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After a fairly raucous night in which Dawg burned his shorts (this time he had an excuse, he’d split the seam from glugsack to waist) we managed to drag ourselves out of the tents in good time and were on the road. No, that’s not quite right. On the way to find Petrol, Wry’s luck O the Irish...

At first light we were up and at ‘em. I took a little recce hike around then we scarfed some breakfast and coffee and headed back out to slaughter the fush! Above: Our camp for the night. My tent a smart distance from the others. Above: Looking from above Above: The island feels...

Morning in the desert is very quiet. So when Panic let rip, it echoed across the plains, startling small desert creatures and making all of us laugh. Time to get rolling. Stories emerged of hallucinations and odd happenings in the night. Wry awoke to the moon in his face thinking someone was...

And then things took a turn. Literally. The nicely graded road continued past a couple of big pieces of machinery that had just made it and disappeared off to the right, confidently tracing a line off into the distance where no mishaps ever happen. Meanwhile, I steered my little band of lemmings...

Weeks ago, Wry announced he’s free from work and guests over the coming long weekend. Hearing that, an occurrence as rare as hen’s teeth, we all scrambled to work around it. Officer Downward-Facing-Snoop-Doggy van der Dawg was 100% in… but then added a proviso: His participation was assured...

Welcome to another installment! This time, three XR650R Big Red Pigs and the "Big Girl" Yamaha Tenere T7 head out for five days of blasting stones, sand, and everything in between. But this time, we treated ourselves to a civilized pause to take in a bit of Nile Perch and Tiger fishing on the...

Sensible boys, us, we had intentionally rationed our booze in advance of coming on the ride. If you overdo it, you suffer the consequences. Ask me how I know. This trip, and this trip, are only two examples. Turns out 300ml is the perfect amount to keep a couple of guys happy but not stupid. We...

The Quixotic search for the elusive Nguruman-Loita Hills Link continues. I’ve come at it from the top twice, once with Lobomoto and once with Panic. Both were awesome rides, go check ‘em out HERE. This time Lil’ ol’ Officer Snoop Dawgy van der Dawg and I took off for Shompole Conservancy and the...

Fast Blast to Jinja - 2.5 days on a T7 Look out! I’m about to cheat on my XR again! This time with a big, beautiful Yamaha Tenere T7 lent to me by Officer van der Dawg for a wild rip to Jinja, Uganda and back over the course of 2 ½ short days. We wanted to see some people there but neither of...

Another day another solo mission. This time I’d set my sights on a patch of ground east of Lake Magadi. I discover new tracks using Google Earth but since rural Kenya isn’t exactly marketable terrain, the imagery out here can be very old, so I was surprised to see some 2024 imagery down in...

Spain and back again - Late Summer Riding Summertime means cheating on my XR650R with another beautiful lady in red… my indominable 1999 Vespa PX125. She lives in northern Spain and though we meet rarely, it’s a love affair that’s been going strong for thirteen years (nearly as long as I’ve...

Wonderful, thanks! Though I wish I were able to promise better, more varied stuff. Previous years have had us up in Northern Kenya and Northern Tanzania and everything in between. So far though, apart from that one nice ride to the Tugan hills and Bogoria, it's been all short stuff. But there...

Morning came on little cat’s feet… tied to kettle drums, attached to the inside of my head it felt like. And another cat had rolled in its own scat, scampered over and tumbled in a patch of cockleburs and began performing somersaults on my tongue. I was the last to crawl out of his sandy cocoon...

Gawking around in search of a bit of shade for a snack break, Panic trundled off a ledge into deep sand and stacked it at about 60kph. Ploughed through the dirt with his face prepping to plant potatoes, it looked like. No zero-till ag here, no siree. Had to climb out from under the bike, but...

We managed to get together four XR650Rs for a ride! That’s the most since I don’t know when, and on an overnighter no less! We were dragging along our mate Officer Flattop van der Dawg on his T7. It’ll only be his second overnight ride on the big girl. Last time he went with Panic he lost half...

No idea. Dawg's were brought in from SA.

Well it looks like maybe that plan couldn't happen even if I had wanted to! She broke herself in Tanzania not far from Mbeya. Seems TZ is the Bermuda Triangle for semi-famous YouTube ADV riders. First Poskitt, now Itchy Boots. Sijui.

Sun is shining! Time to go for a ride and see what’s what down in the Valley. Panic and I met Wry at the usual morning quarry Ngong Hills viewpoint. The plan was to ride the SGR and see if we can click Wry’s shock and forks into behaving better. I gave it a few kms. Shock seemed fine to me, but...

It's been pretty wild but like everything else it mostly effects the poor. We've had to avoid the main roads at times because they have half a meter of water in them, trees have been falling down a lot, and wall fences... some of my kit is moulding in the garage from lack of use, but nothing...

It's further evidence that forums are not an easy way to match people with similar interests. If you noticed on the first page there are links to eight other year-long compilations... many much more active than this one so far. I sometimes go back and live vicariously though my own adventures...