Our French camping companion in Oxford, Eleni, was solo cycling across England Scotland, and Wales. It’s always great to see […]
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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?
A Green and Pleasant Land
Lesley our generous Warmshowers host had left us a key to her beautiful home, a freshly made blueberry cake and […]
The Sea Holds Many Secrets
We are over five hundred nautical miles from the nearest speck of land. A lone wandering albatross and I share […]
Cycling the Atlantic
Our penultimate day in New York began at Barney Greengrass’ authentic Jewish deli, an Upper West Side institution famous for […]
Cycle in the City
Into the caldron, the belly of the beast, to join the maddening crowd. We rode along 42 Street to Times […]
New York! My Bite of The Big Apple
“We hate you guys, ( tourists ) sometimes you make it so hard just to get lunch.” I was sitting […]
San Francisco to New York: Bikes, Bags, Luggage and Logistics
Sitting in a Jewish deli on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, watching Therese chomping away on a pastrami on […]
The Streets of San Francisco: “Land of the Free Baby!”
We are meeting more cyclists: Peter from Boston who quit his job 8 months ago, to go off-cycle touring without […]
Bees and Whispering Trees
Warmshowers, the touring cyclists’ home-stay network allows the thoughtful cyclist a glimpse into another’s world. Our hosts a few days […]
The Redwood State and National Park: A Cathedral of Silence
We are getting fitter and stronger but cycling less distances. Its great to be taking my time to look and […]
