Blogs
What do you fancy reading about today? A blizzard in South Dakota? A flood in Colorado? Perhaps a little human kindness in Arkansas? 22 blogs from all 215 days of road trippin' are right here. Best served warm with a cup of tea and a slice of your favourite naughty-cake. Enjoy:
The Bison Blizzard
Montana - South Dakota, Oct 2013
The day I met the Weichman family, was the worst day I’d had on the bike so far. As I rolled into the small town of Bison
(population 340), I was in a slump. Overtired, and having been passed by a total of 4 cars that day - I was on the verge of cracking out the emergency volleyball and naming it Wilson..Read more
The Grand Staircase gang
Utah - Arizona, Aug 2013
An oversized Kia passes me, wide and slow - “That’s nice” I think. A blonde bird hangs herself half out the Kia’s window, waving a camera and shouting “Yeeee haaaaw!’ “What the…? Oh… Hi Mum.” Yes, this week I’ve had a parent-entourage. A Batman and a Robin, a Bonny and a Clyde, an R2-D2 and a C-3PO...Read more
The Rocky Saga
Colorado, Sept 2013
My first night spent over the border from New Mexico was a baptism of fire. I got in late and erected the pop-up-palace, just as it started to rain. Okay, I thought. Rain’s fine. I can do rain. Rain soon turned to full blown thunder storm, with lightning directly overhead...Read more
Memphis and the music
Mississippi - Tennessee, Dec 2013
I was beyond excited about the trip to Memphis. Being from White Middle class Kingston upon Thames, I was naturally raised on a mixture of Country, Reggae, Blues and Soul music (I’m joking. That’s not natural, it’s verging on child abuse). Shania Twain was my sunshine. Motown - my lifeblood. The Eagles - my Oxygen....
A Road like no other
Alaska, July 2013
Denali is wilderness like I’ve never experienced before. The only way to describe it, is for you to imagine that someone went ahead and gave the Yorkshire Dales permission to take steroids. They then delicately draped a green blanket over the landscape, gently tucking the material into the folds of the earth...Read more
Falltum on the rust belt
Ohio - New York, Nov 2013
Is it fall? Is it autumn? Don’t be silly, it’s Falltum. Considering my present affection for both sides of the pond, I’ve made a UK-US seasonal term compromise, and hereby introduce: Falltum. Gosh I’m diplomatic. Someone make me Pres-Minister already...Read more
The Journey's end
UK, Jan 2014
If there’s one thing I’ve learnt over the past 7 months, it’s that we’re a race governed by fear. I know it makes evolutionary sense that we be wary of situations that could potentially cause us harm, but somewhere along the way, we took it too far. We began to spend our time focused on the things we can and can’t do, rather than the things we could....Read more
The South: Part I
Virginia - Florida, Dec 2013
I’d heard many things about The South. I was promised I’d be chased by dogs. That I’d ride on roads with no shoulders, get a yearly dose of bigotry and make the acquaintance of hicks with no teeth. And yet, that that all of this would be curiously juxtaposed with the greatest show of hospitality known to man. Anything less and I’d have been sorely disappointed....
Boston to the Bronx
Massachusetts - New York, Nov 2013
"This could be a complete disaster. Or it could be fun. Either way - let’s be ‘avin it." Wise words from younger sibling, Jonty, as he boarded a plane to join me in Boston at the start of the week. This is the sibling that deposited a brown coloured gift in the bath when I was 5 (true story) and the reason I slapped a 9 year old lad when I was 7 ...
Back on track - the Pacific coast Washington - California, Aug 2013
From the Golden Gate to the desert California, Aug 2013
Route 50 - America's loniest road. Nevada - Utah, Aug 2013
Oh. Windy. Wyoming. Wyoming - Montana, Sept 2013
A week in the Windy City Illinois - Ohio, Oct 2013
Wisconsin: Land of Trek & Dream Bikes Oct 2013
New England & the Dream Dumpers. New York - Maine, Nov 2013
Mum - the turkey smells like fart Maryland - D.C, Nov 2013
The 50th State Hawaii, Jan 2014
The Dash for Dallas Arkansas - Dallas, Jan 2014
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