We arrived back into Denmark at lunchtime and later in the afternoon headed over to Norway. It was raining in Denmark and still raining when we arrived in Kristiansand 2.5hrs later. Luckily only a 1/2 hr ride to our accomodation. Stayed with Erling and Ingunn through Bunk a Biker and got everything dried out then … Continue reading Norway July 1 -8 →

A wet and miserable ride to Selfoss in the south. We kept to back roads... mainly gravel to avoid Reykjavik and all the tourists as we were travelling through the golden circle. Once again I discovered the joys of trying to pee in the countryside with full motorbike gear and wet weather gear on.  Arrived … Continue reading South Iceland June 25 – 29 →

On the 18th we headed out from Egillstadir and headed north to a home exchange house in Akureyri. Most of it was on the Ring road as the longer scenic route fully loaded with all our gear was going to be slow going on rocky gravel roads and would have been 8+ hrs of riding. … Continue reading North Iceland June 18-25 →

Arrived into Iceland at 8.30 in the morning to beautiful weather. 10 minutes out of town we found our first waterfall, Gufufoss Carried on past our accomodation and headed out to the East coast. A beautiful ride ending in Borgarfjörður where there is a protected Puffin colony of around 10,000 pairs of puffins. They best … Continue reading East Iceland June 15-18 →

After a beautiful smooth overnight sailing we arrived into Torshavn in the Faroe islands at 10.30pm. We had a home exchange sorted up the top of the same island about 45 mins away. The Faroe Islands is a self-governing archipelago, part of the Kingdom of Denmark. It comprises 18 rocky, volcanic islands between Iceland and … Continue reading Faroe islands 11-14 June →

Our accomodation in the Netherlands was great. We had an excellent breakfast and as we were preparing to leave the cute calf came out to say hi. Gea used to ride but has had 3 serious non bike related accidents and can longer ride. She loves hearing everyone else's stories though. In her trees she … Continue reading Netherlands to the Ferry. 6-10 June →

Today we finally packed up the bike to head off. It had looked like so much luggage when we flew over but once organized it actually took up less space than we thought. We headed off to stay with Alissa and Andy, who we hosted in NZ, at their wee home near Windsor. After lunch … Continue reading On the move 4th June →

Today 3rd June, I was keen to explore the abbey in Crowland, part of which is a historic ruin. The original Abbey was built on the site in 716 in honour of St Guthlac who had lived and died in Crowland in 714. The current Abbey and ruins were the 4th version, started in 1144 … Continue reading Exploring local →

Out for a tiki tour to Hunstanton beach. In the normal scheme of things it is 67 km. We used the scenic app on curvy. Took us through the back lanes, single car width many of them. Rode through and round Sandringham Castle estate, and at one point our little lane became a 2 rut … Continue reading Tiki touring round Lincolnshire →

We finally departed Hamilton, NZ on the Te Huia train to Auckland at 7.30 am Saturday 27th May. We haven't been on it before and it didn't occur to us to use it till Alissa and Andy (aka Mad or Nomad), who are Round the World motorbike travellers, used it to get to and from … Continue reading Back on the Bike →