Before I write another thing I would like to thank Grant & Susan Johnson and Chris Colling & Dave Lomax at adventure-Spec for making my attendance possible this year. Without them it would not have happened.

the 2010 10th anniversary event was much bigger than previous years. As I rode up the driveway to Lumb Farm I said to myself “Oh Wow”. They had pulled out all the stops. There were more vendors, more bikes, biggest tents, a video screen. It was all together an impressive event.

The campfire was blazing, the road kill cookout was in full swing but most importantly the people made the event special. Old faces, new faces, adventurers to be and adventurers with many years and locations under their belts.

In addition to the great setup the weather was perfect. It was consistently warm and sunny for the entire event. 28C and wall to wall sunshine. You could not have asked for better.

Attendees included Austin Vince and Lois Pryce, Jenny Furneaux, Simon Gandolfi, Walter Colebatch, Jenny Morgen, Peter & Kay Forward and many many more that can be found here

This year I was of course without my F800GS and arrived on my 1994 CB500. I guessed I would be the only attendee on a CB500 but by some strange quirk of the universe two guys arrived on loaded up CB500′s. Not only that but they plan to ride around the world over 80 months on these machines. I was heartened by their story and impressed at their low tech approach to luggage and increasing comfort. They were good guys, with a good sense of humour and I reckon they will go far and I personally will be looking forward to reading their story.

To find more photos of the event have a look here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/everywherevirtually/sets/72157624238859917/with/4736800180/

Or click on the gallery above.

My YouTube buddy Svangalie has put together a compilation of his crashes on the ice and snow. It’s handy because I didn’t have a camera with me when I went down so it demonstrates to my friends and family how it can almost be fun.

When people think motorcycle crash they they high speed impact and sudden death. Unfortunately this scenario is reinforced by the summer sports bike riders who only ride for half the year.

Adventure riders fall off regularly if they are trying hard enough but most often they are low speed offs because the terrain is difficult.

I had the pleasure to meet the guys of Moto Syberia last night. A guy I met at the TT event two weeks ago was having a get together in Kensington and so I managed to combine the Thursday night soirée with a Friday morning meeting in Hammersmith. Perfect timing really as my travel expenses are now covered.

Anyway I met the guys from www.motosyberia.com

They are a great bunch of guys. very funny and very good motorcycling adventurers. Gerald Vince was there of Mondo Enduro fame, Cyril Ducau (On the path of Ghengis Khan) and Walter Colebatch of ‘Tokyo to London’ was hosting the get together.

We had a laugh and I can quite literally say I got the t-shirt. Moto Syberia kindly gave us t-shirts emblazoned with the logo from their epic adventure from Poland to Magadan.

To get a flavour of their trip check out the video excepts below: