Saturday morning, up and out early to get to Davey & Trisha's to watch the racing. Surprisingly the roads were really busy, even on a bike it took us ages weaving in and out of the traffic. All of the roads surrounding the course were lined with parked cars, and people were taking up positions around the track for the days racing. Everywhere was in chaos, people and cars everywhere, emergency vehicles weaving in and out of the traffic taking up position for t...

Friday morning we made our way down to breakfast to be greeted by a feast. Not one to complain and being the polite chap that I am I decided to eat everything that was on offer except the dreaded tomato.Bad news was not far away, the reason for the cancelled practice that a rider had died on the track. Robert Dunlop, a 40+ year old local guy had fallen off and then the rider behind had run over him. The poor guy's luck had finally run out. Both he and his older b...

On the journey from Oxford I hit a small bird. Both the bird and my headlight protector are on more. The ride along the coast road was fantastic, the views were breath taking, and inthe surrounding area of the ferry terminal were also spectacular. Videos and gallry images uploaded

4am dark and cold ready for the trip to Scotland. Step 1 of the NW200 2008 trip. Step one is to ride to Birmingham International Airport to drop Amanda for her flight to Belfast and then I will ride on to Cairnryan to catch a ferry. This trip is all about testing my equipment for the bigger journey over Europe later in the year, oh, and of course to watch some of the best motorcycle road racing in the world.

Finally I arrive in Portstewart, later than anticipated due to traffic and an empty fuel tank, not to mention the dreaded text conversations with pretty much everyone I know. Why everyone has to text me then and hey why did I have to read or indeed answer them is beyond me!! Back to the story...As I arrived after the roads had closed I managed to work my way through the back streets and found a nice parking location outside a scout hut (thanks guys) so I abandone...