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The weather wasn’t very promising when we met by the harbour at 7.30AM on Saturday. It was foggy, slightly drizzly and seemed quite bleak. I’m sure it was just the memory of a warm cozy bed that made me think…

It’s only been about 6 months since we got back from our big roadtrip that went through France, Germany, Belgium and England. The video I started putting together after we got back vanished into the depths of my memory until…

It has been nearly 5 weeks since I returned from the bike trip. There must be something wrong with space/time because it sure doesn’t seem that long. I have only just started compiling the video but, luckily, we weren’t very…

Photo credit goes to uedn.de
I have just returned from a great 2000 mile trip to Munich, the Nurburgring, Spa and… er… Birmingham! There was lots of riding, beer and speed. The photo above is me taking the R1200 GS…

For the past few years I have been permanently on the verge of buying a new BMW motor bike. There was always a financial or “other” practical reason to put it off though. Nothing has changed in that respect but…

After climbing 10,000ft in a small light aircraft, the door opened and we jumped out!! That’s another one ticked off the “bucket list”!
On our first lift, the cloud cover above the drop zone was beyond the safety limits of…

In just two weeks, the company I have been working at, for nearly eight years, will close its doors for eternity. NRG International is being integrated with two of its sisters and will be based in Holland, not here in…

The trip up to Wales was interesting. We had plenty of time due to the early arrival of the ferry. This turned out to be a good thing because the GPS was set to avoid motorways. For the first hour…

Quark Expeditions are running a competition in which you can win a $20,000 trip to the Antarctic. The competition is won through blogging and you need to blog about the trip whilst you are away. This sounded right up my…

With the big changes to my working life fast approaching, the decision was made to sell Mystere, the yacht I have owned and raced, with a friend, for the past 6 years. Luckily, being such a good specimen of the…