Centurion Motorcycle Projects can be found in the rolling hills of Northumberland just outside Hexham. Brian McCall has been messing around on motorbikes since he was about 9 years old, what started out as blasting round fields on a Casal 50 and a BSA C15 has now become a passion, a passion that now extends …
“Over Bridge of SighsTo rest my eyes in shades of greenUnder dreaming spiresTo Itchycoo Park, that’s where I’ve been (What did you do there?) I got high(What did you feel there?) Well, I cried(But why the tears there?) Tell you whyIt’s all too beautiful” As we park at the put on of the Egua after …
As is often the case people’s secret lives do not surface until after they pass. To the surprise of many this appears to be the case with our recently departed good friend Pete Brown. Pete, the mild mannered janitor also appears to have led a Hong Kong Fooey, double life, a realife Clark Kent if …
“If there is magic on this planet it is contained in Water” Nestled on the banks of the Sesia river in Scopa, Valsesia, Italy, you’ll find Riversoul, run by Davide Longoni, Elena Luciotti and Luigi Paracchini. Riversoul was born in 2021 out of the madness of Lockdown, beginning operations in 2022. Davide and Elena were …
48 hours and a couple of rides in Scotland last year. Knowing I was doing a long Torridon loop the next day I took myself off for a smooshy ride across Skye, done this ride twice before, both times in horrendous conditions, this time tho, the sun shone a glorious day across the Island. Starting …
Storm Karen promised so much but failed to deliver, we had anticipated a lifetime of trouble n strife over the course of a weekend, it didn’t happen, and that’s a good thing. We had a ball, as ever. The future, in the shape of the weekend looked a bit bleak, rain, fire and brimstone. It …
I first met Ian Feeley in a car park in downtown Malmedy, Belgium, just down the road from the Spa circuit. James and I were on our way home after watching the classic and endurance racing over the weekend up at the circuit. Three lads wandered over to chat after seeing our UK number plates, …
I had hoped we had a bit longer, we didn’t. Peter Brown has left the building, but not our hearts, our minds or our spirit. Pete was something of a conundrum, “one whose answer makes a play on words”, the dictionary tells me. A puzzle, if you like. He was and will continue to be …
Nostalgia, it’s not what it used to be. Or is it? I return to the Zambezi after an eighteen year break to find out. There’s been a proposal to build a dam on Africa’s fourth longest river for a good few years, it will devastate the white water, backing up to rapid number ten or …
The Not you Sam tour of Scotland started and continued after the Gary Boater X race organised by Ben Squires and others. Earlier in the year Sam thought it would be a good idea to organise a trip to Scotland to paddle the dam release rivers on offer. The chosen week coincided with the Gary …