Alastair is back from a successful tour of Africa, where he led the pack on his unsuitable Ducati Multistrada as part of the GlobeBusters North & West Africa expedition.

Alastair and the Globebusters expedition travelled across Morocco and down the West coast of Africa but sadly did not get to Guinea Bissau  as there were reports of terrorist attacks on tourists in Senegal that we needed to travel through to get there.  Instead the group saw more of The Gambia: Alastair passed through Georgetown, the old British Colonial slave port set on an Island in the Gambia river, before looping back into Senegal to visit St Louis.

The trip was a great success with only some minor problems, although Alastair did manage to fall off his bike in a minefield!  The 'exciting' mishap happened on the border between Morocco and Mauritania but happily the only long term damage was his ego.

There were some tricky border crossing but overall the Africans were most welcoming and loved seeing the group and their bikes.

The five week expedition, which started with a flight from Malaga before riding across Morocco, involved a group of 12 bikers. Alastair stood out from the popular BMW GS, endurance bikes and trials bikes and managed to finish near the front of the group on most days.

A great account of the trip can be found at: http://www.globebusters.com/expeditions/tales.html

A great account of the trip can be found at: http://www.globebusters.com/expeditions/tales.html

• 1943 Alastair's early years
• 1955 Licence to drive
• 1957 Alastair's High School years
• 1959 Evading the police
• 1960 Becoming a mechanic
• 1966 The Tasman series
• 1966 Leaving New Zealand
• 1967 Joining McLaren
• 1967 CanAm Door Catches
• 1967 Monza
• 1968 South Africa
• 1968 CanAm
• 1969 Driving the Formula 1 Cars
• 1973 Fittipaldi joins McLaren
• 1973 McLaren Team manager
• 1974 Montezemolo
• 1975 Hunt replaces Fittipaldi
• 1975 Hunt gets paid little
• 1976 Inventing the Air-Starter
• 1976 Six-speed Gear Boxes
• 1976 Misbehaving in Canada
• 1976 Japan
• 1977 Adidas Uniforms
• 1977 Changing Tyres
• 1977 Leaving McLaren
• 1979 Nelson Piquet
• 1980 Skirts on Formula 1 Cars
• 1981 Leaving Formula 1
• 1982 Making Lists
• 1982 Signing on
• 1982 Creating Space Station
• 1991 Highland Fling
• 1991 Classic Marathon
• 1992 Getting the Austin A35
• 1992 El Salvador
• 1993 Carerra Panamerica
• 1993 Centre of attention
• 1993 Nicest car in rally
• 1993 LeJog
• 2000 London to Sydney
• 2000 Porsche Racing
• 2000 Porsche Crashing
• 2001 Ferrari
• 2001 Inca Trail
• 2004 Berlin - Moscow - Berlin
• 2005 World Cup Rally
• 2007 Norway
• 2008 Liège-Brescia-Liège
• 2008 An Icelandic Odyssey
• 2008 North & West Africa
• 2009 West Coast America
• 2009 London to Casablanca
• 2010 New Zealand Festival of motor racing
• 2010 New Zealand Big Sky Adventure