Having successfully completed the Sport Adventure Normandie event I felt I had completed my trail riding apprenticeship. The Scorpa Trials had given me an excellent early grounding in basic balance, slow speed manoevering, throttle and clutch control. But it was not suitable for the Normandie event which led to the purchase of the T-ride, specifically …
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Budapest
A few days in Budapest with Georgina. It was very cold ! Once again Gij organised everything – EasyJet flights, AirBnB. We had a whole apartment to ourselves and it was amazing – very Bohemain. The visit to the Holocaust museum was harrowing but very worthwhile and extremely well done.
Sport Adventure Normandie
These events are run by Chris EVANS of Sport Adventure https://sport-adv.com/. This is a 3 day event and you cover approximately 100 miles per day, nearly all off road. Each bike is fitted with a road book reader – just like the Paris-Dakar rally ! Each morning you are issued with the road book scroll …
T-Ride Practise
Trying to get in plenty of practise on the T-ride in preparation for the 3-day Normandie adventure. Very conscious that all the other guys are vastly more experienced than me and I don’t want to be holding everyone up. My regular short ride is to do what I call the “valley route” which probably takes …
Trail Riding In Kent
We stayed on an extra day after the Tricks In The Sticks Training to do a day’s trail riding around the lanes in Kent. Dougie kindly provided the bikes – a KTM 350 Freeride for me and the big BMW 450X for him. He had also mapped out some suitable routes, probably using some insider …