London to Auckland

Today The Ultimate Ride team has proven that should they go bust as ‘cross the world adventurers, they would have a promising future in the trailer modification business. As Jeremy mentioned in his last blog, our friends from Becton’s Trailers refused to travel a short distance to come and fix our un-roadworthy trailer. In New [...]

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You might think its easy eating an English breakfast but I can tell you from experience that it’s not. It’s a complex task. “Please explain” I hear you asking in a well meaning but slightly sarcastic tone. Well it’s because of all the emotions that are involved and I tend to get emotional about food. [...]

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Update 25/7 by Travis Well here we find ourselves out in Rochford, UK, after a few days soaking up as much of London as we could. Jeremy arrived yesterday to bail us out and put us to pasture at base camp- The Cherry Tree Pub (and accommodation). On arrival we quickly turned straight back around [...]

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I’m typing this on a Panasonic Toughbook from my hotel in Los Angeles and thanks to Panasonic coming on board ‘just before the haka’, we will get to see over the next 4 months just how appropriately named these things are. Panasonic Toughbook from London to Auckland by PWC sounds impressive. Panasonic have also lent [...]

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Less than a month to go now folks and its all happening. We are working furiously to tie up all the loose ends, finalize sponsorship details and complete logistical work. I have come to the conclusion that there are not enough minutes left for me to achieve all I need to. For example, I have [...]

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Last weekend we all went out on a team building and training ride. Attendees were myself, Jed, Travis and Roger of ‘The exploding green machine’ fame.(You either have to have read my book or know Roger.)Notable absentees were Barrie. As a result, my team still don’t know if Barrie actually exists or not and I [...]

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So, I’ve decided its time that I got my own blog. It is really quite essential that I have one in the quest to represent that a) JB is not alone and that b) intelligent life does actually exist out here. As I write this Jeremy doesn’t know that I’ve upgraded myself to blog status [...]

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Well it’s been nearly six weeks since you last heard from me and although some may think that’s a good thing, I know there are some of you, like Barrie, who hang on every word I say and crave updates daily, if not more often. And it’s not that I didn’t want to talk to [...]

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Barrie was having a go at me the other day about my riders for the Ultimate Ride so I asked him if he knew who they are. Of course the answer was no because we haven’t formally announced them yet. That said, they have been on the team page for some time but in order [...]

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‘Nothing is constant but change itself’. I can’t remember who said that but they were right. As we march closer and closer to departure date we are constantly dealing with change and updating our plans as we go. But on a scale of 1-10 the latest is a 23. For the past year JP and [...]

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