Sebastian Knust

Gavia Pass (Passo di Gavia) - road conditions: interesting Stelvio Pass (Passo dello Stelvio / Stilfser Joch) - road conditions: bordering on boring, a few hairpin turns Lago di Toblino (on the way back from Lago di Garda)

Today I headed southeast from Oxford towards London, around London and finally to Folkestone Eurotunnel Terminal. I had a one hour buffer for the 2:20h journey, which proved to be sufficient - I only lost half an hour to traffic. I also had the questionable pleasure of nearly witnessing a lorry tire blowout. It happened ...

Thursday I had to leave the Lake District to journey south. My departure was delayed by a lovely chat I had with my Lake District landlord, Jan. Ultimately I departed around noon, with a roughly four hour journey (plus break) on the Motorways ahead of me. Of course, I arrived in Oxford exhausted at 7 ...

Wednesday I took a long tour first along the west coast northwards, then back south through the Central Lake District. Offshore wind farm in front of the motorbike heaven and hell: The Isle of Man The route down the Central Lake District was as beautiful as one might imagine. Unfortunately photo opportunities were rare. Fortunately ...

Today took me to the highest and probably also most remote pub in the UK. Situated in the middle of nowhere on Tan Hill, the Inn was quite well visited, with a nearly full car park. The view from the Inn and the last few miles of road towards it recreated that feeling of loneliness ...

What are you looking at? Rain stopped today around noon and I took that possibility to explore the southern Lake District and drive along Hardknott Pass. Since the severe rain on Sunday it has been raining on and off, so it was no wonder that some roads were still severely flooded. On my way to ...

This photo was made by a nice German couple traveling in the opposite direction on A82. In the current season it seems as if half the tourists are Germans... My stuff is slowly drying thanks to the electric fireplace and the weather forecast for tomorrow is good. I will probably tackle the Hardknott Pass, one ...

Friday I had originally planned to take a long route via A939 and A82 to Glasgow. However since there was a severe rain front coming in from the West I skipped the A939 part and went south from Drumnadrochit. I took a slight detour via the road towards Skye but otherwise took more or less ...

I am writing this on the evening of Thursday, Aug 18 but the mobile network seems to be down - I don't get a DNS response... You know nothing, Jon Snow! Yesterday took me to the northern Highlands. To fully comprehend the road layout in Scotland I will quote the great Neil Gaiman from the ...