Author Archives: John milway

3 Days riding in the Yorkshire Dales, North Pennines & The Peak District

Posted on 21/07/2019 by John milway

An opportunity had come up to get away for a few days riding in the North of England; the weather forecast looked reasonable…so its ADVENTURE TIME again to ride some of the UK’s best roads 🙂 Day 1:Tuesday 16th July … Continue reading →

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The Final Instalment..Sligo to Dublin Ferry-Snowdonia Wales-home

Posted on 10/06/2019 by John milway

Thursday 6th June19 Sligo to Dublin Ferry and Snowdonia As expected it was raining when we woke up; Kevin was last down to breakfast having ended up drinking Poteen (Irish moonshine) with the locals till late!! Fred went to try … Continue reading →

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A Wet Ride to Limerick, Roundstone & Sligo

Posted on 09/06/2019 by John milway

Monday 3rd June19 To Limerick In the morning it was dry. but with rain forecast (again!!). Fred took a couple of laps round the car park of the hotel to test out his makeshift footrest. He decided the bike was … Continue reading →

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Man down on the road to Killarney

Posted on 07/06/2019 by John milway

Sunday 2nd June19 The rain cleared away and we set off in the dry 🙂 After a short while we turned off on another Garmin short cut.. narrow lane, grass in the middle, loose gravel and mud. I thought Fred … Continue reading →

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Ireland here we come

Posted on 05/06/2019 by John milway

Friday 31st. May19 The morning dawned dry with the sun breaking through, we all set off together to ride the mountain road to Devils Bridge as Fred hadn’t seen it. At Devils Bridge we parted company, Jon & Pete heading … Continue reading →

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The Adventure begins in Wales

Posted on 03/06/2019 by John milway

Tuesday 28th May 19 Fred and Kevin’s flights arrived from USA early morning, so an early start for me too to pick them up at 9am at Heathrow. Took them back to my house and then lunch at our local … Continue reading →

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An Irish Adventure that starts in Wales

Posted on 26/05/2019 by John milway

Sunday 26th May 2019 Today its a final check and packing day getting ready for the off on Wednesday May 29th. On this trip I will be accompanied by 4 of the guys I met on my February 2018 Thailand … Continue reading →

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Seven go riding in Welsh biking heaven

Posted on 03/05/2019 by John milway

At our last group curry night on a cold night in March it was decided that an early trip to Wales was needed to get the riding season well and truly started, so I set about the planning. A 3 … Continue reading →

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My thoughts on riding in Rajasthan on the Royal Enfield Bullet

Posted on 20/02/2019 by John milway

20th February 2019 The first rule to understand about driving, or riding, on the roads in India is that there are NO RULES!!! Everyone makes their way without looking, or signalling their intentions..eye contact doesn’t happen..its up to other road … Continue reading →

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A thank you to Indian Rides

Posted on 19/02/2019 by John milway

18th February 2019 Back in October last year after watching a TV documentary about Rajasthan I decided that India would be the venue for my winter adventure in 2019; the challenge was then to find a tour operator that could … Continue reading →

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To Agra, The Taj Mahal and then Delhi and home

Posted on 19/02/2019 by John milway

Thursday 14th February 2019 The bus arrived at 6:30 am and we piled in; the road to Agra is basically a motorway/A road, until we came to the blockage diversion which took us onto very small dusty, bumpy backroads. The … Continue reading →

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Pachewar Fort to Jaipur 80kms

Posted on 18/02/2019 by John milway

Tuesday 12th February 2019 Today is our last day of riding and we have only a short way to go to the Jaipur 🙁 the capital of Rajasthan and the home office of Indian Rides. Before we set off a … Continue reading →

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Bijapur to Pechewar Fort 260kms

Posted on 18/02/2019 by John milway

Monday 11th February 2019 Bijapur to Pechewar Fort 260kms NOTE: Apologies if some of the photos in recent posts had been inverted or flipped on publishing; its a problem between WP and IOS. Should be OK now. This post is … Continue reading →

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Udaipur and then on to Bijapur

Posted on 16/02/2019 by John milway

Sat 9th Feb 2019  A relaxed start to our day off, our guide arrived at 12.30. Trev & Andy elected to go on a boat trip round the lakes, the three amigos went to see the King’s vintage car collection … Continue reading →

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Ranakpur to Udaipur 110kms

Posted on 12/02/2019 by John milway

Friday 8th February 2019 It was a 10.30 start this morning to allow Trevor and Andrew to return from the 6.30 start on their Leopard  safari. They were told it was 90% certain that they would see a leopard; we … Continue reading →

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