Debrief
After the shock of the accident, I ride sedately into Loei and pulled into my usual parking spot behind my usual ...
23
Dec
Blog
17
Dec
Compound Fractures
Day nine of my little tour was a sobering one.
The day started and ...
16
Dec
‘But she’s alone and has no friends’
The gods were smiling on me as I waved goodbye to my friends in Nong Kai, a foil wrapped serving of barbecue ribs...
10
Dec
Slaying the Demon
Road tripping… day four? Five? Oh well, irrelevant. I am back to my peripatetic exiseance, in which I don't know ...
08
Dec
Latex Everywhere
My second day back on the road - solo and in my natural habitat - plunging into the twisties. I left the main roa...
06
Dec
05
Dec
Road Tripping – In Real Time
It's 4.40am and the sun won't be up for another hour or so. Although warm beds beckon, this is my writing time. I...
01
Dec
Motorcycling is Glamorous
In this valley, you can hear the rain approaching from the far ridge. It comes as a rush of static, thrumming on ...
29
Nov
Tigers in the Night
I found out that we were going enduro camping about 500km after we set out.
25
Nov
Square One
The last couple of posts have been about me finding things very very difficult: enduro is hard, trials is hard. P...
21
Nov
Be Like Buddha
The first time I rode trials, I was completely disconcerted. You would think it would be basically the same as ri...
20
Nov
Peachie
A week ago today, the world lost a little bit of its light. My friend Peachie passed away; much too early.
17
Nov
Valentine’s Day Massacre
On Valentine's Day I brought a knife to a gunfight. In the cool mountain morning, the hard enduro group were gath...
04
Nov
Face the Abyss
Nan province has these amazing swooping hills, and amazing washed out single track which threatens to yeet you ov...
31
Oct
CBR Enduro
You can take the girl from the adventure bike but you can't take the adventure out of the girl.