Author Archives: rodandlee

Getting to grips with the time difference I had a lazy lie in until a shameful 5:00am. I spent an hour taking advantage of the fact that all the hotel staff were still in bed and went for a play … Continue reading →

Mon morning dawned and brought a whole heap of crazy weather with it. After a 2,000 calorie breakfast we went out to survey the conditions. Clouds the like of which you have never seen rolled across the sky – it … Continue reading →

Today we were to ride into Georgia and at breakfast it appeared that Rod had modified his body (just to fit in).       When saddling up it was a chilly 38 degrees F (which in English is bloody cold). … Continue reading →

‘fancy a coffee?” chirped a text at 5am this morning. So there, we were. Sat in a very austere hotel room about 10 miles for Orlando airport waiting for the dawn and the opportunity to collect our rental bikes.  At … Continue reading →

We met at Gatwick at 10am and once our bags had been put in the care of the lovely Virgin ladies we headed for the fry up parlour (just to get into practice for the coming weeks). After a few … Continue reading →

Following our summer trip which came to an abrupt end we decided to take a short break (5 days) to Southern Spain. We flew into Malaga where we picked up a couple of BMW1200Gs and rode around the Sierra Nevada                      … Continue reading →

On arrival at the hospital, the local rozzers entered the ambulance and relieved me of my wallet, with an explanation I couldn’t understand, it seemed to be the least of my worries though. I was wheeled into a treatment room … Continue reading →

So, here I am almost 12 months on from the trip and find myself writing the last days blog. Why has it taken so long…..read on! Our plan was to do a bit of segwaying in Andermat before settings off, … Continue reading →

Our evening in Modena was completed with Rod getting stuck into a Ferrari F1 simulator and getting sea sick, and me getting stuck into some local liqueur until the early hours. Needless to say we were both a bit tender … Continue reading →

Wed morning saw the usual breakfast of meat, bread and cake. Nothing like a bit of stodge in the morning. The ‘plan’ was to ride up and over the Stelvio pass and then make our way down to Bologna to … Continue reading →