14500km. 1 head on crash with a minivan. 4200km of dirt. 8 countries. 650L of fuel. 14 fuses. 3 oil changes. 2 years. 4 sets of tyres. 20L of oil. 1 top end rebuild. 8 drops. 2 MRI scans. 2 barely used left indicators. 1 … Continue readingWestern Europe
Over the last two years I have ridden from home in the southern Black Forest through a very wet France to Tarragona, from there across the Pyrenees and down through Portugal to the Algarve and then back up through the east of Spain to Zaragoza. … Continue readingThe United Kingdom
This is simply a dump of all the photos I still have from this trip, now ten years ago. It was not a great idea to head into the Sahara two up in summer. But the school summer holidays defined the timeslot. It was hot … Continue readingMorocco
2018 and 19 were something of a machine gun. In 18 it was Hellas Rally then shortly afterwards I was off to Iceland. Obviously back in my IT days I must have been paid a little more than I am now as a teacher. Hectic … Continue readingSouth America
In 2019 I spent four months riding in South America on a little 150CC Honda, this is one of a series of posts telling short stories from that trip. When anyone asks the inevitable question – what was your favourite part of your trip in … Continue readingSalar de Uyuni – Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Salt
This blog post was copied from www.travellinghewitts.com – the blog I maintained between 2015 and 2018 with Lena, my now ex-wife who I was travelling with at the time. I have no intention of going through the old posts to update them – the past … Continue readingThe Caucasus
This blog post was copied from www.travellinghewitts.com – the blog I maintained between 2015 and 2018 with Lena, my now ex-wife who I was travelling with at the time. I have no intention of going through the old posts to update them – the past … Continue readingTwo Up in Teneriffe
This blog post was copied from www.travellinghewitts.com – the blog I maintained between 2015 and 2018 with Lena, my now ex-wife who I was travelling with at the time. I have no intention of going through the old posts to update them – the past … Continue readingSlovenia
This blog post was copied from www.travellinghewitts.com – the blog I maintained between 2015 and 2018 with Lena, my now ex-wife who I was travelling with at the time. I have no intention of going through the old posts to update them – the past … Continue readingMacedonia and Kosovo
This blog post was copied from www.travellinghewitts.com – the blog I maintained between 2015 and 2018 with Lena, my now ex-wife who I was travelling with at the time. I have no intention of going through the old posts to update them – the past … Continue readingAlbania