Bilbao

Originally heading to Sans Sebastian when the weather took a turn for the worse. With a few days to kill whilst waiting for the ferry to Portsmouth, I decided to check out Bilbao.

Originally heading to Sans Sebastian when the weather took a turn for the worse. With a few days to kill whilst waiting for the ferry to Portsmouth, I decided to check out Bilbao.

Craving a burger? Here’s the top five greatest burgers in the world, as tasted by me. Vegetarians, please look away now.

Part two of my tour of Morocco. Illness, Rekkam, and the Libya Rally.

Leaving Spain, riding the Atlas mountains, and taking in an old Dakar route to M’hamid.

You’ll find plenty of blog posts, articles and stories with advice on travelling cheaply, or on cutting the cost of travel, but I’m not going to go there. Instead I’m going to weigh up the costs of my travels in items lost. Here’s my rather impressive list of items lost whilst on the road (orContinue reading “The cost of travel – In lost items”

Having previously installed the Highway Dirtbagz pannier rails, I needed a decent set of panniers to go with them. The Highway Dirtbagz ones were out, they’re just too small and featureless, and I’m not convinced of their durability. The Adventure Spec Magadan bags are probably close to the ultimate adventure travel panniers at the moment,Continue reading “Panniers on the xCountry”

A detailed account of the modifications and accessories I’ve added to my BMW G650 xCountry to turn it into a long term tourer and adventure travel bike.

Facing the prospect of a long cold winter, and needing to change my replace my worn out Avon Gripmaster (or should that read Slipmaster?), I bit the bullet and plumped for a Heidenau K60 Silica M+S winter tyre. Here’s my review.