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A Severe Alert About Barbecues
The government broadcast a barbecue advisory to forty-four million phones as a Severe emergency alert — while five days of an actual New Forest wildfire went out on a Facebook post. The alert system has only one gear.
UK
What Wins the Future of British TV?
Satellite and terrestrial TV switch off within a decade and everything moves to the internet. But that's just the pipe — the real fight is what wins inside it: fragmented pay-streaming, four million dodgy Fire Sticks, and a BBC weighing whether to firewall iPlayer.
Padstow, Cornwall — August 2017
Three days in Padstow with my brothers — Fovant Downs, the Camel Estuary, and a mass open-water swim in the harbour.
West Country with Ray & Dave — June 2017
Three days riding Dorset and Devon with my brothers — Weymouth, Lyme Regis, Torquay, Exmoor.
Spain, Portugal and France Moto Trip — September 2016
3,200 km (2,000 mi) by motorcycle through France, Spain and Portugal.
BREXIT — UK & Europe by Motorcycle, July 2016
A motorcycle loop through France, Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany, weeks after the Brexit vote.
Motorcycle Round the Alps – September 2015
2,800 km (1,700 mi) through France, Switzerland, Italy and Austria, crossing the Alps by motorcycle.
UK & Ireland Motorcycle Trip, August–September 2015
2,500 km (1,600 mi) around the UK and Ireland by motorcycle — Edinburgh, Belfast, Dublin and Cork.
Motorcycle Trip: London to Grenoble, May 2015
A quick motorcycle run from London to Grenoble via Calais and Lyon.
Ireland Motorcycle Trip, September 2014
2,000 km (1,000 mi) around Ireland by motorcycle — Galway, Cork, Belfast and back.
The Blades — Sywell, Northamptonshire, UK — 31 October 2009
Won a competition to fly with The Blades aerobatic team at Sywell — piloted by Sqn Ldr Andy Offer, former Red 1 of the Red Arrows.
LEJOG & Orkney by Bike, May–June 2008
Land's End to John o'Groats by bike, with a detour to Orkney. 1,700 km (1,100 mi) the length of Britain.