“Time is the coin of life. Only you can determine how it will be spent.” Khorog – Murghab – Osh via North Road (728km – 11 days) As we arrived in Khorog, before we could even find some accommodation...
The Pamir Highway – Tajikistan (Part 1)
“Whether you think you’re ready or not, just start right now. There is magic in action” My myriad band of cycling crusaders continued their march through the badlands of Central Asia. Next stop – Tajikistan and the infamous Pamir...
“Hot climate. Warm people. Cool cities” (Uzbekistan)
Distance cycled in period : 724 km. Overall : 6,140 km “It’s the unexpected that changes our lives” The first time mankind is recorded to have crossed an ocean was way back in 45,000 B.C. when the first primitive...
“Baku-namatata” (Baku, Azerbaijan – Actau, Kazakhstan (Caspian Sea Ferry))
Distance cycled in period : 0km. Overall : 5,416km “It’s a problem free – philosophy” Baku didn’t seem the most loved city by my fellow travellers but I thought the place was great. Completely different to the rest of...
“Georgia On My Mind / Azerbaijan On The Piss” (Cildir, Turkey – Baku, Azerbaijan)
Distance cycled in period : 822km. Overall : 5,416km “Perseverance is not a long race. It is many short races, one after the other” Finally after a month of toil through a country of religious conservatism it...
“Stuffed Turkey” (Loutros, Greece – Cildir, Turkey)
Distance cycled in period : 1,295 km. Overall : 4,594 km “I don’t ride a bike to add days to my life. I ride a bike to add life to my days” Move over Europe. Cos there’s...
“A Day In The Life Of A Cycle Tourist” (Europe)
Now that I have cycled across a continent – I thought it would be cool to give a brief summary of a day in the life of a cycle tourer aka me, across a continent, aka Europe. I will...
“Greeced Lightning” (Elbasan, Albania – Loutros, Greece)
Distance cycled in period : 717 km. Overall : 3,299 km The last few weeks have taken me through Macedonia and along the southern coastline of Greece as I complete my march across the mother continent and onto...
“Zany Albanies” (Bar, Montenegro – Elbasan, Albania)
Distance cycled in period : 198 km. Overall : 2,582 km So onto Albania and I must say I have been massively and completely unexpectedly bowled over by this oft forgotten corner of Europe. As soon as I crossed...
“Banter in the Balkans” (Split, Croatia – Bar, Montenegro)
Distance cycled in period : 355km. Overall : 2,384km Once across the Adriatic I’d finally made my way to eastern (and aka the fun side of) Europe wits a Balkan history and landscape that I’d not discovered before. The first...
“Forza Italia” (Nauders, Austria – Ancona, Italy)
Distance cycled in period : 685 km. Overall : 2,029 km As Hannibal made his triumphant march into Rome’s backyard with a horde of elephants in tow, so I followed their paw prints through the beautiful mountains and...
“Via Cloudier…” (Augsburg, Germany – Nauders, Austria)
Distance cycled in period : 254 km. Overall : 1,344 km Wow. What a few days of cycling. I’ve spent the last week riding along the Via Claudia Augusta cycle path that connects Donauworth in Southern Germany with...
“Black Forest Chapeau” (Strasbourg, France – Augsburg, Germany)
Distance cycled in period : 337 km. Overall : 1,090 km So. Onto the land of sausages, Lederhosen and iffy political track records. I didn’t really know what to expect from Germany as I crossed the border near Strasbourg....
“Back On The Straight And Narrow” (Reims – Strasbourg, France)
Distance cycled in period : 370 km. Overall : 753 km So I’ve had a little 2 week holiday at the start of my year long holiday. And like all great holidays it was filled with boredom, stress and admin. A...
“Eff. Emm. Ell.” (Reims, France)
I’m basically huddled into the foetal position right now, rethinking the day over and over in my mind without it getting any clearer. I literally can’t believe what’s happened… So I’d spent the weekend in Reims – partying, acquainting...
