Archive for the ‘Touring’ Category

Scottish Highlands – Sept 2010

Well it’s a little under 4 weeks now before I head off to Scotland again for another 1200 mile, 5 day tour around the highlands and the Isle Of Skye and, I have to say that i’m really looking forward to the break to switch off from work for a while.
Taking in Lake Windermere, [...]

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A fun if chilly week for riding

With such fantastic clear days this week it would of been wrong not to take the covers off the bike and make the most of it. As A result I’ve been commuting the short 50 miles to work  on the bike and really enjoyed every day. Sure, there’s always the usual few road users not [...]

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Riding Asia – London To Beijing

Received an email at work yesterday from the Globebusters mailer informing me their new ‘Riding Asia – London to Beijing’ DVD is now available!
According to the email: “London to Beijing is the most extreme expedition that GlobeBusters’ currently runs. Their latest DVD ‘Riding Asia – London to Beijing’ takes you through some the toughest terrain and conditions as [...]

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iPhone Satnav

I was only recently alerted to a change in Apples licensing by my mate James that means legitimate Sat Nav apps are now fully available for the iPhone – Cheers James and about time too Apple!
Although many companies have had sat nav software for the iPhone available for some time, due to legal restrictions within [...]

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CB Radio Tests

The recent trip to the Scottish Highlands gave myslef and Towny the opportunity to try out a couple of CB radios we’d been meaning to test for a while. Generally dissatisfied with the poor range and clarity of our existing PMR’s the CB route seemed the next logical option.
The immediate thing that struck us both is [...]

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