didn’t like this place much… but that’s not to say that it’s a bad place… just ‘clinical’. The day didn’t start well… I’d just ridden through the only place in England as beautiful as Wales (Wiltshire from the Barge Inn) into the most boring place on earth – Nofolk. The…

Roundhill is the only camp site in the New Forest that will accept Motorbikes – the coolest thing about the site is that the motorbike field is well away from the main family area so large groups will not disturb other people. The site is quite far away though and you have to be dedicated…