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 […]
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. […]
Cycle Touring Australia and Beyond 