Chasing Horizons - Sam and Clare

[Peejay]

Sounds fantastic Clare, have a great trip and keep us updated. B)

[Paul-S]

Good luck with it Pheebs - look forward to the updates

[gebrauchtwagen83]

sounds great. follow your dreams. looking forward to following your progress

[chillidave]

I,ll stand by WTF

+1 I,m sitting in front of my computer and a little bit envious.Things may or may not go wrong but it,s an experience you,ll never forget.Good Luck.

[Pheebs]

Firstly... Wow! Thanks everyone for your responses! Really lovely to see that people are interested and will be following! As said, if anyone has annnnnnny questions or would like to see anything in particular let us know!

+1 from me though i would have probably placed a bit more emphasis on the word hope - you can't fault your enthusiasm and I don't want to sound negative, i admire people who do stuff like this but I hope you have considered the posibility that you could be setting youself up for disaster in more than a few ways, not only could this ruin what sounds like a superb relationship (get some biking holidays in together first maybe, maybe you already have but from what you have put it sounds like you have only been together a short while??) but you could also be putting yourself in physical danger too (get a reasonable amount of riding experience in fist maybe?) Going to sleep now so you can tell me to where to go tomorrow Edit: Aggy thinks i am talking complete rubish and says you will be absoultley fine!! Sorry to say i'm still not convinced..

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Hey hey!! Thank you for your concern, it's always a good thing to be grounded and have a realistic view in life! Sam and I have been together for nearly a year now and for... most probably 90% of it we have been working together self employed in the same house day in and out... so I think we're quite well acquainted with each others quirks! Hahaha! In our jobs too (designers and also I do property developing... aka glorified builder!) we are pretty much hands on a lot of the time and have been doing complex manual tasks together frequently... and luckily for us we work pretty darn awesomely! Happy days!

As for training and experience, Sam has already spent a year away travelling and participated in a number of rallies so he's pretty stupendously mega in the world of riding and travelling! Training wise, we will be doing all the standards (CBT, Module 1 and 2) and also advanced, 2 offroad training schools and various short trips (including one to Morocco to do duney stuff!)

We're incredibly lucky to have the support and advice of Get On and other organisations too! That and we'll be sorting through mechanics courses as well and medic wise I have a history in the Police so I should be dandy first aid!

I am convinced we are going to be good and there's not a doubt in my mind to suggest we cannot do it! I think the beauty of the whole charity adventure is that it's a awesome challenge (particularly for me)... and I'm not a lady to be beaten by a challenge ;D Move aside Challenge Anneka and her 90's spandex... bring on Waddling-Power-Ranger-Looking-Helmet-Haired-Clare and Beardy-Lumberman-Sam! Muhaha!

Please though, any advice offerings and thoughts are always greatly appreciated so keep them rocking! We hope we can prove your doubts wrong! If so, whaddya say to a fiver to each of our charities and you can buy us a drink on our return?! Hahaha!

That’s terrific i shall look forward to reading and following your Adventure . Clare well done on getting onto two wheels very brave and a terrific personal challenge. I shall keep popping onto facebook but please let us know when the web site is up and running.

Thank you Bushman! We will indeed let you know when the webby is up!

Brilliant, have lots of fun, as someone else already posted you've got enough enthusiasm to make it work

After 37 years of riding I've still only managed trips around Europe! Well done on chasing your dream.


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I am here: http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=51.355627,-2.962028

Hey Mister! Looks like we're neighbours! We're literally just around the corner from you in a property we're doing up (aka the House of Doom!) Will have to meet for a chin wag at some point!

Well done to the both of you. I am very envious and jelous...

To be going RTW at 26 years old and with no previous bike experience is nothing short of amazing. Are the bikes being bought by one of your sponsors, or are you having to pay for everything yourselves, if you are buying everything yourselves then you must have some serious savings (or very well paid jobs)? What are you doing with your jobs, are you quitting both your jobs or are you on a Career break and have jobs to come back too?

Good luck for the trip. I wish you both well and hope it's sucessful for you both. You are doing what most of us only dream about.

Thank you! 27 going on 28 mind so a few more wrinkles than you thought! Hehee! We have potential sponsors for bikes although we're waiting on news for this in the next couple of weeks! Nail biting stuff!

I have a CV as tall as a giraffe but my main previous work has been within the Police or designing and I am now a property developer (as above aka a glorified builder) and do design work also with Sam! Sam has done design most of his life (he's pretty darn mega!) although I think in an ideal world he'd love to be teaching people to ride bikes and do a little more DIY alongside me!

We're having to change our property to a Buy to Let and release some moolah from that to be able to fund the trip and potentially bikes and some gear (once again we're lucky enough to have some sponsors on board who will be supporting us with clothing and other attire). We've also been hard working bunnies and are continuing in being busy with design work (website/brand design... www.spiffingdesigns.co.uk) and every penny is being put in a piggy bank! It's going to be tight, but once again it's half the challenge and fun!

Thank you again for your well wishes and support!

Hi Sam and Clare, Don't go I have a much bigger and better challange for you!

5 Kids, 2 Businesses and a big dog to look after!

Maria and I will do your RTW tour :laugh: :laugh:


Best of luck and keep us posted, you lucky jotters!

Paul & Maria.

Hahahaha thank you soooo much for the offer!! I'm afraid we have to sadly decline however!! Hehehe! Sounds like a lovely set up you have though! Plonk all the kiddies on bikes, grab yourself a laptop for work and plonk the pooch in a side cart and come join in on the jolly! Hehehe!

Thank you for your luck!



Once again, overwhelmed at the response already! We're super amazed and chuffed! The website will be up soon, in the meantime do have a peak at the facebook and twitter as below! Cheers people!

Facebook Chasing Horizons
Twitter Chasing Horizons

[Road2Manchester]

Wow what a hoot. have a great time and keep it fun.
Nice to see someone going for it rather than just talking about it.

[sidestand]

Well Done B)
Get out there & have your adventure Girl ....
Before responsibilities & a humdrum existence claim you ....

The memories you'll gain will be worth far more than material possessions

[Selous]

Ha Welcome & Good Luck, will keep any eye out on the site once up & running
I knew I had seen your name somewhere (HU Site) I had just been reading http://www.horizonsunlimited.com/hubb/r ... orld-60100 this blog,

[East Coast]

Firstly... Wow! Thanks everyone for your responses! Really lovely to see that people are interested and will be following! As said, if anyone has annnnnnny questions or would like to see anything in particular let us know!

+1 from me though i would have probably placed a bit more emphasis on the word hope - you can't fault your enthusiasm and I don't want to sound negative, i admire people who do stuff like this but I hope you have considered the posibility that you could be setting youself up for disaster in more than a few ways, not only could this ruin what sounds like a superb relationship (get some biking holidays in together first maybe, maybe you already have but from what you have put it sounds like you have only been together a short while??) but you could also be putting yourself in physical danger too (get a reasonable amount of riding experience in fist maybe?) Going to sleep now so you can tell me to where to go tomorrow Edit: Aggy thinks i am talking complete rubish and says you will be absoultley fine!! Sorry to say i'm still not convinced..

Edit

Hey hey!! Thank you for your concern, it's always a good thing to be grounded and have a realistic view in life! Sam and I have been together for nearly a year now and for... most probably 90% of it we have been working together self employed in the same house day in and out... so I think we're quite well acquainted with each others quirks! Hahaha! In our jobs too (designers and also I do property developing... aka glorified builder!) we are pretty much hands on a lot of the time and have been doing complex manual tasks together frequently... and luckily for us we work pretty darn awesomely! Happy days!

As for training and experience, Sam has already spent a year away travelling and participated in a number of rallies so he's pretty stupendously mega in the world of riding and travelling! Training wise, we will be doing all the standards (CBT, Module 1 and 2) and also advanced, 2 offroad training schools and various short trips (including one to Morocco to do duney stuff!)

We're incredibly lucky to have the support and advice of Get On and other organisations too! That and we'll be sorting through mechanics courses as well and medic wise I have a history in the Police so I should be dandy first aid!

I am convinced we are going to be good and there's not a doubt in my mind to suggest we cannot do it! I think the beauty of the whole charity adventure is that it's a awesome challenge (particularly for me)... and I'm not a lady to be beaten by a challenge ;D Move aside Challenge Anneka and her 90's spandex... bring on Waddling-Power-Ranger-Looking-Helmet-Haired-Clare and Beardy-Lumberman-Sam! Muhaha!

Please though, any advice offerings and thoughts are always greatly appreciated so keep them rocking! We hope we can prove your doubts wrong! If so, whaddya say to a fiver to each of our charities and you can buy us a drink on our return?! Hahaha!

Firstly I’m very impressed with your reply, I was half expecting to be shot down but you have answered my question very well – it is quite clear you have thought about some of the less romantic details and you are equally very much in touch with the blunt realism of what you are about to do as the excitement of it, well played!

Good fortune, one of the reasons that I posted what I did, it was apparent from your post and the super AT AT cake that you are very much in love, that means you are very fortunate, it’s surprising how many people aren’t, taking this fact alone you have already had more good fortune than a lot of people ever will, how far can you push it I was thinking? Then again, I would consider myself very fortunate too, Aggy can ride a bike and use a power drill, we spent valentine’s day evening in the loft cutting wood – much better than any restaurant, but I’m always conscious of how far I push my / our luck, maybe a string of misfortune has made me respect good fortune more, im not sure..one for me to think about, hmmm.

So I will quickly end by offering a few more words that relate to my original post (and hopefully go some way to answering SuziesV’s questions too) before wishing you a safe and fantastic journey!

Relationship – you have already given thought to that but for SuzieV’s benefit – (see Chapter two of the book ‘Get up and Go’ – travelling companions – wives, husbands, and partners)

Bike riding – you are responsible for your safety, Sam is responsible for his safety... and guess what...your safety too, and probably more than his own!!, no matter what, he will put his safety before yours and nothing will change that – if that’s is not the case when you get back then more than a fiver from me to the charity(s) – I still have clear memories of throwing myself before (riding quickly in front of) an articulated lorry that didn’t see Aggy on a roundabout just after the Dartford crossing on our way to Dover!! Lorry avoided both of us thankfully and was a good wake up to the extent of my responsibility!

Logistics - If you travel (ride) in front, it will undoubtedly be you that sets the riding pace, but at the same time you will also have to consider the navigation, a lot to ask of a newish rider, are you feeling the pressure (bring it on hey), add to that, is he getting frustrated that I’m going too slow, is he worried that you will be the first to encounter what is behind the corner??

In my opinion you will find it much more relaxing riding behind Sam to start with, he can navigate, set the pace and see / be an early warning to you of anything up ahead. Sam on the other hand will find himself looking behind or in the mirror almost as much as he is looking ahead!! Relaxing, maybe not, good fun, definitely!!

I have lots of other caution points that I could post here, but no longer feel it necessary – (apart from have a great time and save the five kids till you get back lol) – see HU, but by the sounds of it, it looks like you have done some proper homework already and I have no doubts that you will make it RTW, and more importantly will still be talking to each other at the end :laugh: !

Wishing you both a safe and fulfilling journey!

EC

PS. Forwarding your paper post / mail can make better financial sense than buy-to-let wink wink Oh, and practice the swerve manoeuvre with a GPS B)

[Road2Manchester]

Sam Manicom, Ted Simon and many more I have read about set off with limited riding experience, no Sat Nav and little or no RTW travel experience.
Quote: "Its is better to have left and got lost, that to never have left at all " as said by Shakespere, or was it Harry Stottle ?, (Always get them two mixed up.)
Relationships will be tested, abilities will improve, days will seem like years, and places and experiences will create a sensorary overload as you get to feel that your head can't take in anymore of the scenary or information.
The previous comments though valid, are just opinions based on each threaders own fears abilities and ideas. No one else nows what you are capable of exept you two.

I have been married 32 years in May, and though I would love for my Mrs; to come home today and say, "lets go", 24-7-365 under a certain presure to keep her happy and content would be hard. I have only ever done 14 days with Shaz as pillion, and it does change the whole concept of travel.

But, as I said before. Have a wonderful time, and ALWAYS talk issues out before they become globe=busters