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Beyond Bucharest
Land Of The Long Wild Road
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Beyond Bucharest
Land Of The Long Wild Road
Our Story Starts With A Long Wild Road…
We'd travelled for experience and we'd motorcycled for fun. But we'd never really thought of doing both together. Then we were invited to spend a whole summer exploring New Zealand and decided motorbikes would provide a fun way to experience this wild and beautiful country.
We struck a deal with a bike rental company and headed off into the glorious wilderness for three months on two small trail bikes. After 11,000 kilometres which took us up volcanoes, across river beds and through rain forests on ancient Maori tracks, gold-prospectors' routes and sheep drovers' trails, we re-emerged as changed people.
What we experienced was so awesome, we had to share it with others. After two more years of sweating over a hot keyboard, 'Land Of The Long Wild Road' was born.
We struck a deal with a bike rental company and headed off into the glorious wilderness for three months on two small trail bikes. After 11,000 kilometres which took us up volcanoes, across river beds and through rain forests on ancient Maori tracks, gold-prospectors' routes and sheep drovers' trails, we re-emerged as changed people.
What we experienced was so awesome, we had to share it with others. After two more years of sweating over a hot keyboard, 'Land Of The Long Wild Road' was born.
A Trip Beyond…
A few years later and the biking bug bit again. This time we were inspired by Ewan McGregor and Charlie Boorman's Long Way Round trip to ride to Eastern Europe in support of children's charity EveryChild.
We'd supported this charity's child sponsorship programme for some years and had been to inspect their work in Malawi. What we saw there so impressed us with the excellence of EveryChild's endeavour, that we decided to ride from the UK to visit EveryChild projects in Romania and Bulgaria.
What we hadn't bargained for were horrendous roads and the worst weather in living memory. 62 people died in the storms and floods as we rode through Romania, but somehow we survived to tell the tale - a story to make your toes curl - 'Beyond Bucharest'.
We'd supported this charity's child sponsorship programme for some years and had been to inspect their work in Malawi. What we saw there so impressed us with the excellence of EveryChild's endeavour, that we decided to ride from the UK to visit EveryChild projects in Romania and Bulgaria.
What we hadn't bargained for were horrendous roads and the worst weather in living memory. 62 people died in the storms and floods as we rode through Romania, but somehow we survived to tell the tale - a story to make your toes curl - 'Beyond Bucharest'.
Who Are We?
Bob & Viv Goddard. Middle aged grandparents with itchy feet and a sense of humour.
Bob was a journalist for 20 years, many of them spent riding and writing for publications like Motor Cycle News, Motorcycle Mechanics and Motorcycling magazines. When the kids left home, Viv decided she fancied riding a bike too.
There's nothing more dangerous than a pair of dithery grandparents on large motorbikes so we went back to school. First with an ex-motorcycle cop who ran us ragged around East Anglia for a couple of days teaching us 'forward planning and observation' and 'making progress' (ie getting a move on!). Then we did the Norfolk police Safe Rider scheme, which taught us lots more vital lessons which undoubtedly kept us alive in Romania.
Bob was a journalist for 20 years, many of them spent riding and writing for publications like Motor Cycle News, Motorcycle Mechanics and Motorcycling magazines. When the kids left home, Viv decided she fancied riding a bike too.
There's nothing more dangerous than a pair of dithery grandparents on large motorbikes so we went back to school. First with an ex-motorcycle cop who ran us ragged around East Anglia for a couple of days teaching us 'forward planning and observation' and 'making progress' (ie getting a move on!). Then we did the Norfolk police Safe Rider scheme, which taught us lots more vital lessons which undoubtedly kept us alive in Romania.
Our Support for EveryChild...
We also raised publicity for the charity and dedicated 'Beyond Bucharest' - and all the author's royalties - to help fund more life-changing work with vulnerable children. This seemed such a good idea, we've decided to donate all the royalties from our first book, 'Land Of The Long Wild Road' to EveryChild too.
So if you buy our books, you'll not only be getting a laugh or two from our misadventures on the road, you'll be putting a smile on children's faces.
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Image ©Georgie Scott/EveryChild
So if you buy our books, you'll not only be getting a laugh or two from our misadventures on the road, you'll be putting a smile on children's faces.
Click Here To Order Your Books
Image ©Georgie Scott/EveryChild