With the exception of a few incidents, best forgotten, in Ecuador years ago, the people of South America have, over the years I’ve been visiting, been unfailingly awesome. So welcoming and ready to bring a lone bicycle traveller into their lives, especially here in Peru. It’s for that reason mainly… more »
So very different to the quiet towns and villages of the highlands; noiser, grittier, busier, Ayacucho at times... more »
Apparently it’s possible to go all the way from Huancavelica to Ayacucho on asphalt. My bike however is... more »
Most folk are familiar with the Peru described by evocative Inca ruins, traditional Quechua & Aymara cultures and... more »
Technically “The Empty Quarter” applies to the Rub’ al Khali desert on the Arabian Peninsula, however I’m going to... more »
Fear, I think, is one of the greatest obstacles to doing ‘stuff’ in life; fear of what might happen, or what people might think for example, whether it’s changing jobs, trying something new, or disappearing off for a bike ride “somewhere else”…. There has always been a little bit of… more »
Should you delve into the annals of the history of cycling in the UK then you’ll find Cornwall... more »
The town I live in has been, and still is, the butt of many jokes within Cornwall. With... more »
Back in Cornwall as of last night and I’ve completed my compulsory tasks for the day, essentially to... more »
Aside from the riding itself one of the best things about bike touring is the sense of community... more »
It’s always ‘challenging’ returning home after a decent adventure but this time seems to have been, or rather ‘is’, particularly difficult. All I can think about it is the mountains – nothing new there – accompanied by a crippling apathy with respect to what passes for normal life. I’m tired too…… more »
I had a little bit of time in Delhi… I found street photography quite difficult. Despite the obvious... more »
‘Highway’ is probably being quite generous, for much of it’s length it is little more than a rough... more »
I’m really happy, got my Inner Line Permit. It had been on my mind a little because I... more »
It has been a while since I posted anything of a sea kayaking flavour; when I have been out I haven’t been taking a camera. Sometimes I just can’t be bothered with a camera, it’s nice just to go paddling with mates without thinking about photos. After all there is… more »
It took a whole year of procrastination and the opportunity to acquire one at a somewhat reduced price,... more »
After my last post I had thought I might follow up with some apparently intelligent thoughts around things... more »
It is seldom that sea kayaks and sheep appear all wrapped up in the same story but that’s what... more »
I thought that, for once, I could perhaps make myself useful and scribble a general info flavoured post with info on maps and stuff – especially given that Crete is such an accessible, cheap to fly to destination (at least for those of us in Europe :-) ) with some absolutely… more »
I could quite happily have spent a week on the Lasithi Plateau… however with a flight on Wednesday... more »
It’s warm… as I rolled up my tarp at 8am this morning on the little patch of sand... more »
Got some late afternoon shade and a mug of tea here in Zaros so time for a quick... more »
For the last couple of bicycle journeys I’ve travelled really light so just used a 7″ Android tablet as a tool for updating this journal – not ideal but it did the job and took up very little room along with my camera, a Fuji x100s – I think the most… more »
Sometimes it takes me even longer to get around to sorting it out. For the two weeks since... more »
Arrival back into Marrakech was something of an anti-climax after the truly fantastic riding of the last 8... more »
It was a very definite sense of deja-vu. Not the first time I’d found myself sat by a... more »
With the exception of a few incidents, best forgotten, in Ecuador years ago, the people of South America have, over the years I’ve been visiting, been unfailingly awesome. So welcoming and ready to bring a lone bicycle traveller into their lives, especially here in Peru. It’s for that reason mainly… more »
So very different to the quiet towns and villages of the highlands; noiser, grittier, busier, Ayacucho at times... more »
Most folk are familiar with the Peru described by evocative Inca ruins, traditional Quechua & Aymara cultures and... more »
A final few bits and bobs of street photography from Jauja. I’m well enough I think to sling... more »
There is a long distance bus company in Jauja called Apocalipse (sic), the choice of such a name... more »
January has been a somewhat uninspiring month; I saw a comment from my sister a couple of days ago... more »
When I was younger my cycling peers and I considered mudguards on a bike to be deeply uncool. From an early age my father was very fond of the idea that I should always have a sensible bike so it was much to his chagrin that mudguards would be removed… more »
I’m really not on board with the way the bike industry is constantly inventing new standards for things... more »
For whatever reason I recently decided that I needed to build myself a new lightweight tourer, day-tripper, ultralight... more »
After an awful lot of cycling-heavy content… time to get back to that other fun thing to do..... more »
** A quick update on this post, a couple of years on, while I remember. I’ve since ‘cold-set’... more »
In the absence of anything interesting to write about this week (I’m swamped with development work, and with the start of the race season less than 2 months away also spending a majority of spare time on two wheels) this post is just going to continue the theme started in the… more »
cold, wet and windy in Istanbul for the last couple of days… must be time to fly home..
I understand that for some folk who received the email version of my last post, rather than clicking... more »
It is only 140km from Afyon to Eskişehir but it is very much a journey that needs to be... more »
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