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My Trips

My first motorcycle trip outside of the UK, was back in 2007, just after I purchased my new Honda Deauville NT700, where I crossed the English channel to investigate France. I was instantly impressed with the cleanliness of the small French villages and the great condition of the roads, and I knew straight away, that this was going to be a place I would visit many times over the coming years.

In fact, I enjoyed that first trip abroad so much, I was keen to explore more countries in Europe, and so I began planning another trip. The plan was a celebration ride of a milestone birthday of my good friend Adrian and I, as we turned 40. I was going to be riding my Honda Deauville and he would be on his Honda VFR800. I named the trip, 'The Euro Duo 40 Tour' and even designed a logo which I had printed on t-shirts for both of us. We used the Euro tunnel as our prefered method of crossing the channel and entering France. From there we rode through France and Belgium to get to our first stop in Holland. After that we went back to Belgium, then onto Germany, done a couple of laps of the Nurburgring, before continuing on to Austria. Then into Italy, followed by Switzerland, before crossing back into France and heading home to the UK.

It was in 2009, that I went beyond Europe and joined MCi Motorcycle Tours in their awsome tour, rding the historic Route 66 in the USA. This was also the first time I wrote a blog documenting the journey for family and friends to follow as we progressed along the mighty Mother Road. Click on this link to view the 'Route 66' blog

Over the last decade, I have done two large motorcycle trips, well large by my account, but, perhaps not so large by others!

My first large trip was in 2015, where I flew my BMW R80ST out to Anchorage, Alaska, from where I was to beging a 3 month solo motorcycle trip, coveing 16,000 miles. It was an epic tour, in which I rode the Dalton Highway in Alaska, followed by the Demspter Highway In Canada, both of which took me beyond the Arctic Circle. Then I headed south going down the Pacific Coast Highway, Route 66 and along the Gulf coast to Florida, shiping my bike back home from Miami. So, take a look at the 'Alaska and On' blog

For my second large trip, my 2012 R1200GS and I joined a group tour with Globe Busters, riding from the Ace Cafe in London, UK, to the Ace Cafe in Beijing, China. Then a few of us went on the extended part of this trip with the Globe Busters team, to South Korea and Japan. However, I was not content with this, so arranged to fly my bike over the Pacific Ocean, to California, US. From there, I met up with my friend Adrian once again, where I was his guide along Route 66, before saying good bye at Chicago and heading solo up to Michigan to see some family. From there it was a jouney down south, where I met up with a few others from the China trip at the relatively newAce Cafe in Orlanda, the third Ace Cafe of this trip! This journey of exploration had me away from home for five and a half months, where during that time, I had ridden 22,000 fabulous miles.Here, you can explore the 'Ace to Ace' blog.

Unfortunately, after that trip, I had an illness, which stopped me traveling very far for a few years, but gradually, things are improving and I am getting back into motorcycle touring over the last couple of years, and as keen as ever to travel and explore by motorcycle.

So, after my 2015 trip, I became obsessed with crossing the arctic circle on road by motorcycle. This lead to me doing another solo trip in 2022, using my 2017 R1200GS to ride into Scandenavia. It was in this journey, that I crossed the Arctic Circle again many times on roads in Norway, Sweeden and Finland, ending up at Nord kapp, the furthest point in Europe. However, my original plan was to also cross the arctic circle in Russia too, but due to the war in Ukraine, this was sadly, not possible. Here is the link to the 'Arctic' blog

During my latest adventure trip, in 2024, I rode a G310GS to Iceland, and here is the link to the 'Iceland' blog where you can see how the journey went.

As of 2025, I have now rode a motorcycle, in over 40 countries around the world, and still have the travel bug, hoping to ride and explore in other countries too.