Karma Forge

Peniche to Vilamoura Our last day in Baleal dawned slightly overcast and windy as we waited to return a wetsuit to the owner of Baia De P...

Cabo da Roca Not having had time on the Saturday we made the trip to the Sintra region early on Sunday morning for the second time. We ha...

15 February 2020 - Sintra town Saturday the 15 February was Richard’s birthday. We had decided earlier in the week, based on the advice o...

The green light for the Tow surfing championship was issued for the 11th of February in the wake of storm Ciara crossing the Atlantic. Th...

As I am sure most of you are aware, Richard and I made the decision to cancel Africa adventure this year due to Covid-19. Although this h...

Peniche Peninsular. We made the walk into Peniche on Saturday morning. When the tide is low it’s an easy 5km walk along a near-deserted b...

Week one in Baleal: 23rd - 29th January 2020 I am going to take a different approach with the blog for the next couple of months as we wi...

21st to 22nd January 2020 - The journey from Bilbao to Peniche It is rare that an alarm clock is a welcome sound, but on Tuesday morning,...

Portsmouth to Bilbao - 19th -21st January 2020 As we boarded the ship, my initial thought was that the smell was something that was goin...

19 January 2020- Bristol to Portsmouth We left Bristol later than anticipated which had me on edge from the start, which is never a good ...

We arrived back in London to rain, darkness and cold, so basically an English winter. What struck me is that it felt very much like we we...

Steering Rack So for the steering rack, I decided to use a center mount rack and pinion unit instead of the standard steering box. The ma...

The Design I needed to get someone to make up a loom for me. So I put my thoughts on paper and came up with this simple diagram. This was...

African Buggy - The Paint Job

Design Concept I had a fantastic adventure driving a beach buggy from the UK to Mongolia in 2017. At the end of the trip, I ended up walk...

Africa 2020 So this is the start of the my part in the blogging for Africa 2020. Richard will be taking care of the build blog for the bu...

When you move abroad, I have found one of the most comforting things can be to find a place that makes you feel safe. You know the safe I...

The island of Sal The first thing you notice driving from the airport is the expanse of desolate arid earth. It seems to stretch on mile ...

After experiencing almost total collapse of the Front Suspension and constant issues with the rear suspension on the Mongol Rally I decid...

The Doon Shell Thanks to Lee from Volksmagic and Doon we have the amazing Doon buggy shell. I wasn't initial going to get this till later...