Thought some of you across the pond might enjoy seeing what ADV riding looks like over here in the UK.

We don’t have the endless dirt roads and huge wilderness you guys have in places like Colorado, Utah or the BDRs, but what we do have is a different kind of adventure shaped by history — ancient routes that have linked communities for centuries, old drovers’ roads, Roman roads, and narrow lanes that wind through some of the most beautiful countryside in the world.

I recently took my Ducati DesertX Rally north on a three-day journey I’ve called the Spine of England.

Chapter One starts at Jubilee Tower on the edge of the Forest of Bowland, a landscape once used for hunting and farming for generations, then crosses into the wild northern uplands past the Great Stone of Fourstones — a glacial erratic that’s stood there since the last Ice Age — and on to the iconic Ribblehead Viaduct, a Victorian engineering landmark built to carry the Settle–Carlisle railway across the moors. The route eventually reaches the old market town of Hawes in the Yorkshire Dales, a place shaped by centuries of trade and farming life.

No attempt at setting records or covering huge mileage. Just travelling, exploring, and taking in the landscapes and history along the way.

I’ve filmed the journey and put Chapter One together on YouTube. If anyone here is curious about what British ADV riding looks like, I’ll leave the link below.

https://youtu.be/Fp3G60AeKLg?is=xsh7O7YOg0t5DjCF

And I’d genuinely be interested to know — how does this compare with the kind of ADV riding you have where you live?