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"Nick and Beth, a young British couple, embarked on the journey of a lifetime; a motorcycle expedition from Texas to Ushuaia, Argentina.  However, their adventure took a harrowing turn in Belize:

It's almost 1am and Beth and Nick are camped in an established campground in Belize when five men armed with guns and machetes cut their way into the tent claiming to be police. After being pulled outside, the pair were then bound with ropes and forced to surrender all their possessions: Phones, GPS devices, Cameras, Go Pros, Helmet Comms, Tools, $700 in cash and memory cards filled with cherished trip photographs. This process involved an hour of Beth and Nick watching while the thieves broke into / cut open all their luggage, tipping all of their belongings onto the floor in pouring rain. Within the hour Beth and Nick’s losses amounted to almost 7000 GBP / 8800 USD.

Sadly it gets worse. After finding some spent ammunition kept as a souvenir from the USA, the thieves believed Beth and Nick were armed. Repeated explanations about the spent brass were in vain and Nick endured physical assault, being repeatedly kicked in the face with his hands tied behind his back, he was hit in the back of the head with a hunting rifle and suffered a bad concussion. Beth endured a terrifying sexual assault. Nick described to me the terror they felt while thieves put a machete to each of their throats and pointed a gun at their kneecaps, repeatedly counting down to zero in an attempt to make them reveal the location of the non-existent guns. Beth and Nick were eventually left, albeit with nothing of value but their motorcycles (which the thieves were unable to operate) face down in the mud with the hands tied. They remained here for several hours before being freed.

The police were then called, who visited the scene of the crime at 4am for just 30 minutes before leaving without offering the couple any shelter, form of communication, or peace of mind. Despite the trauma and lack of support from local authorities, Nick and Beth displayed remarkable resilience. They decided to leave the campsite immediately for their own safety, packing their soaked belongings into what luggage was still useable, they rode through the night seeking refuge in a gas station 40km away until the morning. " - Charlie Reynolds 

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"RawHyde has been involved in the Adventure Riding segment of the motorcycle world since 2002. We’ve worked hard to become the premier destination for Adventure Riding and today we have more to offer the Adventure Riding community than any of our competitors. 

We’ve trained thousands of riders, conducted tours all over the world and host several unique events each year for the Adventure Riding community. We have 4 facilities in California and Colorado AND we are the only company in North America that is both sponsored and sanctioned by BMW as an official training center! 

As you meander our site you’ll see the wide variety of Training, Tours and events that we provide. Hopefully something that we offer appeals to you and we’ll have the chance to serve you! Below are our training class options – or you can browse our facilities and offerings through the navigational links above – Thanks for checking us out."

Jim Hyde – Founder RawHyde Adventures

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Is it possble to talk too much on a podcast? Our dissection of trip planning has now been divided into 2, or possibly 3 parts. Part 1 barely even touches the surface, but we had fun talking around where to go and how far you should expect to get each day.We are delighted that Greg Villalobos and Paul Jennings were able to join us. Thanks Chaps.Hope you like it...Here are the links to Greg and Noel's films that we touch upon,Finding Grandmahttps://youtu.be/QCRI7YEAJZ4F_Roads of Icelandhttps://youtu.be/3WHX1sXunJg

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The third and final installment of the beginners guide to trail riding. Noel manages to log in, and only 20 minutes late. Alex and Will talk trail tech and leave us old duffers wondering what's so wrong with maps.The trail is long and all is well with the world, apart from that new strain of Covid...

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Welcome to part II of the beginners guide to trail riding. Looking for somewhere to ride and some new pals to ride with? We cover the TRF and the TET, 2 of the best available resources for finding trails, riding mates and infinite adventures through 30 countries and 72k kilometers across the whole of Europe, andback

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Here we go, again, with listener Alex and mate Wil. We have tried to create a beginners guide to trail riding (in a few parts). Everything you need to know but were too afraid to ask. Let us know what you think. What have we missed? What have we got wrong? We certainly aren't experts and everybody has a different opinion, but we hope we can point a few people in the right direction...

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We are back again, apologising again, but ill health, all good now, and a broken laptop have conspired against us, but here we are...In this episode we de-brief our recent trip around the north of England to celebrate Greg's 40th, (I know! Doesn't he look older!)which is captured in the marvelous film which accompanies this podcast -https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nAXg6xfw-YIWe definitively decide which is the best bike, maybe not, and Noel forgets his golden rules for camping, but then remembers it's all about not changing your underpants. Do podcasts really get any better?

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It's been a while, sorry for being a bit useless. Life is very busy despite lock-down... This is part one of the story of our cancelled trip to the Spanish Pyrenees, where we went to the north east and west of our own fair island. Fun was had, beer was drunk, bikes were discussed, disaster was averted. Love was shown to the KTM 125 EXC (even by Noel) and Star Wars. Ever wondered what blokes talk about around a campfire? It's probably less interesting than you think. (CONTAINS STRONG LANGUAGE)

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We're back for season 2, sorry, it's been a while. But we think you are going to like this one. We witter on for a bit before handing over to Steve Stout and some very long standing members of Cumbria TRF, Steve and Roger, who have been riding since the sixties, before the birth of the TRF. They tell us about their earliest riding experiences and some great stories from over 50 years of trail riding. This is part 1, more to follow, not sure how many, depends on when the stories run out...

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