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 […]

Blue Skies in Bruges
In Passchendaele, the dead sleep well beneath manicured lawns. The unknown soldiers receive dozens of daily visitors, like Peter Pan […]

In Flanders Fields
Our tour of Flanders (Belgium) continued up and over the wall into Geraardsbergen where we were rewarded with a Mattenstaart. […]

Back Roads to Belgium and Beyond
From Budapest, we took a local train from Keleti station to Gyor close to the Hungarian border where we were […]

Out There!
Cycle touring is rarely a linear pursuit. Getting There is half the fun and often involves taking a convoluted route: […]