Wednesday 20 June 2024 Last night was the first one in Canada. A couple of pints of cider and a dozen oysters to celebrate, very nice!. My tracker told me the bike had arrived in Halifax last evening, that was good news, I could pick it up a day early. I booked the same cab […]
North America Adventure, the next chapter begins
Tuesday 18 June 2024 My next adventure begins! This trip starts in Halifax NS Canada and probably ends at some point in Vancouver, I have to be back at the end of August for a wedding, up the that point my long suffering wife has given me a free pass, bless her. From Halifax I […]
North to Lago Blanco, well perhaps not!
Friday 17 March 2923 500Km The weather this morning is cold as I head out of Ushuaia North on Ruta 3. Todays weather forecast promised snow on the mountains, looking at the mountain as the road climb towards the Garibaldi Pass I could see more snow had fallen whilst I had been in Ushuaia. The […]
Fin del Mundo, the end of the world
The end of Ruta 3, literally the end of the road, there is no road South of this place, anywhere on the planet. As I stand looking South across the vast expanse of the Southern Ocean (also called the Antarctic Ocean) I can imagine the white ice and snow of Antartica, the next place you […]
Rio Grande and the Falklands war, heading to Ushuaia
Wednesday 15 March 2023 – 415Km Today I am heading to Ushuaia the most Southerly city in the world. The journey takes me through the town of Rio Grande, a town that has a large memorial to the Argentinian forces personnel that died in the Falklands war. The last time I came to this town […]
Rain, more rain and gale force winds
Tuesday 14 March 2023 – 362Km Today I am heading to Cerro Sombrero an oil town on Tierra del Fuego, the weather forecast is for cold and heavy rain until early afternoon, not the best morning for a ride to the ferry that crosses over the Magellan Straits. The ride to the first fuel station […]
Torres del Paine National Park
Monday 13 March 2023 – 160Km I am staying in Puerto Natales for a second night which gives an opportunity today to ride into Torres del Paine National Park. From what I remember the park has some good gravel roads with some spectacular scenery. Unfortunately the weather forecast for the day means that the views […]
Riding South, into a wilderness and the desert
Sunday 12 March 2023 – 354Km After a 2 night stay in El Calafate, I am riding to Puerta Natales, today is a mainly tarmac ride through a desert like landscape. Southern Patagonia is described as an arid plateau with a very low average rainfall of 200 to 300mm per year. This fact seems at […]
Wind and gravel make for a scary ride
Friday 10 March 2023 – 322 KM The day didn’t start well, I have 120Km of challenging gravel ahead of me and I can’t even get the bike out of the gate from last nights accommodation. I missed my footing as I stopped to shut the gate and lay the bike down. No damage dome […]
One my top rides along the side of Lake General Carrera
Thursday 9 March 2023 – 496Km Todays ride is elevated into my top few ever rides, the gravel roads were a challenge in parts, never mundane, always great fun, the sun was shining and to top it all the views were spectacular. The storms over the last few days had left their mark on the […]