2025 Trip – Total Costs
The Honda Transalp was superb from start to finish. Nothing has broke on the bike and with the exception of tightening the chain on a couple of occasions and using …
2025 – Europe Trip 1
Belfast to Scotland – and Home
The day before I left Belfast I looked at the weather and for the next week it looked very wet and windy, so I decided to head back to Scotland …
Hull to Belfast
TUESDAY. After a great overnight crossing from Rotterdam we arrived in Hull at 7am in the morning. Bang on time. But (and there’s usually a but…) there were around 200 …
Stockholm to Rotterdam
After Stockholm I was planning to ride over to Trondheim and then travel south through Norway, but for personal reasons I have to be in Belfast by Friday, so I …
Stockholm – Sweden
While in Stockholm I did take the opportunity to get out and about on the bike, and even into Stockholm. Most of it was riding around the countryside in the …
A New Tyre on the Transalp – Sweden
One of the first things I did was to repair a slow puncture I’ve had on the front tyre – since Turkey… Yeah, I know but it was only a …
Estonia to Sweden
I really enjoyed Tallin. It really is a nice city, but it was time to leave. I was going to get a ferry over to Finland, but because my Schengen …
Joey Dunlop Memorial – Tallin, Estonia
Back in Scotland there are a group o bikers called ‘Fife Bikers’, and aongst them is Lisa. She used to race bikes, one of the first female racers, and during …
Tallin – Estonia
When it was time to leave Riga in Latvia, I was up early and when I crawled out of my tent like an arthritic slug – everywhere was misty. A …
Riga – Latvia
Today I went into the city of Riga. I went early and the traffic was quite busy. One thing I’ve noticed is that the Latvian drivers are quite competitive when …