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…
Alaska – Steve Church (Issue 13)
My best ride ever…. 500 miles off-road standing up for most of the way. Just me and the wilderness on the infamous Dalton Highway in…
Morocco – Lawrence Bransby (Issue 11)
For a while, the tracks we had been following across a stony, desert plain in the south of Morocco had been getting disturbingly indistinct, until…
DRC – Spencer Conway (Issue 13)
In Luanda, the capital, I once again found the Angolan people to be welcoming and had no problem wandering out at night to experience what…
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…
Algeria – Chris Scott (Issue 12)
The three of us reigned in our XRLs, cut the engines and stared ahead. Around us the horizon was a flat 360° sweep – sky…
Nepal – Andrew Beharrell (issue 11)
”Pacheunu!” (Follow that bike!) barked the border policeman, jumping on to my friend Dawa’s pillion seat
Cameroon – Pat Garrod (Issue 10)
…The army were organising a convoy. No vehicle was to leave without it. At first the convoy seemed as confused and disorganised as any we…
Syria – Jeremy Kroeker (Issue 10)
I never intended to visit Ar-Raqqa. In fact, I never meant to visit Syria in the first place
Canada – Brokentooth (Issue 9)
… it’s -30°C and my right eye is suddenly blind from a frozen cornea
Tunisia – Issa Breibish (Issue 8)
A few days before our overnight ferry from Italy, riots erupt in the streets of Tunis.
Laos – Antonia Bolingbroke-Kent (Issue 8)
I rode slowly between the craters, my eyes scanning the ground for stray bombies
Labrador – Brian Clarke (issue 7)
I was in my usual day-dreaming state admiring the remote scenery of the Trans Labrador Highway and not really concerned that Michelle had disappeared from my mirrors
Georgia – Graham Field (issue 7)
There are tall stone towers all around, the road is still dirt, some decaying Russian trucks are parked up, but it’s hard to tell if they are abandoned or resting
Arizona – Paul Myers (Issue 7)
Although I’m a bit nervous about taking a fully laden Harley off piste in direct contravention of the rental agreement, there’s no way I’m going to pass up the chance of this small diversion…
Cambodia- Pat Garrod (issue 7)
An impressive, grey stone gateway straddled the road. Two smaller arches flanked the centrepiece topped by three elaborately carved, lotus shaped towers. Engraved across the…
South America – Pat Lewis (issue 6)
Pat Lewis recalls the literal and figurative highs and lows
Tibet – Paddy Tyson (Issue 6)
On the descent from Lalung La (5,050m) I could barely hold the throttle open. My arms and legs were wracked with pins and needles, becoming…
France – Kevin Turner (issue 6)
Kevin discovers the N85 is Southern France is an extraordinary piece of road, for which the term ‘twisties’ could have been invented.