It’s a short ride along the coast from Cork to the Port at Ringaskiddy, past one last shrine to the […]
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Cycle Touring Australia and Beyond
I love bicycle touring and have ridden from Melbourne to Darwin, Melbourne to Adelaide, Melbourne to Cooktown, Pert to Melbourne and toured around Victoria and Tasmania. In 2015 I rode around the world! In 2017 6000kms half way around Australia then another 4000kms Helsinki to Athens via Scandinavia. Where to next?
When Irish Eyes are Smiling
Time moves differently around us, we aren’t in a hurry to do anything or be anywhere. Out on the road […]
The Emerald Isle
They don’t have summer in Ireland, just a different type of rain. Irish people enjoy a good conversation, especially about […]
Backroads through Ireland
Alongside the Liffey River on the Eastern edge of Dublin sitting like a monolith, the Guinness Brewery occupies a massive […]
Ireland
I’m excited, the crisp morning is full of promise. Jackdaws cheer us on as we cycle the aromatic stone-flanked roads […]
Hereford: The Mappa Mundi and Magna Carta
Despite the threatening clouds, there was just enough blue sky to make a sailor’s trousers. Here in the West Midlands, […]
Great Tits in Osgathorpe
After an energetic ramble through the local forest, I was relaxing in the comfy chair sipping homemade elderflower champagne enjoying […]
Cambridge, Canals and Warmshowers
In clearing weather Cambridge City was easy to cycle into courtesy of a designated bicycle path. Swarms of students, crowds […]
Summertime
Wafer-thin Vladimir approached me slowly with a heavy snub-nosed hammer; “You could use this to knock in the pegs”. Trailing […]
Back in the Netherlands,
Antwerp was in such a furious hurray: It was as if they couldn’t decide what to build and what to […]
