The magnitude of the WW1 Battlefields stir emotions

I just returned from a visit to the WW1 Western Front, where I saw the battlefields, memorials and cemeteries. I went to look and to discover.Having never studied WW1 at school, I had a lot to learn and so I bought a few books about WW1 and the conflict on the Western Front. From 1914 – 1918, World...

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Tour1 - Motorcycle tours to European Harley-Davidson rallies.

Check out the new video for my motorcycle touring business. Filmed on one of the 2014 tours, this shows the sorts of roads and places we travel to when touring.For more information, see www.tour1.co...

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The Problem with TripAdvisor - Don't Get Fooled

Here at HD Chauffeur Ride Pty Ltd we have a TripAdvisor rating that would be the envy of any other tour company. But, lately I have noticed an anomaly that doesn't seem to sit quite comfortably with the TripAdvisor philosophy of recommending the "right" to the "best quality" attraction.Take a close look at this and you will see what I mean:TripAdvisor AdTo my great shock, I recently...

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Busy at Faaker See

While I will post more pictures and a write up later of the tour to European Bike Week in Faaker See, Austria, here is just one picture.  This is the one-way loop road that goes around the lake and as can be seen, it was a little busy tod...

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An Experience for Everyone - Time to Just Do It

Ask yourself a question - Would I ever ride a motorcycle? Or - Have I ever been interested in motorcycle? Or Are motorcycles safe? For the average person the answer to the first two questions is No, and to the third is Yes.These are the people who are the mainstay of our Harley Rides clientele. 99% of all the people we take out for a Harley Ride as a passenger on the back of our Harley...

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I went riding with a few friends last weekend.....

It was the Fenlanders HOG Rally, in Fakenham, Norfolk, near the east coast of England.  Somebody snapped this picture of my bike with a few hundred other bikers riding behind me.It was a great ride through the countryside ending in the seaside town of Sheringham, where a few thousand people were...

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Ban Google Glass when driving?

Seriously, does anyone think Google Glass is a good idea when driving a car?Google Glass, which looks like a pair of glass frames with a tiny screen, can be used for browsing the web, reading emails or many other things normally used on computers or smart phones. These are now available here in the...

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