Part three of the Near Varna series is complete

Released: Autumn – 2025.

I am going to offer a limited-edition hardback copy to the first 100 pre orders only.

The hardback book will have this unique cover and font in spot UV which is a kind of a glossy highlight, sort of braille for the sighted. (The subsequent paperback will look more like my other book covers).

I will write a personal message inside and sign the book to you.

Also

Your name will be one of a 100 printed on the back page as a thanks for supporting the production of this book.

And

You will get a bookmark and sticker.

This 300+ page hardback limited edition will be heavy but the postage will still be free in the UK.

A true collectors piece. In fact I’ll probably only sell 99 as I want to keep one for myself.

The paperback, Kindle and Audio versions will all hopefully be available before the end of the 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 (work in progress)

The third season of my attempted early retirement in Bulgaria begins. The morphine daze passed, perhaps the kidney stone did too. The big Bulgarian snows in the expat village begun to thaw, the whisky flowed and I failed to keep my powder dry. My old Kawasaki KLR left the adventure stage of the London Bike Show to begin its next stage, a February trans-European ride which ended in a premature and fatal final encore.

With the Balkan Spring came a spontaneous road trip to find a replacement bike for the continued journey to Iran and beyond. The dream overland journey conflicted with building the mother of all bikes sheds. Torrential rains caused a devastating landslide which undermined plans and changed priorities. As the local visiting cat got bigger so did the second world problems.

The paperback will probably look something like this

What do ya mean you prefer this one?