Ian Coates - No Map, No Plan, No Worries

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4.9 • 915 Ratings

🗓️ 13 August 2015

⏱️ 73 minutes

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Hailing from Hebden Bridge, Yorkshire, England, in 1999 Ian Coates left on a four month trip on his 1991 Honda Africa Twin motorcycle. 240,000 miles and 14 years later, 70 year old Ian finally returned home. For photos, links and more go to https://adventureriderradio.com. Please rate, review and subscribe to Adventure Rider Radio motorcycle podcast on your favourite podcast app or on iTunes.

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0:00.0	You remember 1999, Brittany Spears hit, Baby One More Time, was topping the charts,
0:04.7	and more importantly, the world was prepping for the Y2K bug that millennial theorists were convinced
0:09.8	would bring the world to its knees. And while many people were out
0:13.4	prepping for the click over of the clock when the world's power and
0:16.0	communications would grind to a halt, by stocking their fallout shelters and
0:19.8	getting their bug out kits ready, in coats of Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire in the UK was getting ready to leave on a four-month
0:26.9	journey to Africa.
0:28.4	That four-month journey would change his life and he would never return to the old life. That day when Ian drove away from his home,
0:35.3	his wife Judith stood waving at his back as he bumped his way down the lane. She had no way of knowing
0:40.8	that Ian would not return home for another 14 years.
0:44.0	This is Nick Sanders.
0:50.0	I'm Jason Spafford.
0:52.0	And I'm Lisa Morris. My name is Austin Vince. I'm Jason Spafford. And I'm Lisa Morris.
0:53.0	My name is Austin Vince.
0:54.0	I'm Rachel.
0:55.0	This is Ed March.
0:56.0	This is Glenn Haidsted.
0:57.0	I have Dr. Greg W. Frazier.
0:58.0	This is Dave Barr.
1:00.0	This is Alan Carl.
1:01.0	This is Tiffany Coe.
1:02.0	Hello. Hello, here is Herbert Schwartz.
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