After a summer of sunshine we head north in search of water. To be fair Scotland didn’t experience the drought that other parts of the UK endured. We arrive safe in the knowledge that there are dam releases scheduled all week but with the weeks forecast we wouldn’t be needing them. Glen Etive in all …
We like going to Le Mans Year 20 perhaps, I would have to sit down and work it out to be exact, but its got to be around that figure. A first trip abroad for the Enfield, these are the sort of trips it was bought for and I have to say it ticks the …
wants to put me on statins, I think I just need to go boating more. And maybe drink a beer or two less. Surely a weeks boating in Scotland is a cure for all ills, turns out, it is, maybe, not 100% sure the nurse will agree, but exercise and getting the bloods flowing has …
A few days away in France on a GSXR seemed like an eminently sensible way of spending my 60th birthday. A chat with Vero earlier in the year had me booked in the diary and another trip was only a ferry ride away. Booking early and daytime crossings secured a cheap ticket. I broke the …
Scotland in spring, with guaranteed water thanks to the planned dam releases. With longer days and warmer temperatures, you really had to be there to appreciate the rivers and the company. We had a cracking week of entertainment on the water and at times off the water too, much fun calling a key board warrior …
I’m sat in the eddy below Mollia watching as Brian floats over to me, both of us feeling pretty overwhelmed it seems, smiles of relief or happiness? Mollia, on the Sesia river, Valsesia, a rapid of significance, so significant it was never on my radar. Until, this year, video clips started appearing on various social …
I first saw a Harris on the cover of Superbike magazine when I was about 17, its fair to say it blew me away, I wanted one immediately, I got this one when I was 21, ordered from Steve Harris at the NEC bike show in 1987, collected a month later , it’s had various …
A trip across Europe, Russia and Mongolia and back by Bob Scott A breakdown on a journey is never a good thing, whether it be nipping to Tesco’s or on day 36 of a motorbike trip to Mongolia. Losing the chain off the rear sprocket of a XT, allowing the chain to wrap itself round …
Dam. The Allt a Chaoruinn now has a hydro scheme built above the traditional put in, Speed. The Dam holding back the water is up there somewhere… Access is easier than it was, walk over the bridge and up the double track, up to the hydro house, punch in the code, only available to SCA …
This trips really stems back to 1987, when I first met Jack at the Bol d Or at circuit Paul Rockhard in the south of France. Back then we were young dumb and full of c**, now we’re just older. I very much doubt we anticipated then we would still be dicking around on motorbikes, …
