Boarding the ferry to France! || Ep.1

In June 2023, I rode my #mt07 #solo from #london to #istanbul – reaching 20 #countries in 21 days.

I did this for many reasons, and you’ll find out more as the #journey unfolds.

So, I hope you enjoy this first episode of a new season and a new chapter here on this channel // I look forward to sharing a challenging ride through Europe with you. 🙂

💰💰💰 WAYS TO MAKE DAY 1 CHEAPER; 💰💰💰

HOTEL; Stay at a hostel, ‘AirBnB’, ‘couch surfer’ or camp. I stay solo at hotels because it’s where I feel safest.

TOLLS; Take the back roads, those are FREE.

FOOD; Take sandwiches, buy cheaper food – don’t get ripped off for plain spaghetti with a few cherry tomatoes…

You can now directly support MHM through their website, which I will also link below…

💰 // https://www.gofundme.com/f/riding-to-istanbul-in-support-of-mental-health

☮️ // https://mhmotorbike.com/

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CHAPTERS:

0:00 || What I’m doing
0:35 || How Motorcycles helped my Mental Health
1:07 || My past
1:34 || You are good enough
1:51 || Mental Health Motorbikes
2:10 || Explore with me!
2:29 || Start of Vlog
3:33 || Dover Port
5:15 || Boarding the Ferry
8:18 || Calais
8:46 || Getting Scammed for petrol
11:12 || Making friends
11:52 || More friends!
15:03 || Hotel
15:38 || How much I’ve spent today..

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*HOTELS I USED IN THIS VIDEO*

DOVER, UK: The St. Albans Guest House

http://st-albans-guest-house-ct17-9rz.hotelskent.com/en/

MULHOUSE, BASEL – FRANCE: The Golden Tulip

https://mulhouse-basel.goldentulip.com/en-us/

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AND A HUGE SHOUTOUT TO MY SPONSORS FOR THIS JOURNEY:

|| BULL-IT | #garmin | CARDO | SHOEI | HELD | HALVARSSONS | DFDS | BLACK WIDOW | KEIS | FLUX CO. | TRACKER | KRIEGA | ROK STRAPS | HYSIDE MOTORCYCLES | CUSTOM FIT GUARDS | MHM | #insta360 | TCX | KNOX ARMOUR ||

* Below is a list of all sponsored items, tested by me on this trip: *

|| CLOTHING ||

HELMET: https://www.infinitymotorcycles.com/product/shoei-nxr-2-nocturne/tc7

MESH JACKET: https://www.infinitymotorcycles.com/product/knox-urbane-pro-mk3-ladies-armoured-shirt/black

WATERPROOF JACKET: https://www.infinitymotorcycles.com/product/halvarssons-jolen-ladies-jacket/black

HEATED VEST: https://www.infinitymotorcycles.com/product/keis-heated-b501w-dual-power-ladies-bodywarmer/red-trim

JEANS: https://www.infinitymotorcycles.com/product/bull-it-fury-v-ladies-jeggings/black

HEATED GLOVES: https://www.infinitymotorcycles.com/product/keis-heated-g701s-premium-touring-gloves/black

MESH GLOVES: https://shop.held.de/en/Hamada-Adventure-glove/022060-00-063-0-D6-5

BOOTS: https://www.infinitymotorcycles.com/product/tcx-ladies-smoke-waterproof-boots/black

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|| TECHNOLOGY ||

SATNAV: https://www.infinitymotorcycles.com/product/garmin-zumo-xt2

COMMS: https://www.infinitymotorcycles.com/product/cardo-packtalk-edge-intercom/single

TRACKER: https://www.tracker.co.uk/products/vantage

CAMERA: https://store.insta360.com/product/x3

EARPLUGS: https://customfitguards.com/

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|| LUGGAGE ||

KRIEGA helped out a LOT. Wouldn’t have been as easy without you!

US10: https://www.infinitymotorcycles.com/product/kriega-cordura-us-10-drypack/black

US20: https://www.infinitymotorcycles.com/product/kriega-cordura-us-20-drypack/black

US30: https://www.infinitymotorcycles.com/product/kriega-cordura-us-30-drypack/black

BACKPACK: https://www.infinitymotorcycles.com/product/kriega-trail-9-backpack/orange

SPARE STRAPS: https://www.infinitymotorcycles.com/product/kriega-us-hook-strap-set-4

TOOL ROLL: https://www.infinitymotorcycles.com/product/kriega-tool-roll

HARNESS POCKET: https://www.infinitymotorcycles.com/product/kriega-harness-pocket-xl/left

TANK CONVERTER: https://www.infinitymotorcycles.com/product/kriega-tank-us-drypack-converter

LAPTOP BAG: https://www.infinitymotorcycles.com/product/kriega-kube-laptop-bag

GLOVE HOLSTER: https://fluxco.shop/product/flux-co-holster-mk-ii

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BIKE BITS:

EXHAUST: https://www.blackwidowexhausts.co.uk/mt07-2014-2020-mt-07-de-cat-exhaust-system-with-200mm-round-carbon-silencer–blue-tip-38404-p.asp

PREPPING THE BIKE FOR THE TRIP: http://www.hysidemotorcycles.co.uk/ – My bike has never felt so good before.

PREPPING MY MIND FOR THE TRIP: https://mhmotorbike.com/

FERRY: https://www.dfds.com/en-gb/passenger-ferries/ferry-crossings/ferries-to-france

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If I told my 10-year-old self that I’m about to ride 10,000 km through 20 countries in 21 days I’d laugh I’d say not me laughter has always been my self-medication and believing in myself is something I’ve always struggled with until I started riding motorcycles riding has allowed me to

Express myself in ways you can’t imagine riding truly is my therapy it offers me a sense of freedom and Escape but most of all it gives me hope Adventure wonderlust it allows me to see other and see their battles I see you and I see that I’m not

Alone my journey in life so far hasn’t been easy when I was just 10 my parents split leading me not to see my mom for over 10 years and now that I do speak to my mom my dad won’t speak to me it’s a vicious cycle that no child

Deserves and then alongside this there is life and life can be hard work friends money there’s a battle for all of us everyone has their battles and everyone has or will face a self crisis a feeling that you’re not good enough but trust me when I tell you you’re not

Alone there’s always someone to talk to you are good enough that’s why I’m riding solo from London to Istanbul I want to raise awareness for a charity close to my heart mental health motorcycles they’ve been there for me in my darkest times I want to open up stigmas and show that

Even the most beautiful Journeys have their hard days and riding to Turkey will be my fur Venture yet so join me on this adventure as we explore the beauty of the road and the cultures of each country but also delve into the depths of our own

Minds how far can we really go alone if we put our minds to it let’s find out good morning today I’m in DOA and tomorrow I will be in Switzerland the next day I’ll be in Italy and then Croatia and then Slovenia maybe Slovenia then Croatia and then uh who knows the

Rest will be a mystery but I’m trying to get to Istanbul on my bike which has done a lot of miles now so I think it’s going to be hard for her but we’ll be doing it as usual I’m late for the ferry and I’ve got no petrol so it’s a choice

Of board the ferry and don’t be late or get petrol and risk missing the fairy which one do you choose I stayed last night in this hotel called the St Alban’s guest house and it’s got these um wall anchors for your bike if you brought a chain which I did I always

Take a chain and I dis look my bedroom was up there so I could look down at my bike and I didn’t have to worry okay got some nice new gloves from uh H match my bik all right I think that’s it’s everything I think I’m good to go I’m

Just going to go got my phone got my passport here we are you remember when I did this a few years ago for the first time in 2019 and I got lost I’m about to do it again it’s just so confusing there’s no signs of bike and I never knew whether

To filter or not like that was a big thing hi passport yay thanks see you all right we made it next up ticket I think okay dfds let’s go I want to go on this side cuz it’s no that’s Irish phe okay dfds it is I just

Didn’t want to be near the Lori I’m scared morning thank you now it’s like where do i p all this stuff I’m just going to do that thing where I just sit on it thank you they’re gone oh God where do I go I didn’t even say what Lane

Flashback Lane oh God I don’t know what Lane oh my God I’m going to go with one I’m going to go 149 I’m just going to hold it wait 149 was it yes oh my God why is there no one else there I’m just going to board this one and

Like hope for the best I think this is my fairy who knows we’ll get on it and we’ll see where we are I think this is me sorry I scrunched it up one moment uh thank you when you’re ready uh follow this back up top thank you see You all righty so many of you say that you’re scared of getting the ferry because of this bit here but it’s not actually that steep I mean it is steep but it’s not that steep if you stop here and there’s a queue and you try and

Start on that it might be difficult that was the worst pep talk ever but it’s not that bad I also had a lot of you ask why I choose to get the ferry rather than the train because the train is uh is quicker well there’s two reasons right

One it doesn’t feel like an adventure when you’re underground just being like shifted in a cargo train ooh we get private entrance I think I I meant to be following him I actually don’t know thank you ah VIP entry gives me very red D Vibes thank you I don’t know why everyone’s staring

At me it’s just a very normal looking bike where do I go now which way I’m walking like the wrong direction I’m like I don’t know if anyone actually watches one piece but like I’m literally like Zoro okay so this is fery and as I was saying two reasons why

I like get the ferry over the train one because it doesn’t feel like an adventure when you’re on the train the ferry like you’re on a boat man and it reminds me of like one piece like if I was part of his crew and number two the

Train is more expensive than the ferry the ferry this is like you can get it for like £70 if you’re looking in advents Got to put this sticker on I don’t know where I’m going to fit it um oh my God it’s like covering up my plate I guess uh uh UK nope that is not going to work Stick it to that maybe which definitely isn’t where it’s supposed to go but at

Least I’ve got it quick shout out to my friend who makes these cool little curing designs he’s got a company called flux Co and essentially it’s designed to keep hold of your gloves and that Clips onto your belt and it’s uh really useful especially when you’re on the ferry oh

My God I’m going to chop my fingers off there we go is that done it I’m tight I’m tightening it oh my God there’s only like a few things that you can do so like oh oh my God I do it did I break it oh yay I did

It w work it out let’s go today’s com in pink so all right let’s put that up there nice and neat we got to get petrol tinal petrol station one thing you need to know when you come to France it’s very important stay to the right you go on

The left you’re going to die uh the roundabout are backwards here stay to the right stay to the right stay to the right I need to get that tattooos on my hand even though I wouldn’t be able to see it under my gloves I just

Need a glove that says stay to the right found petrol okay so French petrol you got to pay up front uh refuse oh did it work let’s see I don’t know oops oh no it’s just not working taking money from me but not Working oh that was a nightmare I thought the minimum amount on your card to get petrol was €100 but actually it’s now €150 and I didn’t realize that until like the third go so the machine took like €300 from me and then it took € 150

EO at the end to get the final amount got to wait until all that comes back through now oh I was about to go to the left again there that would have been bad so yeah aim today is to get as close to the Alps as I can because tomorrow I want to

Get to the dollar mites so I’d rather just use this as a uh skipping France day essentially I want to get further away as quick as possible because I’ve got the time off to do it right now I won’t have this again for the rest of

The Year friend is easily done in a weekend is stumble is not oh my God I’m on the wrong side of the road I don’t really know what I’m doing I feel like I’m doing my CBT so this is the first toll booth of the trip let’s see how much it’s going to

Cost today oh went too far so I literally got this pocket on my ker so I could put things like this in there because on the last trip that I did I was just like shoving these tickets into my bra just pulled into this uh it’s like a

Little French like I don’t know they have parks on the motorway they have Parks but they have petrol stations and toilets and everything some of the parks don’t have petrol stations some of them are just like uh literally just like stretchy leg spots so I’ve done about 100 miles so far

Some nice bikes sure it’ll be fine here just met a really nice group of bikers I’m going to Istanbul yeah and this is this okay it’s okay oh it’s at a pink Edition yeah they were riding back to Belgium they’d been down in Spain we were talking a lot about bike gear I’m

Running through so many different countries I have no idea what to put on I showed them my heated body warmer and they’d never seen it I’ve still got a long way to go I’ve got 74 M left on this road and then probably about 300

400 mil left in total let’s see how much this is going to cost a great time to stop because I dropped my hat by accident I didn’t tie on I felt it flapping and I was like no no don’t lose the Hat 15 so pretty standard to be fair

No idea where I am somewhere a third of the way through France if that the 28 miles on this road and then we swap for another Motorway I wish I could really this would be like a stick spot to wheelie all right another ticket

Machine oh I went a bit too far okay let side stands are four all right so we are in rim and we are on another tall Road for probably I’d say another 200 miles you can see the landscape is opening up a lot more and it’s a lot prettier getting a few

More views in we have green Fields I just stopped for more petrol that is the third fill up of the day this one costs €8 buo uh one one Mery over all right oh my God the amount of dead bugs on my visor is disgusting probably clean it to be fair I just got

So used to the mall being there that I started just knowing the gaps to look through and then you know when you put your visor up and then when you put it back down you realize how bad it Is just have to pay another toll that was uh another €1 just having a quick stretch of the legs what am I paying for it just says € 470 maybe it’s just a set fee usually you get a ticket and then you pay it at the other side anyway I don’t

Yeah just want to get there now time’s getting on it’s now 4:30 p.m. in France I came the wrong way oh wow look loads of bikers green one oh thank you all right so I made friends with the guys that pulled into the petrol station

And they said I could ride with them for a bit so I don’t fall asleep 20 km with these guys sounds pretty Fun5 60 all right where are we going where are we going I don’t know I don’t know how far out my panties is are sticking so made it to sash sasham sasham just got to go to the actual hotel now such beautiful houses look at these I love the French shutters on

Windows in France this does not look like a Roose that’s not a hotel but it does have a motorcycle on it which is pretty cool Daffy Moto this is it the Golden Tulip I was good to know there’s a bike garage outside the roundout then your destination will be on the ride

This looks pretty nice wondering where is going to be the best place probably behind that bush camouflaged I made it yay just realized there’s like a bus of people coming in I want to pay and get in before they do Finally Oh