Blue skies, quiet roads, two rolling wheels and only three things to do each day: ride, eat and sleep. This is what became of life when riding the TET in the summer of 2020 during the short lull between waves of the covid-19 pandemic. The experience of Central France had sewn itself into the fabric […]
Euro Adventure Part 3: The Friendly Fascist
This long post comes after a long gap in writing. I will soon post an update for the actual Arclight Project. But for now, I hope you enjoy this story about how I ended up staying with the friendliest fascist in Europe during my adventure on the TET. The next morning I rose before sunrise […]
Euro Adventure Part 2: Finding the Trans-European-Trail
With the negative thoughts of the first days spun, softened and dried along with my clothes, I had an open mind to meet the road ahead of me. The bike felt good and I rode fast out of the Paris on a quiet Sunday morning. Josephine’s goodbye could be heard reverberating through the Parisian streets, […]
Making Sense Of Negative Feelings – A Children’s Poem
“I find myself with myself more than ever before. Really, truly, responsible for my life and therefore the only one accountable for my shortcomings. I have come short on many an occasion. But remind myself, I should, or could, or may as well, That life is a lesson. It is a class only passed if […]
Euro Adventure Part 1: Le Grand Depart with Wet Pants
I rode away from my home in Hereford with my beloved family and closest friend stood on the drive waving me goodbye. A strong feeling of apprehension swirled with determination and excitement in my belly. The rolling hills and expansive green spaces of Herefordshire, graced by the light from which the golden valley derives its […]
The Saga of the Stolen Motorcycle
My beloved motorcycle, Josephine Honda, was stolen on my second night here in Leicester. Young hooded gremlins with wretched craftiness broke into the garden of the residence I was staying in. These Bad Boys, probably fuelled with monster energy drink and vape smoke, hot wired the bike and joy rode it through the streets of […]