Introducing your guide
When I passed my bike test in 1976 Showaddywaddy were in the charts and the world’s fastest production bike was the mighty Laverda Jota. Within a week of getting my full licence I’d sold my Kawasaki 250 Samurai and bought a Suzuki T500 Cobra. A few years years later I bought a Laverda. It was a good time to be riding bikes.
Being from the North West of England I cut my trail riding teeth along the tracks and green lanes of Derbyshire, Lancashire and Cheshire. During 40 plus years of riding I’ve raced at circuits throughout the UK, ridden club trials and competed to gold medal standard in long distance off road events. A long time ago I even did a beach race. Once was enough.
For a number of years I rode in UK hill climbs and sprints and also raced internationally as part of a successful endurance racing team. I retired from competitive events in 2011 due to injury.
Not too long ago I moonlighted as a freelance writer and road tester for the motorcycle press and am fortunate to have ridden and raced a wide variety of exotic bikes gaining some valuable experience along the way. I still love riding bikes and hopefully can pass some of this experience and knowledge onto AdventureRide customers. There are hundreds of miles of fantastic trails in this region and, unlike other areas of the UK, they aren’t overcrowded or over used. Hopefully AdventureRide will give me the opportunity to share this fantastic riding area with you.