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Terra circa
The Mondo Enduro round the world motorbike expedition attempted but did not cross the Zilov Gap in Central Siberia. In 2000 a follow-up expedition, Terra Circa, was organised by Dave Greenhough, brother of one of the Mondo Enduro team members. It was the first motorbike expedition to cross the infamous Zilov Gap.
Contents
- Terra circa
- List of places visited per episode
- Episode 1
- Episode 2
- Episode 3
- Episode 4
- Episode 5
- Episode 6
- References
The route went from London across Europe, western Russia and Siberia to Vladivostok. The team then embarked for Japan and returned to Europe crossing the United States. It took 7 months and they drove 20 000 miles.
The members were: Dave Greenhough (organizer), Austin Vince, Charlie Benner, Gerald Vince, Joe MacManus (until Turkey), and Matt Hill (until Turkey and then from Russia). Dave Greenhough had to leave early because of a knee injury, and Matt Hill jumped in again (he had left the expedition in Turkey with Joe MacManus) to finish with the others.
Like its predecessor, Terra Circa is a shoestring expedition with rough camping the order of the day and has a cult following amongst adventure motorcyclists.
The expedition was filmed and made into a six-part TV series, shown on British cable channel Men & Motors.
Terra circa
List of places visited per episode
Note that this list is not complete, as the episodes are scarce on the city names the expedition drove through.
Episode 1
London (Mill Hill School) - Dover - (boat) - Northern France - Verdun - Zurich - Pisa - Pompeii - Brindisi - (boat)
Episode 2
Igoumenitsa - Northern Greece - Istanbul - Erzurum - Samsun (Joe and Matt go back) - (boat) - Novorossiysk (Dave's knee injury) - Volgograd
Episode 3
Border crossing to Kazakhstan - Uralsk (not referred to) - Aralsk - Shymkent (not referred to) - Almaty (Dave goes back home and Matt re-joins the team) - Race to the border to Russia (which border?)
Episode 4
(Long Russia travel with no town names) - Irkutsk - (Dominic joins and then leaves) - (More Russia)
Episode 5
Zilov Gap approaching - Chernyshevsk - (Matt breakes his collar bone) Erofey-Pavlovich - (Crossing the Zilov Gap)
Episode 6
(Leaving Russia to Japan from Vladivostok) - Toyama - Akashi-Kaikyō Bridge - Kobi - Los Angeles - New York City