INTERNATIONAL MAIL Return to Sender
In the first part of his epic around the world journey on a humble Honda CT110 ‘postie bike’ (see JUST BIKES #365), Bob Dibble encountered heat, cold, altitude and the sort of long hours in the saddle that’d challenge the most-seasoned adventure traveller. He also encountered surprising road and fuel conditions in the USA, but what lay ahead, specifically beyond Western Europe, would provide its own surprises; not so much in the road and trail conditions, but in the warmth and hospitality of strangers.
As mentioned in part 1, Bob had his little postie bike fitted with a home-made, foldable sidecar and did the entire journey solo. This latest journey followed an epic drive through the US, Canada, the UK and Europe in a classic Holden sedan in 1997 and a round-the-world trip on a Yamaha Diversion with a sidecar eight years ago.
Don’t forget, too, that this latest trek was done after diagnosis of and treatment for prostate cancer.
LITTLE BIKE, BIG ATTENTION
To recap the North American section covered in Part 1, Bob’s trek on The Mighty Runt started in Vancouver, Canada, in May, 2017, and following a roundabout route that ticked off several highlights in the USA, concluded in Toronto in mid-July.
In Toronto, the CT110 was fully serviced, then packed for air freighting to the UK, where the trek continued in early August, 2017.
Just like they did in North America, Bob and The Mighty Runt attracted attention on the other side of the Atlantic.
With good road and weather conditions, the journey through the UK and western Europe was largely uneventful, but Bob still decided to challenge himself and his postie bike by
