Triathlon in China: taking on the Qiandaohu Ironman
Triathlon in China - my first time taking on a triathlon of any sort, and what a place to do it! The Qiandaohu Ironman brought with it so many emotions.
Revisiting Days of Old: Bikepacking the South Downs Way
Chris and I might not be young anymore. But riding bikes makes us feel like it. Ten years after cycling around south-west England in search of football, we rolled back the years to take on bikepacking the South Downs Way.
A Very European New Year
Hamburg - shades of Shanghai in central Europe
Madness of Marrakech: My First Experience of ‘Africa’
Finding out that travel isn’t always bliss… navigating the alleyways of the Marrakech Medina, with a surpise around every corner.
Swiss Epic - A Race to Remember
Going waaaay beyond my comfort zone in the Swiss Alps.
Bikepacking West Sichuan: Part 2 - meeting the Tibetans
Finding kindness and hospitality in the remotest of places on the edge of the Tibetan plateau
Bikepacking West Sichuan: Part 1 - Into the mountains
Heading up to the Tibetan plateau makes for serious bikepacking practice
Honeymoon in Style - Part 3
Florence! Descending into the renaissance city came with a great sense of achievement.
Honeymoon in Style - Part 2
The days got harder and harder on the Path of the Gods, but the views got better and better with it.
Honeymoon in Style - Part 1
First day on the Via Degli Dei! Amazing views, even better food.
China to the UK by bike - Chapter 7
Mixed emotions on making it back to the UK. The hardest thing I had done was ever over - gong back to normal life was not going to be easy.
China to the UK by bike - Chapter 6
After tough times in Hungary, Austria and Germany were cycling paradise.
China to the UK by bike - Chapter 5
Following the Danube across Bulgaria and Serbia. A journey of contrasts.
China to the UK by bike - Chapter 4
Georgia. Beautiful country, but with cycle tourists’ nightmare lying in wait.
China to the UK by bike - Chapter 3
Crossing the Caspian by any means necessary.
China to the UK by bike - Chapter 2
Kazakhstan: hard on the body, but plenty of progress
China to the UK by bike - Chapter 1
Cycling back from China to the UK. Journey of a lifetime.
