Travel for the Sake of Travel - Going the Wrong Way

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4.9 • 915 Ratings

🗓️ 21 January 2021

⏱️ 110 minutes

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Summary

Chris Donaldson was brought up during The Troubles in Northern Island and for years he looked towards escaping his conflicted homeland on his motorcycle with the goal of riding to Australia. But, not long after he set out he hit a ‘road block’ and as often happens in travel, plans changed. He ended up riding his Moto Guzzi Le Mans to places he thought he never would and 40 years later getting to Australia is still on Chris’ mind. An epic journey and an entertaining tale that reminds us that travel is not about the destination. You can find more motorcycle and travel episodes on Adventure Rider Radio at adventureriderradio.com. Want to help out? Subscribe, rate and review us on iTunes or on your favourite podcast app, tell your family, friends, riding buddies or club about ARR. Adventure Rider Radio is a listener supported show and we'd love to get your help. Please check us out on Patreon. Have a comment? Go to the episode show notes on our website and have your say at the bottom of the page. Thanks for listening!

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Jim Martin. Adventure Rider Radio is built on a model of listener support and some ads to make the show work.
0:07.0	We keep the ads few so you can enjoy the show, but we need your support.
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0:14.8	Drop by our website atadventureRadio.com and click on support. Chris Donaldson grew up in Northern Ireland at a time when bombs were blowing up
0:37.8	around his city of Belfast on a somewhat regular basis. When he was old enough
0:42.3	his escape was planned. He would ride his
0:45.0	cafe racer-sty-motzy motorcycle from there all the way to Australia. But
0:50.6	before he got past London, his route was already blocked.
0:53.7	And that was sort of the first of many twists in this sort of an Indiana Jones style adventure
0:59.6	in which he was all but cut off from the world 40 years ago.
1:03.7	My name is Jim Martin.
1:04.6	This is Adventure Rider Radio.
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