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Dec 16, 20238 min read
Spain III: Never The Same Day Twice
While waiting for parts in France I spent a long time researching altitudes and mountian passes, anything the Pyrennese might throw at...
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Oct 1, 20238 min read
France II: Every Time We Say Goodbye
There’s supposedly strong evidence that when thinking in a second language one becomes more rational, less emotional, thus paving the way...
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Jul 23, 20238 min read
France I: When Your Heartaches Begin
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...
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Jun 3, 20238 min read
Germany II: History Repeating
There was a motorcycle repair shop in Hamburg called Zeitlos. Its owner is a certified master mechanic who we met on the Soviet Steeds...
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Apr 16, 20236 min read
Sweden: Peru's Promise
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...
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Mar 5, 20236 min read
Denmark: The Danish Archipelago
There was a checkpoint with little sentry boxes entering Denmark. The line wasn’t long and we were waved through, US license plate and...
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Feb 5, 20238 min read
Northwestern Europe: High Points In Low Countries
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...
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Dec 28, 20227 min read
Spain II: The Winds of Shame
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...
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May 15, 20227 min read
Portugal III: Rebirth / Renewal / Reunion
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...
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Jan 29, 20227 min read
Portugal II: En-Douro
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...
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Oct 29, 20219 min read
Portugal I: The Reluctant Homesteaders
“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...
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Jul 10, 20219 min read
Spain: The Soviet Patient
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...
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Apr 26, 20217 min read
Italy II: Pferdi Takes The Pferry
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...
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Jan 12, 20218 min read
Italy: Down Appian Way
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,...
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Nov 5, 20206 min read
Pinch Me Pancho
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...
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