Back to the beach – for a record time!
Back to Pendine Beach in Wales to meet up with some friends and try my luck at some landspeed records. As you do. Sand is unforgiving. If you come off on damp sand at speed, it’ll be pretty shit. You won’t skim across the top, sliding and flying, letting air resistance reduce some of your […]
Bonneville – Who drives your dreams? – Part 1
It all boiled down to a single moment, as so many things in my life have. I sat there cooking in leathers at the start line on the five mile long course on the Salt Flats at Bonneville, ready to pull back the throttle hand and put fear aside for just a minute or so. […]
Milan – ‘Christine’ is finally unveiled!
The weekend of 6-7 July, 2019, was the first time I was properly introduced to Christine, the bike that I and three others will pilot as part of the Italian Race Team, Open Eyes Dream, in a land speed record attempt during Speed Week in Bonneville, 10-17th August 2019. The bike that I will risk my life […]
Women Riders World Relay – My Italian Job
“Do you need any help?” Was the first thing I asked to the Women Rider’s World Relay contact button on Facebook. It all then snowballed like crazy and led to some of the most incredible experiences and opportunities of my life. I had no idea that within four weeks I’d be taking a major role in […]
Me? A Speed Record Attempt? I did not see that coming..
Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? It might well be because what I’m about to tell you feels utterly unreal. I have just been accepted on to a race team as a pilot in a land speed world record attempt at the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah in August during Speed Week. […]
The Taffy Drwg – or Dakar (Shhhh. It’s not really.)
The Welsh gods decided to give the mountains a break over the bank holiday and allowed the sun to shine on one of the most exciting weekends in the Welsh trail rider’s calendar – the Taffy Drwg. Yes, I know it’s an unpronounceable word and means nothing to those outside of the village but there’s […]
Train your subconscious to ride, here’s how
I love life and I love riding. No matter how much I love the latter, I love the former more. That’s why I bought an air bag jacket, why I took my IAM and RosPA exams and why I continually give a shit about improving my riding and taking only those risks I’m comfortable with. […]
Wabi Sabi and the 72 micro-seasons of Japan
Wabi sabi is a concept from Japanise aethetics which helps us to see beauty in imperfection, appreciate simplicity and accept the transient nature of all things. A lot of wabi sabi is about reconnecting to nature, appreciating the seasons coming and going shows us all too well the impermanence of everything, but in a way that […]
Science or art? Which is most important?
We tend to categorise people’s predispositions as either leaning towards science and maths or arts and culture, but the greatest intellects do not recognise a hard separation between the two. Both science and art are attempting to understand the workings of the universe around us. Everything you see around you that we humans have discovered […]
Don’t get shafted while you’re sharing
“A man who strives after goodness in all his acts is sure to come to ruin, since there are so many men who are not good.” This is a quote by Machiavelli, an often misunderstood political philosopher and diplomat from the 15th Century. Machiavelli teaches us many things about human nature. His writings demonstrate quite […]