Blowing Away The Dust
My motorcycle journey after the U.A.E.
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- Istanbul (Again - No Bike - Hair Shot)
- London - No Bike - Things to See
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- England - James Cargo - Dropping off the bIke
- Wales (3rd Visit on bike - 5th Visit total)
- England (3rd Visit)
- Scotland (2nd Visit - bike has been repaired)
- Edinburgh, Beauly and Inverness
- Inverness to Aberdeen (my first snow riding)
- Shetland (with bike)
- Aberdeen
- Inverness, Cromarty Bridge, Navidale
- Duncansby Head, John O'Groats, Dunnet Head
- Bettyhill and Coldbackie
- Tongue
- Loch Eribol, Ceannabeinne Beach, Durness
- Ardvreck Castle, Ullapool, Strone Woo
- Inverewe Gardens
- Portree (Isle of Skye)
- Scone Palace
- Motorrad Central - Dalkeith
- Edinburgh
- Border Crossing Back to England
- Wales (again - without bike)
- Scotland (1st Visit)
- England (2nd Visit)
- Wales (2nd Visit - with bike)
- Ireland (2nd Visit)
- Northern Ireland
- Ireland (1st Visit)
- Arriving and Tramore
- Kinsale
- Leaving Kinsale via Maryborough to Schull and Mizen Head
- Mizin and Brow Head (Ireland's Southernmost point)
- Ring of Beara and part Ring of Kerry
- Dingle
- Ferry from Tarbert to Killimer and Cliffs of Moher
- Matchmaker Festival - Lisdoonvarna
- Coastal Route afer Lisdoonvarna
- 12 Pines, Clifden and Kylemore Abbey
- Achill Island
- Banba's Crown (Malin Head)
- Wales (1st Visit - on the bike)
- Bristol (with my bike back - Westfield House))
- Bike Repairs (Dick Lovett, Bristol)
- Wales and England (without bike)
- Wales
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- Baunton on the Water
- Hampshire - Test River
- Devon Coast (Croyde - Surfing)
- Wales
- England (ooooooopppps - lorry reversing…….not going too far without a motorbike….!
- France (2nd Visit - Heading to England)
- Belgium
- France (1st Visit)
- Germany (again)
- Luxembourg
- Germany
- Liechtenstein
- Switzerland
- Italy - All Photos 2nd Visit
- Austria - St Anton and on..
- Italy - All Photos 1st Visit
- Slovenia
- Croatia - All Photos 2nd Visit
- Bosnia & Herzegovina - All Photos
- Croatia (Ride through)
- Montenegro - All Photos
- Albania - All Photos
- Greece - All Photos
- Leaving Greece / Arriving Albania
- Elena's Beach Camping
- Parga
- Nautilos Camping
- Leaving Vikos Gorge
- Vikos Gorge (Papingo)
- Meteora to Vikos Gorge (Papingo)
- Meteora
- Ponti to Meteora
- Porto Katsiki
- Ponti (Vassiliki Bay
- Patras towards Vassiliki Bay
- Patras (2nd visit)
- Kalavyrta Railway
- Ancient Mycenae and on to Patras
- Kalavyrta and Loutraki
- Corinth Canal
- Athens
- Epidauros
- Nafplio and Palamidi Castle
- Mystras and on to Nafplio
- Monemvasia
- Diros Caves
- Pylos
- Methoni Castle
- Gialova - Erodios Camping
- Olympia
- Patras
- Delphi
- Sparta - 300 - Actually Thermopylae
- Pelion Ride
- Agria
- Volos Olympic Torch
- Litochoro and Mount Olympus
- Mt Olympus - including dropping the bike - 45mins
- Thessaloniki
- Toroni and Angelos Garden
- Chalkidiki and Sithonian Peninsula
- Kavala
- Alexandroupoli
- Turkey - All Photos
- Border Crossing - Turkey to Greece
- Gallipoli
- Cunda to Gallipoli
- 20kms in 27mins leaving Cunda
- The Germans Leaving Cunda
- Ayvalik and Cunda
- Izmir to Ayvalik
- Ephesus
- Pamukkale and Hierapolis
- 29 Minutes on the Ula/Kale Road
- Oludeniz
- Patara, Xanthos, Tlos
- Ucagiz (Kekova)
- Limyra - Arycanda - Myra
- Olympos
- Aspendos
- Mount Chimaera
- Ulupinar
- Phaselis
- Antalya
- Alanya
- Goreme to Alanya
- Goreme (Cappadocia)
- Ankara
- Zonguldak on to Ankara
- Sile and on to Zonguldak
- North Eastern Bosphoros and Riva
- Istanbul
- Packing the bike for freighting (28/03/12)
- Test Pack at the Dobson's
- Al Sawadi Resort and Spa and the road back to Abu Dhabi (10/03/2012)
- Oman Dive Centre (9/03/2012)
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The Plan
After moving to the U.A.E. in early 2008 (at the peak of the property development boom) to undertake a master planning / urban design role with one the of the regions largest real estate 'developers' I soon longed to ride a motorcycle again.
Although the real estate bubble burst shortly after arrival I believed I would be staying long enough to justify the purchase of a motorcycle.
In early 2010 I purchased a BMW R1200GS - I had missed riding so much and I had started dreaming of a motorcycle adventure somewhere after I finished my time in the UAE, which I knew was inevitable.
I was still in Abu Dhabi in early 2011 so I upgraded to the R1200GS Adventure with the goal of setting off on this adventure.
At the end of 2011 the time came, without a job, it was time to make the plan a reality…..
Here goes.
© Urban Fabric 2012