The first Belfast thing that you encounter as you approach Port Fairy is Belfast Lough. It’s an expanse of water on a flat plain, that made the area so attractive to the original European invaders. It is nowhere close to as impressive as its original namesake. View towards Belfast Lough, Victoria Over In 1828, notContinueContinue reading “03/16 – Belfast, Victoria – 24-27 March 2025”
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3/14 – The Road To Recovery Begins – 3-9 March 2025
When I last wrote I was about to spend my third night in hospital. It’s now five days later it’s Sunday the 9th of March. I got my first pictures of the bike from the trucking company and from these it seemed that, like me, the bike has got off quite lightly. I made myContinueContinue reading “3/14 – The Road To Recovery Begins – 3-9 March 2025 “
3/09 – Belfast, Canterbury, New Zealand – 11/12 Feb 2025
Tue 11 Feb 2025 Because it was raining, I set off from Liz’s place towards midday, with a promise of dryer weather in the afternoon, and indeed I reached Blenheim with nothing more than a few sprinkles to bother me. The road was, as I had been warned, boring, with it’s only redeeming feature being,ContinueContinue reading “3/09 – Belfast, Canterbury, New Zealand – 11/12 Feb 2025”
2/22 – Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall – 11 June 2024
A few days ago, I said to a friend, who was under a bit of stress, that it has to rain sometimes, so that you appreciate the sunshine when it returns. Well, this week has been monsoon season! I also discovered today that when someone comments on my posts, I don’t get notified; I haveContinueContinue reading “2/22 – Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall – 11 June 2024”
2/7 – Prince Edward Island
Tuesday 23rd April From Harve-Boucher, I took the road towards Monastery. Five minutes out, I realised I had forgotten my specs again, so I surprised and amused Simon when I returned ; I really must come up with a system to avoid doing this every morning. Rather than try to make PEI in one cold day,ContinueContinue reading “2/7 – Prince Edward Island”
01/17 – Tanzania 4 – 23-26 June 2019 – KILIMANJARO
Sun 23 June 2019: Since I have to wait until Monday for my documents, I decided to do a circuit of Kilimanjaro National Park., The first 75km is uphill on reasonable, if twisty roads. It’s cold and I realise I probably should have worn my leather jacket. Before long I have passed 5 000 ft (1ContinueContinue reading “01/17 – Tanzania 4 – 23-26 June 2019 – KILIMANJARO”
01/16 – Tanzania 3 – 19-22 June 2019
19 June 2019: So, I left you as I arrived in Dar-Es-Salaam. That was nearly 2 weeks ago now, so I thought I’d skip ahead bring things up-to-date and then go backwards. I arrived back in Dar on Weds 19th and took a taxi, from the port, to collect the bike. It started first prod! IContinueContinue reading “01/16 – Tanzania 3 – 19-22 June 2019”
01/14 – Tanzania 1 – 07-10 June 2019
Heading into the first country I haven’t been to before! 07 June 2019: The border procedures are straight forward. Fill in the yellow fever book, fill in arrivals card – I already have a visa, then give customs all the necessary details and get a TIP. At first this is for 30 days, but whenContinueContinue reading “01/14 – Tanzania 1 – 07-10 June 2019”
01/13 – MALAWI 2 – 04 – 06 June 2019
Tue/Wed 04-05 Jun I arrived at Mayoka Village, and yes, the tar – well concrete – does go all the way to the gate. Still the first impression was a bit of a shock. The place is perched on a steep hillside bordering Lake Malawi. It’s a well-constructed and well-established place, but camping is clearlyContinueContinue reading “01/13 – MALAWI 2 – 04 – 06 June 2019”
01/12 – MALAWI 1 – 02-04 June 2019
Sun 02 June Entering Malawi was fun! A truck was unloading outside the customs buildings and millions of people were milling about trying to identify their luggage and get it cleared. I parked my bike at the side of the crowd, in what turned out to be the middle of the road! I had toContinueContinue reading “01/12 – MALAWI 1 – 02-04 June 2019”
Belfast-2-Belfast-By-Bike 