Mid Ride
There are some rides that always appear to be on your to-do list but never actually get ticked off. I’m not talking about bucket-list destinations such as, in my case, the Andes or Himalayas, nor quit the job, sell the house, or write the book adventures that take up most of my social media feed. Rides that are too long to fit into a normal weekend but need to be longer to justify inclusion in the annual ‘Motorcycle Tour’. In my case, it was to follow a river from the source, or as close as I could get, to the point it joined the sea. I live in Poland and wanted to follow the Vistula from where it starts in the south to the north, where it flows into the Baltic. The idea was to use the journey to visit areas of Poland I was unfamiliar with, but the busyness of life seemed to keep