Blog 44 Al Kharg to 77kms before Haradah
31st October Set off at 6.30am and navigated around the busy centre of Kharg to then turn east where I would begin my desert crossing to...
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Blog 43 Riyadh to Al Kharg
30th October The ride on the main highway was predictably busy but whilst I made the wrong decision to leave my digs later in order to...
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Oct 30, 20231 min read
Blog 42 Al Nazim to Riyadh
29th October I left the Desert Resort, more of a back packers place and wound through a village back road when an old fella drove past me...
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Blog 41 To the Edge of the World
28th October REST DAY I took a day off from riding to catch up with my blogs. Abo Adeep is the owner of my accommodation for the night,...
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Nick Sanders
Oct 29, 20232 min read
Blog 40 Hautat Sudair to Al Nazim
27th October The air was cool, the road quiet, the wind was behind me and I felt rested. What was there not to like about this morning. I...
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Blog 40 Al Ghat to Huatat Sudair
26th October The head wind was now strong enough to make it difficult to stand so after the first few long slopes out of Al Ghat I...
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Blog 38 Buraydah to Unaysah
24th October Saudi CID have found me again, waiting at 6am outside my hotel in a pick up following me and really trying to be helpful. In...
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Oct 26, 20233 min read
Blog 39 Unaysah to Al Ghat
25th October Unayzah to Al Ghat I stop 15 miles from Unayzah at a coffee drive thru and my policeman buys me a coffee. Down the road we...
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Oct 24, 20233 min read
Blog 37 Shari to Buraydah
23rd October I left the hospital early and the wind was light. There was very little traffic on the road and the coolness of the morning...
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Blog 36 Hail to Sherri
22nd October Can we have a vote please - I would like to create a Nick Wabash Expedition Bike Replica, I mean it ... apart from the...
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Oct 21, 20232 min read
Blog 35 Al Shamly to Hail
19th October Not the best close up picture of the bike but I'll take better as we go along. Very robust, extreme Yamaha engineering, like...
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Oct 21, 20233 min read
Blog 34 Al Muthallth to Ash Shamly
18th October The wind blew me like I was a bird. It smoothed out my pedalling and my head rocked less from side to side. Ocassionally I...
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