Freelance motorcycle journalist Kevin Turner charts his progress from London through the old Soviet bloc to the city once known as Petrograd.

His shambolic journey is passes through Scandinavia from Copenhagen into Sweden, then onto the majestic waterfalls of Norway. 

Turner then determines to visit St. Petersburg, a mere 1700km east, before heading back home to London, via most of Poland and a good deal of Germany.

There's little point to what he's up to but it still, somehow, makes a readable and interesting narrative - plus a good 'what not to do' for aspiring long-distance riders.