By Mat Oxley I have known of this book for some time but only just got around to reading it on my way home from Norway. This was such a fascinating story I could not put it down and I am not a big follower of motorsport. I used to […]
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A Fast Bike Through the Badlands
By Andy C Wareing It has taken me a little while longer than usual to read this book from Andy. I finished it on my fourth and final flight from home to Germany where I am currently melting in a freaking heat wave. It is very well written like the […]
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Free Ride
By Noraly Schoenmaker I don’t follow the Itchy Boots YouTube channel. I watched a little when Noraly was in the Antofagasta de la Sierra but nothing more. That’s not a negative review because I really can’t bring myself to watch any of the popular moto vloggers for long enough to […]
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A Fast Bike to North Cape
By Andy C Wareing I was going to wait and read this later but took a peek and then could not stop and ended up reading it though in one day. Which is another way of me saying I enjoyed this book very much and could not put it down. […]
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North to Norway
by Stephen Oliver This book was recommended to me by Sam Manicom and I am very grateful for the tip as I learned something very important for my own ride in Norway later this year. Stephen is one of these rare people who can remember all the little interesting things […]
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A Fast Bike to Byzantium
Book Review. A Fast Bike to Byzantium is the first of a series of books written by Andy C Wareing available on Kindle all with the theme of A Fast Bike to ‘a destination’ and all are about Andy’s moto adventures when he was a younger. I enjoyed his first […]
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Where to next
My motorcycle riding has changed over the years. I got my motorcycle licence at 24, later than most people but that was the earliest I would have not instantly killed myself. I was a very reckless young man. I still nearly died when learning to ride and lacking any riding […]
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The Moment Collectors Asia
Book Review I enjoyed the original The Moment Collectors book produced by Sam Manicom so when this sequel was announced I grabbed it and what perfect timing as I could read this on my way to China for my own latest ride in Asia. I again enjoyed reading this collection […]
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Timeless on the Silk Road
Book review – Timeless on the Silk Road by Heather Ellis. I did some non motorcycle travel recently so as always made sure I had something to read in Kindle while sitting in airports and planes. Heather Ellis had ridden through Africa and was working as a motorcycle courier in […]
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Blog Overhaul and Blogger to WordPress – five years on
I have just completed a major overhaul of the blog as well have some follow up about the move from Google Blogger to WordPress. Blog Update Until recently I was not aware how slow my older posts were to load. I built this WordPress site while living in Japan where […]
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The best of Peter Egan
By Peter Egan I’ve read some of Peter Egan’s writing before and decided this collection would provide a way to pass some time on another long haul journey to ride a far away place. Peter is a very talented writer. I wish I had a fraction of his skills. The […]
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MRA Routeplanner and MyRoute App
I have been a long time user of Ride with GPS. All my routes for all my motorcycle tours going back to around 2012 are made using this web based tool however since Mid 2023 I have started a transition to MRA Routeplanner. There are a few reasons for this […]
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