Ok, Good news and bad news......... Good news is my bike has nice new tyres and chain now. Both my brakes work and for a whole half an hour my bike was clean-ish...... Darren is also the proud and slightly excited small child wrapped in a fat bloke type owner of his very orange KTM. All good news indeed and watching Darren riding home in the rain on knobbly tyres for the first time did raise a bit of a smile, in fact after a few corners I was smiling so much m...

I'm back again......... Just! All was going well in my world until that little red light came on. Now in BMW's mind I'm sure a temperature gauge isn't necessary when a heart attack inducing warning light that gives you no warning of impending doom will do....... but anyway, I made it to Darren's and after much fussing and generally not knowing what I was doing the cooling system seems to be full of cooling coolant and not nasty hot air again. All good we hope. T...

Ok. Update time. Not being used to these Blog type thingys I keep forgetting to write stuff! Well, the weather here in French France is great. Lots of sunshine and the odd storm just to keep things interesting. Every type of weather is interesting when you live in a caravan but hopefully getting my garden shed soon. More on that later but to bike matters first. My panniers have arrived courtesy of G&G in Germany. A little bit fiddly to fit but that's more ...

Hello and welcome to the Life and Travels of Me. Maybe 42 is the wrong time of life to suddenly up sticks and move to another country but that's what I did. Only time will tell but living the simple life in a quiet and tranquil part of France seems to be doing me the world of good. By simple, I mean i'm doing the gypsy thing right now and living in an old caravan kindly donated by friends. I'll get around to building something more permanent but I'm also keen t...