After an energetic ramble through the local forest, I was relaxing in the comfy chair sipping homemade elderflower champagne enjoying […]
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In Flanders Fields
Our tour of Flanders (Belgium) continued up and over the wall into Geraardsbergen where we were rewarded with a Mattenstaart. […]
Switzerland, where have you been all my life?
We had an easy cycle ride along the Rhine from Bad Bellingen to Basel, where we found a great camping […]

Flower Power
From Freiburg, Germany we went back across the river for a leisurely 70km ride to Colmar in France. We rode […]

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 […]

Doing the Charleston to Gold Beach
We were thankful for a dry night in the delightful Itty Bitty Inn at Coos Bay. It was a cheap, […]

A Dirty Day to Coos Bay
Sometimes you run out of superlatives when you’re lost in the moment. Cycling up along the steep cliffs along the […]