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The Congo
Author Bio: Lois Pryce is a British travel author, journalist and broadcaster.In 2003 Lois left her job at the BBC in London to ride twenty-thousand miles from Alaska to the tip of South America astride her Yamaha XT225. Upon her return she wrote the book of this trip, Lois on…
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The Bura
Author Bio: Andy T or “Trib” was a dispatch rider for a few years, and then went into advertising, but never stopped riding. He hasn’t had a proper job since 2007. He and his partner Julia have been doing long bike tours for the last ten years. They stick…
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A Spirited Ride
Author Bio: Adam Bright, U.K. Extended teenager. Successful fritterer of money. Happy. A Spirited Ride I am sitting here, tapping away at a laptop that the me that this happened to wouldn’t possibly believe could exist… perhaps at some future point, this won’t seem so utterly bizarre and fanciful,…
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Pickup Chicken Stew Tuareg Style
Author Bio: “Micha”, born May ’66 in Stuttgart. Infected with dirt bike virus since ’79 during a holiday in Italy. Legally on road since ’84. Travelled most of Europe, Near East, East Africa and North Africa on my RD04 270KTM. Since late 90’s Hard Enduro on Suzuki and KTM…
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The Road to Nowhere
Author Bio: Paul Knight aka Milky, been riding since I was about 12, became a courier in 1974 for Mercury despatch in London, which is where I got the nickname that’s stuck for almost 50 years! To celebrate our 50th’s My riding companion Dave Newman (also of the above…
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Two Wheels Across America
Author Bio: Russ Segalov living near London, U.K. Semi-retired now having been working in the IT industry for many years, and now enjoy being able to plan and take time off to do motorbike trips abroad and in the UK on and off tarmac. I was 27 years old…
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Not Marriage Material
In this non-fiction anthology, twenty authors and poets (including me) celebrate the ones who got away and the ones they were lucky enough to get away from. These relationships may not have ended in marriage, but they have provided us with entertaining stories. Join us as we share our…
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France for Lunch
Just to show that time has no meaning for me and if I wish to continue a series of events with a seven year gap in between, as if nothing has happened, I will. Therefore, in 2014, I rode to France for lunch for the day. More accurately, I…
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Lunch in Lands End
“You can’t ride to Edinburgh for lunch”, I was told. When I responded that yes, I could and indeed had ridden to Edinburgh for lunch that very weekend on a BMW Megamoto my protagonist got a bit flustered. Apparently he didn’t mean that it was impossible, but that I…
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The Flower Book
My father’s mother, Granny Young to me, “Hetty” to her husband Jack, full name Clarissa Henrietta Young was an extraordinary woman. Before she married my Grandfather she worked as a cook in a large country house. She was a demon in the kitchen. My parents were often away at…
Who is Jack Treasure?