The expedition
GlasgowtoGlasgow
75,000 miles around the world
One motorcycle. One enormous lap of the planet. Leaving Glasgow and eventually arriving back where it all started.
Miles ridden
1,126
Day
4
Currently
Germany
The road home
Miles ridden
01,812 km
Miles to Glasgow
0118,889 km
Complete
0.00%The lap
75,000
120,701 km total
Where in the world?
Currently
Black Forest
Germany
Four days out. Rain from Glasgow to Hull, sunshine ever since. The Black Forest roads are everything people promised.
Approximate position 48.3° N / 8.2° E
- Day
- 4
- Country
- DE
- Miles ridden
- 1,126
- Miles to Glasgow
- 73,874
- Next
- Switzerland
Latest from the road
Episode 01 — Leaving Glasgow
The long way home
The route
Route shown is approximate. Precise live positions are never published.
Just how far is75,000 miles?
75,000 miles. 120,701 km. It is a number that means nothing until you put it next to something else.
Times around planet Earth
≈ 0.0Of the distance from Earth to the Moon
≈ 0%Marathons, back to back
≈ 0Live expedition statistics
- Countries
- 0
- Continents
- 0
- Languages encountered
- 0
- Borders crossed
- 0
- Time zones
- 0
- Days on the road
- 0
- Ferries
- 0
- Mountain passes
- 0
- Fuel used
- 0 L
- Hours of footage
- 0
- Photographs
- 0
Passport
Every country, stamped
5 / 24 stamps
- GBStamped
United Kingdom
✓ 412 mi
- NLStamped
Netherlands
✓ 196 mi
- BEStamped
Belgium
✓ 142 mi
- LUStamped
Luxembourg
✓ 88 mi
- DEHere
Germany
● Currently here
- CH
Switzerland
Upcoming
- IT
Italy
Upcoming
- SI
Slovenia
Upcoming
- HR
Croatia
Upcoming
- GR
Greece
Upcoming
- TR
Turkey
Upcoming
- GE
Georgia
Upcoming
- KZ
Kazakhstan
Upcoming
- MN
Mongolia
Upcoming
- JP
Japan
Upcoming
- AU
Australia
Upcoming
- CL
Chile
Upcoming
- AR
Argentina
Upcoming
- PE
Peru
Upcoming
- CO
Colombia
Upcoming
- US
United States
Upcoming
- CA
Canada
Upcoming
- IS
Iceland
Upcoming
- GB-SCT
Scotland
Upcoming
Why Glasgow to Glasgow?
Why ride
around the world?
The idea is ridiculously simple.
Leave Glasgow on a motorcycle. Keep riding.
Across countries, continents, cultures and roads I've never seen before. And eventually — ride back into Glasgow.
Ripple Retreat
Make the
miles matter.
Glasgow to Glasgow is about seeing more of the world. But if we're going to travel 75,000 miles through it, those miles should mean something too.
Raised
£0Target
£75,000
Raised per mile ridden
£3.71
The machine
BMW R1300 GS
Adventure
- Official job
- Motorcycle.
- Actual job
- Transport. Office. Camera platform. Wardrobe. Storage unit. And occasionally somewhere to sit and reconsider life choices.
The road so far
Full archive →- 04INTO THE BLACK FORESTLuxembourg → Freudenstadt · Germany · 1,126 miles from Glasgow
- 03THE LOW COUNTRIESRotterdam → Luxembourg · Luxembourg · 838 miles from Glasgow
- 02THE NORTH SEAHull → Rotterdam · Netherlands · 608 miles from Glasgow
- 01LEAVING GLASGOWGlasgow → Hull · United Kingdom · 412 miles from Glasgow
The story continues