Right, ferry booked, hotel in Calais sorted and time of work planned. Newcastle practically safe from relegation so can concentrate on more important things. Such as....... the bike. Two options, option one, trade in the trusty ER6 and buy a big tourer like a BMW or Transalp, or option two, spend a bit of cash turning the kwak into a tourer. Option two appeals to me more for several reasons, firstly the idea of buying a bike and then putting 7000 miles on it wi...

Ok I am goin for a short ride, need to see what Europe has to offer outside of the usual package holidays to benidorm or Mallorca. I have never been a big fan of traditional holidays, the last few I've been on have been diving in Thailand, driving to the nurburgring in the black Forrest (a must, you just have to do it once in your life! I intend on doing it as often as possible). So after a night of watching long way round followed by reading some of jupiters t...