So, I have recently been feeling crap about life and wondering how to make it better. I am so bored of life I need to rejuvenate and start enjoying it again. I have very little money, and the only thing to make me really happy is the bike. So, not having a full licence and still only having a CBT and on a 125 I thought to myself what to do, so I got the grand idea to take my YZF-R125 from Lands End to John O Groats. It's my first ever trip and I am doing it solo.

The Bike: The Yamaha YZF-R125, 15bhp, terrible MPG, loud exhaust, 'sport' riding position, probably very inappropriate bike to do this on (but if it's too nice then where's the adventure!). However, it's SO much fun to ride, however, even after 10 minutes of riding I get cramp in my wrist (crashed a bike and caused some damage a few years back!) So this is the noble steed taking me a few 1000 miles


The equipment: So I feel I am completely underprepared for the trip! I leave at the end of July and I have no set route, so I have been anxious of how I am going to reach Scotland, so I have invested in a Garmin Zumo 340LM - hopefully this will help. I will be using the Oxford 1st time soft panniers and a lower alpine 45ltr rucksack, got some basic camping equipment already but I need to buy cooking equipment. I will be taking my DSLR, Drift Ghost and my macbook pro - along with battery packs for mobiles etc... I am also thinking of investing in a Bluetooth headset. Clothes wise, will be limited, food I have no idea how I am going to do this bit, as cheap as possible .

The Route: No idea to be honest, I want to hit national parks and the Lochs... but other than that not sure what else. I will aim to try and get something along the lines of Sussex > Lands End > Shropshire > Leek > Windermere > Dumfries > Loch Lomond > Ullapool > John O Groats > Inverness > Edenborough > Newcastle > Nottingham > Enfield > Sussex. I have not really booked any camp sites.. is this how you folks would do it?!

Time Scale: Due to industry I am in, I am unable to take regular trips and I need to sit on some exam boards in the middle of August, so, I will have approximately 2 weeks to do this, I recon it's doable.

Why alone?: I have no one to ride with. Alone time is gooood!

I attempt to do motovlogs and this will be one I vlog!


So if there is anyone out there who can give me some advice that would be so fantastically amazing.

Would you do a full or intermitten service on the bike before a trip like this?

Thank you for reading.

Jammy.