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Moped adventurer describes epic ride from Thailand to England

Six years ago, Harry Jackson's life was "a mess". Addicted to drugs and alcohol, he was admitted to hospital and, after getting the treatment he needed, decided he needed to change his life. Now a YouTuber, he has made a "vlogumentary" film called Thailand to UK: 498 days – A Moped and a Dream about a life-affirming adventure he undertook. Jackson, 29, from Felixstowe, Suffolk, posts as We Hate The Cold to his 742,000 YouTube subscribers and 211,000 Instagram followers. Three years ago, after ending his DJ career and selling a website he had created, he decided to travel the world. "I first went to Thailand to learn to speak the language but thought 'What could I do if I had no limits?' and that was to motorbike from Thailand to England," he says. "I wanted to see things and experience things. I was 27 at the time and I'm not getting any younger. "People my age were settling down, having children and buying houses, but I thought this might be the last time I could be free, so I thought I would seize the opportunity. So began his trip on a Honda CT125 bike -which is technically classified as a motorcycle - named Baby Sai that started on 26 July 2024 and finished on 10 December 2025

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