If you’re reading this, chances are you’re somewhere on the UK motorcycling licence rollercoaster. And if you’re anything like me — over 50, fuelled by grit, and just a bit flipping stubborn — then you probably know that this journey isn’t just about passing a test. It’s about proving to yourself that you can and won’t give up.

When life hits you hard — be it grief, trauma, anxiety, or just the bone-deep exhaustion of keeping it all together , juggling rent, bills, kids, job— motorcycling becomes more than just a machine we ride when the suns out — or not. It becomes a mirror of our own thoughts, our heads, and of where we think we are in life.

It’s May 1st 2025. The day the motorcycle engines hum a little louder. The roads feel a little more open, a little more welcoming. And...