The Arctic Rider

Hey everyone, Welcome to the latest Arctic Ride 2014 blog! *****90 days to go***** This week has been VERY exciting in the world of Arctic Ride 2014 and some big news indeed. Bikewise Firstly, I found out on Friday evening that the Bikewise team have pledged £500 towards my fund for Cerebra for the trip which is amazing and will go a long way to helping me hit my £2,500 target for the trip. Big thanks and shout-out to Gary Emerson and Bob Brown who fought my corner and argued my case to the Bikewsie team to help my trip. This is a massive boost and I'll remember this moment when I'm freezing my but off in the Arctic in May. Check out what Bikewise is about on their website and follow them on twitter . Also, check out my blog and video from when I attended the BikeWise event in 2013. Hewlett Packard I also got the great news that my employer, Hewlett Packard, will be supporting me through their employee money match scheme. So the next £1...

*****100 Days Until Lift Off***** Wow... OK ladies and gents... It's only 100 days until I leave for the Arctic. It seems like yesterday that I started planning my second attempt on the Arctic and now its coming up very very soon. It almost feels as thought I could be doing this as a full time job but I already have one of those. In the next 100 days I need to: Get the bike serviced, new tyres, new brake pads. Get a tent and any new camping equipment that I need. Get another sponsor on board to help with the trip funding. Get my helmet resprayed Arctic Ride style. List what I'm going to take with me. Half that list so it will fit on the bike. Get Andrew Pain (author of Going Small: A guide to Lightweight Motorcycling) to cut my half list in half. Download some songs and audio-books for the iPod. Interview with BBC Radio Newcastle. Complete my Arctic Survival training with Nomad-Biker . Get Kirsty (my wife) to complete Home Survival training (fuse box, cha...

Hi everyone, Thanks for tuning in to my blog for my charity motorbike trip to the Arctic. On May 24th I'll be setting off on the 6000 mile journey to Arctic Norway and back armed with my motorbike, a tent, a camera, and not much else. And why am I doing this? Well I've asked myself the same question many times but I am doing it to raise funds and awareness for brain injury charity Cerebra . Since my last blog I've been a busy lad. The highlight of the past few weeks has certainly been attending the NEMCRC annual dinner as a special guest. Showing off the bike at the NEMCRC dinner You can check out the full photo album on my  facebook page . If you haven't already please like my page to keep up to date with all the on-goings and preparation for the trip. As I was attending the dinner and it wasn't subzero I got the camera out and recorded a quick vlog. Annoyingly it missed off some footage but its still a good one. Check it out below or click here . ...