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BLOG THE OLD WAY 13 February, 2023 There’s a lot of discussion going on at the moment regarding technology and specifically Artificial Intelligence. I find the name and description absolutely fascinating. ‘Artificial Intelligence'.....Artificial. Is it just me [...]

BLOG A LAST CHANCE 6 December, 2022 I try to avoid abbreviations when writing, texting or emailing. It was drummed into me at school, and on some occasions, the threat of a teacher beating it into me [...]

BLOG OLD DOG, OLD TRICKS 24 October, 2022 I’m reading a book at the moment called ‘Put Your Ass Where Your Heart Wants To Be’ by Steven Pressfield. I say I’m reading it but it’s actually an [...]

BLOG HOW DO I KNOW THIS? 5 August, 2022 I’m mid the Roof Of India rides at the moment, two down and two to go. The June and July rides went well and we’re hoping the August [...]

BLOG THE UNKNOWN MOUNTAIN MAN 8 July, 2022 I was leading a ride in the Himalayas a few years ago and I hadn’t noticed anyone behind me for around 30 minutes or so. I knew the route [...]

BLOG WE’RE ALSO STILL GROWING 1 July, 2022 I’ve heard it discussed and debated many times that Mount Everest isn’t the world’s tallest peak. There is a pacific island called Mauna Kea that when measured from the [...]

BLOG HOW CHILDISH? 17 June, 2022 Everyone has different reasons for joining a ride. Some come alone, others with a group of friends and now quite a few fathers and sons. We’re all riding motorcycles and getting [...]

BLOG WHO ARE WE? 10 June, 2022 It would be much less time consuming if I just sent you a generic email. Written by someone else and full of platitudes. And loads of stuff that’s been cut [...]

BLOG CAN I DO THIS? 3 June, 2022 I get a lot of enquiries regarding the rides from bikers and non-bikers alike. In fact, some aren’t just enquiries. They could be described as requests. And bizarre ones [...]

BLOG WHY I BUY 27 May, 2022 The way that I fell into the motorcycle adventure business was fortunate. Okay, I know we make our own luck in this world but sometimes without knowing why, things can [...]

BLOG HOW I KNEW 20 May, 2022 It’s been a little while since my last blog, but to be very honest, there wasn’t too much happening from my side here in India that was worth mentioning regarding [...]

BLOG STEFANO'S STORY: ADVENTURE TALES 22 January, 2021 “When in India, unusual is the norm, the unexpected happens with monotonous regularity, and everyday you will experience something you previously thought impossible”. Doctor Arun Kolhatkar aka Doc As [...]

BLOG STEVE AND TED'S STORY: ADVENTURE TALES 11 January, 2021 In August 2010 I met a group of strangers at a bar in London’s Heathrow airport. Myself, Dr Rob and paramedic Sarah were in charge of looking [...]

BLOG A MUCH NEEDED & HOPEFULLY IMPROVED NEW YEAR 4 January, 2021 I think it’s safe to say that we’ll be talking about 2020 for many years to come. Maybe it will make the history books. I’m [...]

BLOG CHRISTMAS IN INDIA 23 December, 2020 By the time you receive and read this, I’ll be out of contact until the 28th of December. I really mean, ‘out of contact’. I’m having a digital detox as [...]

BLOG JUSTIN'S STORY: ADVENTURE TALES 10 December, 2020 From the intense chaos of big city traffic to the serene solitude of winding mountain roads, a road trip in Southern India is a sensory adventure like no other; [...]

BLOG JOAN'S STORY: ADVENTURE TALES 27 November, 2020 On my first visit to Spiti in 1993 with a group of intrepid travellers we visited Kibber, one of the highest villages in the valley. Dr Laji from the [...]

BLOG ROY'S STORY: ADVENTURE TALES 19 November, 2020 I first visited India in 2009 which, for me, was more about riding a motorbike somewhere different than it was about meeting new people. The trip changed my outlook [...]

BLOG PAUL'S STORY: ADVENTURE TALES 12 November, 2020 A story of knowing when to just go with the flow. I always get fed up with the UK winter and thought that this year I would make an [...]

BLOG ALEX'S STORY: ADVENTURE TALES 5 November, 2020 Over the course of the last few years I have had many adventure stories to share but I don’t suppose there are many quite as dramatic or life changing [...]

BLOG SIMON'S STORY: ADVENTURE TALES 29 October, 2020 We were riding to Everest, or perhaps we had already been there. My notes of the trip are full of notes such as, ‘Day 7 - Which is actually [...]

BLOG CHRIS'S STORY: ADVENTURE TALES 23 October, 2020 Everything seemed to be from a film set. The tuk-tuk ride to Bangalore station, with three middle-aged, slightly oversized and highly excited travellers; I think the scene was titled [...]

BLOG DAVID'S STORY: ADVENTURE TALES 15 October, 2020 It was 28th January 2010, on my first trip to India riding the ‘Bullet’ from Goa, some 2,000kms, south to Cochin in God’s Country and we were on our [...]

BLOG OLLY'S STORY: ADVENTURE TALES 8 October, 2020 My first visit to India was for a completely different reason. On my own and wanting a quiet sanctuary to reflect on my life so far. I was at [...]

BLOG IAIN'S STORY: ADVENTURE TALES 2 October, 2020 Adventure biking comes in all shapes and sizes... It can be riding round the North of Bonnie Scotland where I live, or heading for a hill loch on my [...]

BLOG SIMON'S STORY: ADVENTURE TALES 24 September, 2020 My sense of curiosity got the better of me early one morning during my first trip to the Himalayas. We were staying near Kaza or Tabo in the stunning [...]

BLOG DOMINIC'S STORY: ADVENTURE TALES 17 September, 2020 Adventure riding is a young man’s game; but nobody told Ted Jervis. I first met our Ted on a trip to the Himalayas in 2010; he was 82 I [...]

BLOG STEVE H'S STORY: ADVENTURE TALES 10 September, 2020 As we rounded the curve in the road a small village came into view. Braking carefully, taking care not to lock the wheels as contact between tyre and [...]

BLOG DAVE'S STORY: ADVENTURE TALES 3 September, 2020 India’s Lost World was a challenge to visit the seven states of North East India in two weeks. To go where no western motorcycle group had ever gone. An [...]

BLOG WILL'S STORY: ADVENTURE TALES 27 August, 2020 My short story goes back to 2009 when I had the privilege of riding with Alex Pirie for the third time in the Himalayas. We were in Manali on [...]

BLOG NEIL'S STORY: ADVENTURE TALES 20 August, 2020 I first went to India with Adventure Ashram around 7 to 8 years ago. Myself and my wife Kate drove an Indian traditional Ambassador car from Goa to Kerala [...]

BLOG NATHAN'S STORY: ADVENTURE TALES 13 August, 2020 I admit that this paragraph is clichéd. I was heading for my 35th birthday and decided I wanted to have a mini adventure - but one with purpose so [...]

BLOG BARRY'S STORY: ADVENTURE TALES 6 August, 2020 I will always remember the day my son, Nathan phoned and asked if I fancied a little motorbike trip. He then informed me, it was through the Ghat Mountains [...]

BLOG JAMES'S STORY: ADVENTURE TALES 30 July, 2020 I have been fortunate to complete a number of trips in Africa, Nepal and India. India though is the place that I always leave really looking forward to coming [...]

BLOG SARAH'S STORY: ADVENTURE TALES 24 July, 2020 January 2008 I had just turned 30 and was working for a children’s charity when I was first introduced to India. My first adventure outside of Europe was actually [...]

BLOG PHILIP'S STORY: ADVENTURE TALES 17 July, 2020 11 years ago I saw an advert in the Sunday Times to ride in India and support some charities including Adventure Ashram. The advert promised the adventure of a [...]

BLOG CHARLIE'S STORY: ADVENTURE TALES 14 July, 2020 I was in need of some adventure. I had a 2-year-old girl and a 4-year-old boy and I had spent the last 4 years pandering to their every need. [...]

BLOG ALICE'S STORY: ADVENTURE TALES 6 July, 2020 I first visited India age 18 on a round the world trip. I was away for the best part of a year and shot over 200 rolls of film [...]

BLOG CHRIS'S STORY: ADVENTURE TALES 25 June, 2020 February 2010, rugby charity dinner, York. One of my guests, Dean Robinson, told me about an adventure he had just signed up to, Enduro Africa. Three words that ticked [...]

BLOG KIM'S STORY: ADVENTURE TALES 19 June, 2020 Some years ago our son, Tom, volunteered at Odanadi. He was there for a year and we were lucky enough to visit him, and Odanadi. That was where our [...]

BLOG MICHAEL'S STORY: ADVENTURE TALES 12 June, 2020 It all started in 2011, with a mad trip round southern India on a Royal Enfield Bullet. I had my mid-life crisis in 2010 and encouraged by my wife, [...]

BLOG GRAHAM'S STORY: ADVENTURE TALES 5 June, 2020 My father used to ride a motorcycle, and for many years the bike and sidecar, an Arial 600 side valve was our only form of family transport. Family holidays [...]

BLOG STEVE'S STORY: ADVENTURE TALES 29 May, 2020 My story is short, but to the point. Whilst many people may focus upon how adventure biking has helped them change the lives of others, I would like to [...]

BLOG KEN'S STORY: ADVENTURE TALES 22 May, 2020 An extract from my Bullets to Beaches trip with Nomadic Knights a couple of years ago. The tour started in Chennai and finally finished in Goa. “Last night we [...]

BLOG MARK'S STORY: ADVENTURE TALES 15 May, 2020 Every journey should be an adventure. Hell, even just popping down to the store for a pint of milk has the potential to change the way you look at [...]

BLOG JIM'S STORY: ADVENTURE TALES 7 May, 2020 "Do you want to go to India again?" It was a late Saturday night phone call, late February, wet England. "Yeah, sure - when?" I said. "Err, Tuesday?" It [...]

BLOG OLLIE'S STORY: ADVENTURE TALES 30 April, 2020 I remember my first day of riding in India in 2009 very clearly. I didn’t own a bike at that time and I had only taken my Direct Access test a [...]

BLOG UDESH'S STORY: ADVENTURE TALES 23 April, 2020 A memory of James Warne handing out balloons to children in a rural school near Jog Falls. There was a beautiful mural on the school wall and the children were [...]

BLOG TONY'S STORY: ADVENTURE TALES 16 April, 2020 Image credit: www.iaincrockart.com It was my first adventure to India joining over 100 other bikers in 2009 on the Goa to Kerala trip. We were allocated groups and I was [...]

BLOG COLIN'S STORY: ADVENTURE TALES 9 April, 2020 Six weeks before the first motorbike rally in Southern India I was invited to join the newly-formed Enduro Medic medical team, looking after 80 motorcyclists covering 2,000 km on [...]

BLOG IAIN & DAMO'S STORY: ADVENTURE TALES 17 March, 2020 We’re often told, “this adventure will change your life” and they often do... and events like the one I’m about to re-tell I think change the way you [...]

BLOG STEPH'S BEST EXOTIC NANO CAR RALLY: ADVENTURE DIARY 12 March, 2020 DAY 1 – Arrive in Delhi Once everyone had arrived at the resort in Delhi, we all got together to discuss the journey that lay [...]

BLOG INTRODUCING ADVENTURE TALES 4 March, 2020 Nomadic Knights are excited to share some stories with you from 'Adventurer's Tales', a book that was put together to celebrate over 10 years of our charity partner, Adventure Ashram. Adventure [...]

BLOG THE END OF AN ERA 17 February, 2020 I first rode out in India back in 2006. 14 years have passed very quickly, and India has changed beyond all recognition. I had never ridden a Royal Enfield Bullet until [...]

BLOG ROYAL ENFIELD TOURS OF INDIA 28 January, 2020 We run Royal Enfield tours of India throughout the year. The motorcycles we use are the Royal Enfield Himalayan and the Bullet Trials Works Replica. We’ve just got a [...]

BLOG HINTERLAND THE RECCE 2019 19 November, 2019 I was just thinking about where I was, who I was with and what we were doing just one week ago. We had just finished our Hinterland Recce ride [...]

BLOG FEATURED BY THE BBC 13 November, 2019 Nomadic Knights recently completed the first all-female motorcycle trip to Everest Base Camp, Girls on Top. This Everest motorcycle adventure has been featured by the BBC in both a news [...]

BLOG GIRLS ON TOP: ADVENTURE DIARY 10 October, 2019 DAY 1 – Riders Arrive in Kathmandu The ladies started arriving in Kathmandu ready for the ride to Everest Base Camp. We got together in the hotel reception [...]

BLOG FEATURED BY THE BANTER - SCMC 9 September, 2019 Nomadic Knights have been featured in an article in Scottish Classic Motorcycle Club's 'The Banter'. Read on for a recount of the India's Lost World adventure by [...]

BLOG THE STORY BEHIND HINTERLAND THE RECCE 6 September, 2019 I first met Collin back in the day when I first rode in India, 2006 if my memory is correct. We did a lot of rides together [...]

BLOG SHIMLA: THE ROOF OF INDIA BASE 19 August, 2019 I spend a lot of time in Shimla, the base of all our Roof of India Himalayas rides. It’s my second home this time of year. The only [...]

BLOG ROOF OF INDIA DAY 6: KEYLONG TO ISHTYARI 23 July, 2019 I’m up early for a 7am start. The sky is blue, and the rising sun illuminates the clouds on the peaks of the mountains surrounding us. [...]

BLOG HIMALAYAS ROOF OF INDIA: ADVENTURE DIARY 23 July, 2019 DAY 1 – Riders arrive in Narkanda After a three day drive to Narkanda, I arrived in Shimla, where I would stay for three nights. This was our [...]