Riding the World together
We’ve decided to follow a young British couple, Jenny O’Grady and Dave Logan, as they set off to go global, riding East. Leaving shortly, we’ll…
Start your ride in the Alps with Bikeshuttle
I like riding straight from home. All packed up, the last cup of tea probably drunk in the garage doing a few final checks on…
‘Hitting the Road’ by Jacek Klimko
Subtitled ‘It’s not just a journey, it’s a lifestyle’, this is very much part one of the story, though in the copy I read there…
Illuminating Armenia
As the biblical deluge subsided, the ark, ordained to carry refugees from every species of animal, came to rest on top of the dormant volcano…
Georgia – Graham Field (Issue 7)
I’m sitting in the shade of the border canopy with my bike between my legs next to a booth which houses a single official who…
Transcontinental scooters
Friends and film-makers Samuel Felice Rodriguez and Ambroise Prince have successfully completed their mission to ride two Peugeot Django 125cc scooters the 12,000 km [7,500…
‘Full Circle’ by Richard and Mopsa English
Good accounts of adventurous travel should be timeless. Well written, they create their own contemporary context within which they never age. They remain valid and…
Iceland – Noel Thom (Issue 17)
The warden in the mountain hut at Nyidalur, a refuge at the very centre of this island’s vast interior, told me that “Iceland is actually…
‘Everything starts with a dream’ by Weronika Kwapisz
Two young Polish women climb aboard a pair of economical Suzuki 125 VanVans and set off around mainland Europe to expose themselves to the people,…
Georgia – Lawrence Bransby (Issue 15)
I stare at the towers, imagining marauders on horseback, serfs crouching servile against these cracked stone walls, their bare feet muddy and calloused. Thin dogs…
See Europe, but start the ride in Geneva!
… with less than two weeks to spare and a desire to ride around Greece…
Austria – Iain Harper (Issue 14)
Günter raised one eyebrow in quizzical astonishment and I could’ve sworn there was a hint of a Teutonic smile. “The Bonneville?” he asked, making it…
Europe – Trui Hanouille (Issue 14)
When crossing a lean, tawny man with a cap and a walking stick, cheerfully dragging a huge suitcase on wheels along a winding, deserted country…
‘Left beyond the horizon’ by Christopher Many
3 years travelling on a motorbike; a further 8 years RTW using an old Land Rover and now currently back on the road with his…
Ride The Land of Fire & Ice with GlobeBusters
Motorcycle expedition specialists GlobeBusters, have added two new Icelandic tours to their 2016 timetable, specially designed for riders with a big sense of adventure but…
‘One More Day Everywhere’ by Glen Heggstad
… a moving and immensely enjoyable account of a trip through Asia, Europe, Africa and the Middle East aboard an F650 Dakar.
Portugal – Paddy Tyson (Issue 12)
The gecko wakes me from a daydream as it scuttles between the vines. Its tiny feet seem to skim the surface of the sun-baked rock…
‘Road to Mali’ by Craig Carey-Clinch
This is an unusual book, part memoir charting the development of the author’s life in motorcycling and part homage to one of his contemporaries –…
‘Adventures in Motorcycling’ by Chris Scott
This is the best book I have read in ages. No, I don’t mean the best motorcycle book. I mean the best book, period. It…
1st Top of the Mountain Biker Summit in Austria
Nestled in Austria’s Paznaun valley, the picturesque Alpine village of Ischgl hosted the very first Top of the Mountain Biker Summit between 6th and 9th August 2015.