Ethical coffee, roasted in the room you drink it in. Sustain Coffee Co, honest transparency about where they can and can't source from, and a trip to a farm in Chiapas that changed how their roaster sees coffee entirely. #Motosky motorcyclegrounds.com/sustain-coff...

One level down from all this, tucked inside King's Cross Underground, is proper single-origin coffee that's quietly built a following for ten years. New post is up: the story of Gramos Coffee, & why it might just be the best-kept secret in the station. #Motosky motorcyclegrounds.com/the-best-kep...

Parking a motorcycle in Camden just got a lot more complicated. New post breaks down what riders need to know, new charges, how it compares across London, & what you can actually do about it. Big thanks to Ben at Save London Motorcycling for the detail. #Motosky motorcyclegrounds.com/camdens-new-...

5 days, 5 coffee stops in St Albans: a café hitting 30 years, a shop still running its original van, a bagel place with its old dry cleaner's signage kept on purpose, a coffee bar inside the old Assize Court, and a bookshop café with a resident ghost. #Motosky motorcyclegrounds.com/5-days-5-cof...

Day 4 of 5 coffee stops in St Albans: Courtroom Café, inside St Albans Museum + Gallery. You're not just having a coffee here, you're sat in what was a working Assize Court until 1966, dock and all. Restored beautifully in 2018. History with your Americano.

Down to London today on the back roads, no motorways, all thanks to Scenic plotting the route. A lovely, easy journey. Research trip for an upcoming piece on parking and access for bikes in the city, plus a coffee interview to go with it. More soon.

Day 3 of 5 coffee stops in St Albans: Brad & Dills, London Road. Still wearing the old dry cleaner's signage on purpose, coffee and bagels where I used to drop off my shirts years ago.

I'm on day 2 of my top 5 coffee stops in St Albans. Today it's Charlie's. Started life in 2008 a van at St Albans station, still running today, before growing into a shop on London Road.

£27k saved. 2.6 million calories avoided. New post: honest surprises from 7 years alcohol-free, from the money to the friendships to a Pixar comparison I never expected to make. motorcyclegrounds.com/sober-for-se...

Up early this morning at one of my favourite spots in St Albans: Café Roma. Going strong for 30 years, and still the kind of place where they know your order before you say it. First stop of five this week.

New post. A ride, a coffee stop with more history than expected, and a nav app I’m still not sure about. Honest review inside. motorcyclegrounds.com/finding-bohe...

New post is up: "Two Comebacks: Royal Enfield's and Mine." My road back to riding after seventeen years off, alongside the story of a brand that got knocked down and rebuilt itself. motorcyclegrounds.com/two-comeback...

New to Bluesky! After 7+ years being #alcoholfree I’ve decided to start writing a blog: motorcyclegrounds.com. Three posts up so far — a 4am ride to catch sunrise on Ivinghoe Beacon, the best coffee stop in the Chilterns, and why I quit drinking. Come take a look and let me know what you think.