French Chateau 2004
15 September 2004
Returning for a second visit to Chateau Le Mont Epinguet, near Brix, Normandie, I organised a tour for a group of friends based at this
BMW Failure
21 July 2004
During our recent motorcycling holiday to Norway, my six week old BMW suffered a significant & terminal mechanical failure at the most inopportune time &
Norway 2004
21 July 2004
4th-21st July. This trip had been in the planning stages for the two years since my last visit in the autumn of 2002. On that
Langholm
12 June 2004
Took a nice ride today down the A7 south from Edinburgh towards Langholm, Dumfries & Galloway. Approaching Langholm, up on my left I saw a
Second Ride
7 June 2004
It’s been just over a week since I took delivery of my new BMW R1200GS and apart from riding it home from the BMW dealer
BMW R1200GS #1
27 May 2004
After a succession of large BMW touring motorcycles I decided, just for a change, to buy one of the newly launched BMW R1200GS models from
Sleeperzzz 2004
23 May 2004
There cannot be a better place to base yourself to explore Sutherland, way up in the north of Scotland that the converted railway carriages at
Concorde
19 April 2004
Following the fatal Concorde crash near Paris in 2000, it was subsequently decided to take all the remaining aircraft out of service and retire the
BMW Fault
4 November 2003
The weather is getting very cold now so not so much opportunity to get out on the ‘bike at the moment. However I do go
Snow Joke
23 October 2003
19th-23rd October. It’s no joke riding a big motorcycle, two-up, in snowy conditions and I for one wouldn’t do so from choice. I’m one of
