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After reaching Nordkapp, there was only one direction left to go: south.

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Five months ago, I left the UK on a motorcycle carrying everything I thought I might need for six months on the road.

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Almost a month has passed since my last update from Türkiye, and a lot of road has disappeared beneath the wheels since then.

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Somewhere between Italy, Greece, Türkiye, Bulgaria and now Romania, I realised something.

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When I left the UK on my motorcycle, I thought this journey would be about freedom.

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Leaving Africa felt strangely significant. What began as a rest stop in Asilah before making my crossing back to Europe slowly became a kind of sanctuary. The sea air, the familiar cafés, the balcony views over the old m...

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I wake in Midelt and feel it immediately ...this place is vast, exposed, and unforgiving. Even simple things like finding the next stop start to feel like mammoth tasks.

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I left Tangier at 9:30am today and set the satnav to avoid tolls, making my way to Asilah. It turned into a beautiful coastal ride, though I had to avoid children roller-skating in the right lane quite early on.

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Nazare stalled me.\nPhone issues, bad Wi-Fi, waiting, nothing major, but enough to stop everything.

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There could be worse places to stop.

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Riding through the vineyards of France…children wave…towns pass quietly…I realise something simple: my life now fits on a motorcycle.

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Having left Newtown three days ago, with my first stop to visit family in Kettering, I then continued south toward Exeter to visit more family, where the roads gradually began to close in, with traffic building and a con...

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Preparing for a long motorcycle journey begins simply.

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I am currently in the middle of logistics planning for my Europe trip, and at times it feels overwhelming because my nervous system is trying to catch up with the scale of change in my life.

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As I move closer to retirement, something unexpected has been happening inside me.

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I have a dream...it is to ride to the Sahara Desert…to follow silence until the noise of the world falls away.

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As I move closer to the date I’ve chosen to retire 19th December 2025, I’ve found myself feeling something unexpected. It’s not fear exactly, but emotionally there’s a subtle unease I hadn’t fully anticipated.

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For years, I saw retirement as a distant finish line.

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In May 2025, ten months before retirement I set out on my first shakedown trip, a ride across Ireland. It wasn’t about ticking boxes or chasing miles. It was about testing both myself and the old Ténéré, and discovering ...

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