Part three of the Near Varna has gone to press

Released: Christmas  – 2025.

The paperback pre-order is now open.

This 328 page  book will still be free postage in the UK.

The Kindle and Audio versions will all hopefully be available early next year.

What’s it about?

Usual stuff, you know. Riding, travelling, drinking, observations, opinions, puns, fun and disasters. I could tell you more but don’t want to spoil it. Same diary format as the other eight books so pretty much what you would expect.

The Blurb

Season three of a life relocated

A continuing attempt at early retirement in Bulgaria

A darkly funny memoir, a ride through mistranslations, bad decisions, accidental damage and absurd loss, all stubbornly endured in a desirable new location with heroic levels of optimism. Proof that sometimes the only way forward is through the mud…

Preferably on two wheels.

FLYING HIGH

PORTS, AIRPORTS AND OVERLAND BORDERS

ADVENTURE PODCAST PROMINENCE

TV APPEARANCES

LONDON BIKE SHOW CELEBRITY STATUS

LEAVING OVERLAND TO IRAN

RECKLESS SPENDING

ACCIDENTAL MOTORCYCLE PURCHASES

TRANS-EUROPEAN WINTER RIDE

LAY-BY HOOKERS

DAY TRIP TO ASIA

BUILDING THE MOTHER OF ALL BIKE SHEDS

THE CRASH

LANDSLIDES

BIBLICAL RAINS

POWDER GETS WET

RANDOM SHOOTINGS

BEGGARS AND ALCOHOLICS

SEIZURES AND COLLAPSE

DISCARDED IN A SHUT DOWN HOSPITAL

TRAUMA, TENSION, HAVING KITTENS

The back cover