Pillion Tips:

Get the rider to wear a small hydro pack so you both have access to water and you can keep sweets, coins (for tolls), passports and other useful bits easily accessible in your pockets.

Work out your communication. While it’s quite popular to use an intercom system, some two-up riders don’t like them and create their own hand and/or squeeze system of signalling.

Agree on what the day’s ride is going to entail - approximate mileage, possible breaks and lunch point, so you set off with similar expectations of what’s to come.

Relish your solitude on the bike. You can use your time to plan for the future, mull over the past or just to blank out all the hassles of the modern world and think of nothing.

Avoid being made to wear a rucksack - even one that you think is relatively light will get to your shoulders and back eventually.

Have a digital camera handy in a waterproof pocket and practice taking shots on the move.

If you’re expected to navigate, plot out the route before you start the day and get the map/sat-nav/ smartphone lodged into position.

It’s possible to do slow, gentle stretching exercises whilst on board to stop getting stiff or numb but remember - no sudden movements.