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New Lid day - mud and ice...

I had a new helmet to try out today - very well priced from Louis Mottorad (this is their photo). Great service, arrived within two days...

Cold Wiltshire ride - Lacock & Avebury

Scroll down for a short video... So today was my equivalent of cold water swimming I guess, with possibly some benefits to physical and...

Cold and wet mid-January ride

Tempting to go back under the duvet this morning, but glad we didn't. A nice loop through Wiltshire and Gloucestershire today - most of...

First ride of 2023 - The Rowdey Cow

I have been fancying a good brunch for days but everything has been closed. The Rowdey Cow delivered today though. A much drier ride than...

Bye bye 2022 - last ride of the year

It would have been easy to stay indoors today, and after my boots filled with muddy water about five minutes after leaving home I once...

Four not necessarily wise men...

So today has been booked for a ride for some time, and at this time of the year understandably the weather conditions can be...

The trials of a short-legged motorcyclist

Weather permitting I am out next Friday with at least three other Himalayans for some more off road adventures. Recently I have been...

Last of the Autumn Mud?

In editing the GoPro footage from today I am very much put in mind of "The Last of the Summer Wine" Three blokes, who under other...

Some of the Photos that didn't make it.....

Photos below courtesy of Kevin Raymond / Ride Magazine Out to play in June this year, having read Kevin's motorcycling journalism since...

Gloucestershire & Wiltshire lanes today.

Fortunate with relatively mild and dry weather today. The first lane was overgrown and I got smacked on the head by an interesting...

A day of two halves - videos below

North in the morning with Chris, and South in the Afternoon with Ian... Some new to me bits of the Fosse Way in the morning, and...

Taking in the Wiltshire Scenery again...

Video below. 50 miles or so today, which doesn't sound a lot but was mostly off road and enough given I have a stinking cold. We found...

Living with an MT-09 - video below

I have owned "The Mad Orange Thing" significantly longer than any other motorcycle. Since 2014 it has got lighter (unlike me) and less...

Hoggin the Bridge 2022 - video below

The weather wasn't particularly friendly today, but good to be here again after a Covid interruption of a couple of years. Raising money...

Brunch rides in the last 12 months...

So I have been cracking on with the miles on both the Himalayan and the Mad Orange Thing (and occasionally other bikes), and it's not...

Horses, donkeys and a perfect morning.

I treasure those "Goldilocks" rides, when the temperature is just right. Leaving at 7:30 this morning for a 65-odd mile ride to Brunch in...

Do you want to go to the seaside?

Scroll down for video. Ok, so Weston Super Mare may have a dubious claim to actually being seaside but there are fish and chips to be...

Morning ride - trying a new GPS app

Relatively cool at 7am this morning (compared to the temperature on the surface of the sun). Wanted to try out the GAIA GPS app (new to...

Got to love a Friday off - (video below)

Not entirely sure I love the 7am start but given the current temperatures it was a good idea. Home by 11:30am at which point it really...

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