Departing Gdansk was like riding to the north pole for me. A freezing wind blew from the north and the bike swayed constantly. I was trying to imagine what it would be like in Siberia. Hopefully summer will have by then. NE Poland has more than 2000 lakes is picture postcard stuff. I camped for 2 nights in the pine forests. Nights were freezing literally. A litre carton froze almost solid in my tent. I waited patiently each morning for the sun to rise before gett...

Well I left the UK finally on a ferry bound for the Netherlands. It was an overnight trip so I departed the Hook of Holland in near freezing conditions. I was riding with an Aussie (Matthew - K1200RS) who lives in Finland. He decided to spend most of the day riding together as he was heading for a ferry in northern Germany. The motorways are extremely busy but safe with excellent road conditions. I decided to set a max of 100kph for the trip with too much at stak...

I arrived in the UK Sunday 29/3. Despite all of the anticipated barrage of questions at customs I zipped straight through. Getting out of Aus was a different story. Excess baggage of 18kgs didn't go down well at the check-in. I had to scuttle off and find an Unaccompanied Baggage courier. Lyndy (partner) and Rob (friend) just looked on with a quiet smile. With my m/c jacket in hand I must have looked like a terrorist especially with the very short haircut. So I w...