Hi All I now have a new website up and running. I will continue to update the blog here for now as we move slowly over but please take a look at stephjeavons.com for further updates on events and product reviews etc. Cheers Steph ..read more

Ah! Nostalgia. It ain't what it used to be. Royal Enfield have been making bikes for as long as bikes have been around! In fact, they are the oldest motorcycle brand still in production having built their first bike in 1901. They sell in 50 countries and surpassed Harley Davidson in global sales back in 2015. Yet they have not exactly been forward in bringing out new models over the years, preferring to stick with the old classics like the Bullet, and...well, the Classic! The Bullet is pretty much all anyone rides in India so is it a case of 'why fix it if it ain't broke'? Read more ..read more

‘No GPS is going to help you out of this one.’ I thought as I tried once more to take control of the ping pong ball that was bouncing around in my brain with random thoughts and unwelcomed emotions. This was getting far deeper than I had expected and I had not prepared for this leg of the journey. ‘What are you going to do when you get back?’, said just about everyone I came across near the end of my trip. ‘I’ll figure it out’ I’d say with a confident nonchalance, ‘It’s just the next chapter and I’m quite excited about it. A blank page to fill with whatever I choose.’ That was what this jour ..read more

Hi All My next book is now underway. In the meantime please take a look at my ebook which was written on the road. It offers advice on how to start planning, fund-raising, promoting and organising your own trip, including top tips from other renowned riders like Sam Manicom, Lois Pryce and Nick Sanders. Also available in iTunes.  ..read more

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Raindrops slipped between the well-used visor and the duct tape that held it in place, dripping onto my nose and forming a thick layer of mist that was almost impossible for my eyes to penetrate. The clouds obscured the sun, leaving a greyness that I had failed to recall during my ‘nostalgia for the rain’ moments in the sweltering desert stretches of Iran or Sudan! What was it I always said? Oh, yes, ‘Riding a bike allows you to see and feel everything around you. It is wonderful to be open to the elements and vulnerable to your surroundings’!  I must have written that back in the days ..read more

As I unfetter my complaining body from the last in the chain of uninspiring budget hotels in France, I wonder when this bag got so heavy and how it gets heavier every day! I have happily carried this luggage with me all over the world, and now on the final leg, I am almost unable to carry it to the bike for the injuries and general lethargy I feel with every move. 'Just a few more miles and I'm there!' I tell myself. 'Just a few more miles!'. In the absence of my friends, who would normally point and laugh at my pathetic-ness at this stage, I laugh at myself instead. Talk about limping home ..read more

I rode onto the ferry first and was quickly hemmed in by the cattle truck full of nervous looking cows. Like me, they had just crossed the border from Sudan, and they had good reason to be nervous. Their fate would be sealed here in Egypt (probably with cling film and a nice polystyrene tray). Mine hopefully, would not! The air-brakes went off and a half-ton bull looked like he was coming right over the top. I edged my way onto the stairs, not wanting our fate to collide, and imagining what that would look like if it did! Given enough time, it would make for a funny ending I guessed, 'She ro ..read more

Hi guys As you have probably gathered I am very close to home now and with one last push, I should be back at the Ace Cafe (where I started 4 years ago) on the 18th March. I will be escorted in from Newhaven by some of my family, friends and the Shropshire.Staffordshire.Cheshire Blood Bikers. I can't wait. It is going to be quite an emotional day for me I think. If anyone wants to join the ride anywhere along the way then I will be posting the route very soon. Otherwise you are welcome to join at the ACE where we plan to arrive around 11am. To celebrate the homecoming, my good friend Paul To ..read more