Tag Archives: Big John

Its time to say Goodbye to the Blog Site!

Posted on 27/11/2024 by John milway

Weds 27th Nov 2024 Hi there folks ..I’ve been riding since I was 16 yrs old,  I caught the bug of touring on a motorbike nearly 40 yrs ago; since then I’ve ridden nearly 250,000 miles covering much of Europe, the … Continue reading →

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ANOTHER New YouTube video!

Posted on 15/12/2023 by John milway

15th Dec 2023 I’ve been busy catching up with my action cam footage; check this one out. There is also another video in the pipeline covering the September Scottish adventure..its gonna be a good one! Probably won’t finish it before … Continue reading →

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Alaska postponed until 2022..UK riding only in 2021!!

Posted on 09/08/2021 by John milway

August 2021 Hi Folks..hope you’re all well in spite of Covid and Lockdowns; finally there is light at the end of the tunnel now with the vaccines! Its been over 9 months since I last posted; 2021 has become a … Continue reading →

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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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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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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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Chandelao to Ranakpur 180kms

Posted on 11/02/2019 by John milway

Thurs 7th February 2019 Chandelao to Ranakpur 180kms A 9am start and immediately we were into small back roads, remote and certainly non touristy.. this turned out to be our best riding day so far 👍😎 Our first stop was … Continue reading →

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Pokaran to Chandelao, via Jodhpur 230kms

Posted on 10/02/2019 by John milway

Wednesday 6th February 2019 A 9am start, sunny and cold, but not freezing as before. We roared off through the fort gates in convoy (video to come later) and joined the highway; another day of mainly straight roads beckoned. we … Continue reading →

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