Archive for August, 2007
Thursday, August 23rd, 2007
Sleeping mat number crunching
Well who’d have guessed it? There are loads of people out there who think that thermarests are pretty damn cool. I have to agree - they are… but I just wanted to do some basic number crunching comparing thermarest with exped.
So - we’ll take my Exped 7 DLX as the base and then compare that […]
4 Comments » - Posted in kit, planning, General Ramblings by Matt Cashmore
Thursday, August 23rd, 2007
Comfort does not come cheap
It may not be cheap, but £115 for total sleeping comfort is worth every penny. I love camping, there’s nothing I’d rather do that get way out into the countryside in the middle of no-where and sit staring at the stars. But when I crawl into my little tent I do actually want to sleep.
There’s […]
3 Comments » - Posted in planning, General Ramblings by Matt Cashmore
Monday, August 20th, 2007
Route
Well I’ve now got an interactive map thingy - which you can find over on the Route page.
It shows the planned route so far, and then when I actually go it will update with news and photos from each of those locations and perhaps a few more… the theory being yellow dots are planned stops […]
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Friday, August 17th, 2007
Dirty dirty naugty rubber toys
I knew I wouldn’t be able to make it all the way to Morocco without some rubber - I mean - how is man supposed to travel all those miles, all alone, astride a vibrating 600cc motor and not want for a bit of rubber between his buttocks.
So I bought some…
And very comfy it is […]
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Friday, August 17th, 2007
Looking at the stars
The thing I think I’m most looking forward to when I get up into the Atlas Mountains is the stars.
Every time I go home to Wales I’m amazed at the number of stars I can see, the way the night sky just comes to life in a way that no-where in London or the South […]
2 Comments » - Posted in General Ramblings by Matt Cashmore
Tuesday, August 14th, 2007
Oh I do like to be….
…beside the seaside! And so on.
Mark With is 40, divorced and riding a motorbike around the coast of Europe. He is certifiable, but by God I envy him no end. I’ve really been enjoying his flickr stream, with beautiful shots of sweeping coast lines and cloudless skys.
It rather helps matters that he’s riding a stunning […]
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Sunday, August 12th, 2007
You have to get these things organised
You simply have to know where and how you are going to store all of the essentials, otherwise, where would we be?
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Wednesday, August 8th, 2007
What is Adventure Motorcycling
Damned if I know… so I thought I’d ask the people who would know… the overlanding community over at Horizons Unlimited.… I asked…
Interesting question.. I thought I could answer it pretty well… in fact I’m a bit of an armchair adventure motorcyclist - that’ll change in September - but I’ve read every single book […]
1 Comment » - Posted in General Ramblings by Matt Cashmore
Tuesday, August 7th, 2007
Brake hell…
Or rather… ‘why I shouldn’t be allowed to fix my own bike’.
It seems every time I try to fix my bike, do something simple, it always turns out to be a pain in the butt. In this case I was putting new pads in the front callipers ready for September - I didn’t want to […]
