Facebook Instagram Leaving New York After leaving JFK we travelled into New York, riding our bikes into Manhattan from the south, we stopped at the trendy Dumbo area, parked our bikes right next to the cafes and restaurants to get some pictures....easy. After a brief rest and many pictures we headed across Brooklyn Bridge (smaller than I expected) traffic was not so bad but…
Facebook Instagram And Were Off..... So after 11 months of planning we are finally off...nice send off from our families. ESTA A few wobbles with the ESTA entry documents before we had even left Heathrow (details later) all sorted out by a very nice chap from Norwegian Air! Free day......lets be a tourist for the day! So much effort had gone into the planning…
Facebook Instagram So I guess we all work to deadlines but boy that was close, the bikes are more or less finished now although those darn side stands are still too long fully loaded....too late now! We will need to find some kind person with tools soon after we arrive in the USA to make further adjustments, worse case is we raise the lowered…
Facebook Instagram Russian Visa, can it really be this hard? The biggest challenge we faced before we left was the Russian Visa. The process is unclear and there was little point planning our transit out of Vancouver to South Korea until we were clear if the Russian Visa was indeed possible! So here are the facts as I understand them! A Tourist Visa is only possible…
Facebook Instagram Whats the plan then? The bikes travel ahead of us in late April, we are using specialist freight company MotoFreight, who are based near to Heathrow Airport. The bikes get a 10 day head start to us and travel created with all our gear. We travel out on the 5th of May and with luck meet up again with the bikes…
Facebook Instagram MD Rare diseases day - Nottingham. I travelled to Nottingham in March to meet up with the Charity we are supporting. The event is an opportunity for families to get together and meet with each other, the Charity and the Nottingham based research team. We met over a relaxed lunch and were introduced to Professor David Brook and his talented research team.…
Facebook Instagram Husqvarna 701 A white Enduro Bike, who thought that would work! After much research and a few miles on a friend's KTM 690 the decision was made. We wanted the same bikes and deposits were placed on some of the last 2017 Husqvarna 701s. Other Bikes had come close, like the CCM450, SWM650 and the Honda XL650L, they were all good but…
Facebook Instagram Major Trauma event by Edge Expeditions Gary met up with Edge Expeditions at an Overland event in 2017. Turns out they have a base in Bristol and planned to run a one day Major Trauma event in locally on the 3rd of February. We signed up as this taylored training which was exactly what we were after and as it was in our home…
Facebook Instagram Horizons Unlimited Baskerville Hall Horizons Unlimited has been going now since 1997 and judging by the 2017 event is still as popular as ever. This is where it all started for us, we went away on two Royal Enfields, just for a few beers, listen to some presentations and meet up with a few friends. However at some point over the weekend…