Scotland has been living up to its reputation, cold and wet! Since we have been in Scotland we have had rain of some sort every day and temps have rarely been above 10° and the wind has been gale force at times, but enough of the weather, it is what it is. Edinburgh was everything we expected, we spent five hours in the castle, the history is just incredible, but very bloody with constant wars between the clans, England and the Vikings, just to name the ones th...

After a very long flight we were back in the UK. Thankfully friends picked us up from the airport and took us back to their place where we recuperated from our journey. The next day while we were still in the London area we visited the Warner Brothers studio where they made the Harry Potter movies, a very interesting place to visit. The following day we headed by train back to the midlands to be reunited with our bike. It did take some effort to get it started, b...

It was with mixed emotions as we rode off the ferry into Dover. We had spent five and a half months riding through very differing countries, from the glacier topped alps of Switzerland, to the dry and arid plains of Turkey, from the ancient ruins of Greece to the rebuilding of Berlin. From 43° in Turkey to 4° in Austria and all the while coping with not being able to speak the local language, we do find it very tiering not being able to speak the local language...

This trip came about because Michael wanted to see where he was born, Leicester England. Well after a little over four months and 25,000 kilometres we are here and it has been the "experience of a lifetime". I thought I would share some facts with you so that anyone that is interested in planning their own trip will have some idea of what we have endured. Distance: 25,000K Tyres: Three rears, the first did 9,000K and the second did 15,000K Times we dropped the...

We have made it! We are in Poole UK and have met my mother who is over here from Australia. How cool is that? We came from Germany via Luxembourg where we stopped and had a look at Vianden Castle, a castle that dates from Roman times, but has seen lots of changes and renovations over the years, so it is hard to say how old it is, but it was an amazing castle to see in a great setting. Then it was on to Belgium and Brussels. We were lucky enough to get into the ro...