Saturday 3 December 2022, 80 kilometres The morning light on the mountains was spectacular. As I road down the hill from the Old Inn Hotel the low cloud and mist obscured the view, at least until the sun has burnt the mist off Tonight’s destination is Pokhara, a journey of 80 kilometres to The Fish […]
A ladder is overtaking me!
2 December 2022, 90miles Today I am heading to Bandipur, a journey of 90 miles, I am told this journey will take me 8 or 9 hours, including coffee and lunch stop. Despite my scepticism the journey takes all of that time, I only saw top gear a couple of times and I was exhausted […]
Kathmandu, baptism of fire!
Part of the tour took us to the river and the cremation of the dead. Several funeral fires made of logs and rice straw were burning on the raised platforms above the steps at the side of the river. After the fires have burnt out the remaining ashes are pushed into the river. Any unburnt […]
Nepal, a culture shock?
29 November 2022 This is going to be culture shock. I have ridden a bike in Asia before so I am comfortable with the thought and its very easy to remember the one and only rule of the road, which is, “there are no rules”. What I expect is that Kathmandu will be on a […]
Last day on the ACT
13 May 2022 I am leaving Portugal today and heading back to Spain. This is my last opportunity to ride the ACT North towards the town of Bregenz. Most of the track was straight forward and relatively easy good riding. The the odd section was a little more challenging and needed to be treated with […]
Torre
12 May 2022 The ride this morning from the campsite to Torre, Serra da Estrela in Portugal is one of the great and unusual rides in Europe. A great ride because of the bends, road surface and the spectacular views, unusual because there is a paved road to the highest point in mainland Portugal at […]
Heat Exhaustion
11 May 2022 The heat of yesterday and the exertion of riding the bike on some challenging tracks left its mark on me. I drank a lot of water during the ride, a lot more when I stopped last night and I was still dehydrated. After a walk around the fortified walls of Ciudad Rodrigo […]
ACT
10 May 2022 A fellow TET and ACT rider camped next to us last night. He was riding a Yamaha T7, heading North on his way home. The ride today was fantastic, some of the tracks were challenging, steep slopes and hairpin bends on a very loose surface. At one point we rode for 8 […]
Adventure Country Tracks
9 May 2022 The 112 mile ride to Braganca, Portugal was surprisingly interesting, the first two thirds of the journey was motorway, possibly the most interesting motorway I have driven on and at the G310GS comfortable pace of 60 to 65 mph I had time to take it in. The ACT starts at Braganca and […]
Early start today
8 May 2022 The weather forecast was high 20’s today, I set off to find some more of the TET before it became too warm. The first few tracks were a little challenging on a heavily ladened bike, with some care I was able to navigate them. As the morning wore on the tracks became […]