No Fixed Abode

While waiting for parts in France I spent a long time researching altitudes and mountian passes, anything the Pyrennese might throw at...

There’s supposedly strong evidence that when thinking in a second language one becomes more rational, less emotional, thus paving the way...

The trouble with leaving one country on a high note is it’s not always mirrored by equally pleasing music on the other side. We entered...

There was a motorcycle repair shop in Hamburg called Zeitlos. Its owner is a certified master mechanic who we met on the Soviet Steeds...

Two to three months into the first lockdown, winter came to Peru. In our small, walled-in hotel outside Ica it was still hot during the...

There was a checkpoint with little sentry boxes entering Denmark. The line wasn’t long and we were waved through, US license plate and...

IRELAND It was 1986 when I’d last been on a motorbike in Ireland. And the same could be said for Fran. The amount of water that’s flowed...

It would be like old times, the three of us, back on the road. We thought we’d be on the new Honda but at the last minute Portuguese...

Even in the olden days, when having a cup of tea and a Jaffa Cake with your mother wasn’t a potentially deadly pastime, the stretch...

It didn’t feel much like an occasion for celebration but August 21st marked the one year anniversary of our leaving Peru. On the other...

“It’s not all about you, y’know”, my 8-year nephew once informed me. The little squirt was of course right but if anyone out there has...

There’s something about arriving in a new country that makes you feel you’re on holidays, even when you’re not. This is reinforced by...

I like the nomadic life. It’s got the freedom of an orphan but without the ache of absent parents. My happiness with that state had crept...

After three years roaming the Americas, I must admit, I’m enjoying the comforts of European life. There’s a lot to be said for hot water,...

On the coast just north of Dublin I went straight into quarantine. It was in a place I’d only ever seen from the window of a train. At...