Motorcycle life – motorbike travel and pictures
Happy New year – 2026 from the motorbikes.blog It’s that time of the year when the clock ticks over and we leave one year behind and look forward to the one that begins. There’s a few reasons why I wont recall 2025 as one of my best years. Things have happened that I can’t change, […]
Merry Christmas – 2025 Best wishes to you for a happy, relaxing and peaceful Christmas.
Motorcycle Live Nov 2025 – at the National Exhibition Centre I called at this year’s Motorcycle Live show this weekend at the NEC in Birmingham. The last time I was there was back in 2022 (see post here). The itch to get close to bikes is nagging at me. The frustration of not being able […]
Alpinestars, a beanie and a tenuous link for this blog post. Writing a blog post about a beanie hat might seem like an act of desperation … and I suppose it is. But there is a reason for it. It’s now coming up to 18 weeks since I had an accident on my BMW RnineT. […]
I should have been getting ready to head to Spain & Portugal It’s certainly true that none of us ever really know quite what’s round the corner – both literally and figuratively. It’s been a few weeks since I last posted on here. In fact my last post was back at the end of June […]
Last time I posted Last time I posted was in early May after I had returned from another fantastic bike trip to Scotland. If you read that last post you’ll know the bike I used on that trip was my BMW F900 XR. Had things gone to plan, my next scheduled trip on the F900 […]
Motorcycling in Scotland – 3 towns and 1,000miles – Part 3. This is the last part of the three part post following last week’s short Scottish trip. In Part 1 I wrote about travelling from the North West, through the Yorkshire Dales and my stay at The Buccleuch Arms Hotel in Moffat. If you missed Part […]
Motorcycling in Scotland – 3 towns and 1,000miles – Part 2. In Part 1 I wrote about travelling from the North West, through the Yorkshire Dales and staying at The Buccleuch Arms Hotel in Moffat. If you missed Part 1 – this link will take you back there. This second part of the 3 Towns […]
Motorcycling in Scotland – 3 towns and 1,000miles – Part 1. Anyone following my blogs either here or over on the rainycity.blog will know that I really do like visiting Scotland. The last time my wife and I were there was around about this time last year. On that occasion we stayed in Newton Stewart. […]
Sunny days – three towns and a thousand miles in Scotland. Just back from making the most of the good weather by taking a short trip to Scotland. I think it was August 2023 when I was last there (on a bike). This trip saw me take in some great roads (many of which I […]