As for PHOTOS, yes there is a slight hiccup there at the minute, but when I return the bike and recover all my electronic spanners I’ll be fixing it right back up again so I can prove that my couch is nowhere to be seen…! Iceland mate, great idea… stop by the Faeroe Islands too!

Er yes a little more than I wanted to know about your feelings for the bike but can understand having straddled an Enfield myself.
The best idea you could possibly have made – South India on two wheels (even it does have a motor). Where are you now? If you haven’t already ticked off the Western Ghats you can easily spent half your time up above 1000 meters, those winding quiet roads amongst the tea plantations were the best of India for us. Top tip: Kodaikanal and staying at the Green-something-or-other hostel. It floats above the clouds in almost Tibet-coloured sky – a rare thing in the country of smog. The rest’s on the blog. The only other snippet I can offer is village roads all the way. On top of the other benefits of getting off the highway you don’t end up with a coal-miner’s face by the end of each day.

So where’s the photographic proof of your latest exploits? Since we saw you last you may as well have headed home and are writing this from your couch (though have to admit that description of you and the Enfield was rather vivid)

Well, as I couldn’t convince you to cycle over the Himalayas again with me I’m not going to do it either. So we’re off to Iceland. I know, that’s what I said.

Anyway, great reading, Colin also enjoyed it but he asked me to leave a message for you this time! x