ms. adventures on a motorcycle

When I was still too small to be allowed in the front seat of the car, my mother taught me the epitaph of John Grey, who died defending his ...

The first flowers of spring are emerging - snowdrops, crocuses and towering over them, everywhere, daffodils. One of the biggest advantages ...

  It’s been a cold winter so far, as well as a wet one. Riding days have been few and far between. When the weather is sufficiently clear an...

The winter rain let up for long enough for the roads to dry a little, and while there was the seasonal excuse for sunlight, I went to Denbie...

  Recently, I had occasion to brave the A303 past Stonehenge. As anyone who has ever taken that road knows, there are always queues. I belie...

  I like the Wotton Hatch. It has nice (paved) parking behind it, and while it’s on an A-road, with an easy-to-miss and somewhat hazardous t...

  I wandered out to the Pheasant at Buckland this week, during a gap in the rain. Alas, not a gap in the roadworks which currently haunt the...