Shifting Gears After 17 Years on the Road - Lisa and Simon Thomas

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4.9 • 915 Ratings

🗓️ 17 June 2022

⏱️ 90 minutes

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Summary

Seventeen years of continuous travel by motorcycle has come to an end for Lisa and Simon Thomas as Lisa’s health and a pandemic has changed everything for them. A few years ago they bought a home in Wales but continued on with their travels, until they were forced to return home. Now, after two and a half years Lisa and Simon are well settled in their new home with a solid roof and door, no flapping tent fabric or inflatable mattresses. How does that comfort of home change things for them as countries are opening up for travel again? How does getting older and health affect their travel decisions? And what’s next for Lisa and Simon? Photos and links can be found on our website at adventureriderradio.com. If you've enjoyed this show please tell your friends, family and riding buddies about it. If you'd like to help out we'd love to get your support and to say thanks we'll send you stickers and maybe even give you a shout out on RAW. You can also follow Adventure Rider Radio on our social media pages: Facebook: AdventureRiderRadio Instagram: @adventureriderradio Twitter: @ADVRiderRadio

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0:00.0	17 years of continuous travel by motorcycle comes to an end for to ride the world's Simon and Lisa Thomas as Lisa's health and then a pandemic change everything for these two riders.
0:12.0	A few years back they bought a home in Wales, but without even doing anything with it, they immediately hit the road again.
0:18.0	After that, they were forced to return home to deal with Lisa's health issues, and then the pandemic hit and they settled into the new home.
0:25.4	So they spent the last two and a half years getting used to living under a solid roof again
0:29.6	with a wood door, glass windows, no flapping tent fabric, no inflatable mattresses, driving a pickup truck
0:36.2	instead of a motorcycle, getting, well, comfortable.
0:40.2	You have to wonder if that comfort of a home changes things for two travelers that have been on the road for that long, and they're both getting older.
0:47.0	Simon is 51. Lisa just turned 60, and we all know how the body refuses to hold up under the demands of a younger you.
0:55.0	I wanted to know how having a permanent home will change things for them, for life and for travel,
1:01.0	and how getting older affects their travel decisions as they move forward.
1:05.0	What will happen next?
1:07.0	I'm Jim Martin, this is Adventure Rider Radio.
1:09.0	Stay with us, we got a good one for you. I'm Sam Manneke.
1:15.0	Z. Simon, baby,
1:18.0	Bueg would do.
1:20.0	How you get better?
1:21.0	Joce on Snow?
1:22.0	Simon Thomas,
1:23.0	he said Johnson, Jimmy Lewis,
1:25.0	John Thomas, and this is Adventure Rider Radio.
1:27.0	It's wind pressure that powers the motobreeze chain oiler. No electrical or vacuum
1:35.6	connections, it delivers the oil to a felt pat on your swing arm, no nozzles near
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