The Postman

Motorcycle News is very kindly and very generously selling copies of my book, the Long Ride Home, priced at £9.99 including postage and packing. Despite the changes in the cover, it’s the same book about the same trip from Sydney to London as the other variations that have been shown over the past few months. [...]

So I made it across America, with a proper report on that to come. But to summarise, in total I covered 10,000 kilometres (6,000 miles) in six weeks, starting in New York and heading first up through Pennsylvania. From there I took in Detroit, Chicago, then down along the old Route 66 to St Louis [...]

Well, I talked about it long enough. Now it’s happening, me and Dot riding across the States. In fact, we’ve been at it 2 weeks or more, now at the mid-way point, Wichita, waiting for morning to break before pushing on through the mid-west, destination Colorado or Santa Fe, haven’t decided yet. Apologies for not [...]

Well, she starts. First kick! A few things to adjust and check. Currently the indicators don’t work, the timing chain needs setting and she needs a few more overall checks. But very close to being back on the road, which feels good…

It’s 3.41 am and I’ve just got in from the garage. Getting there…

I mentioned the other day that I’m currently in the process of rebuilding Dot, something which proves quite a problem what with her being an Australian post bike and never officially sold in the UK. Getting parts is therefore difficult and problematic, which is why I’m incredibly grateful to Joe and the rest of the [...]

It’s been over two years since me and Dot rode in to London and completed the journey. In that time I’ve been working on the book and doing other things while she’s largely been shut away in the shed at the bottom of the garden and forgotten about. Well, not forgotten, perhaps just neglected. Out [...]

Well, it’s taken some doing but I’m finally proud to announce the release of my book; The Long Ride ‘Home’. The book is a tale of my adventure of my adventure from Sydney to London on a 105cc Honda called Dorothy. Together we covered 35,000 kilometres, passed through eighteen countries and took nine months to [...]

Hey, hope everyone’s well. It’s certainly been a while. Last I reported I was back in Australia trying to promote the book. That went okay, I don’t think it sold bestseller or anything but it was a nice experience. I even got to be on TV… http://today.ninemsn.com.au/?videoid=0b6f1cb4-765f-4dbe-8dd7-f8d36ba2e8e9 Look for the numpty walking in front of [...]