- The tales of Marko Bradvica This post is devoted to one man… You may meet him one day if you happen to be passing into Montenegro from Croatia. His land lies on the coast road in a series of stepped terraces. He lives in two trailers at the bottom of the hill. His name is Marko Bradvica. He is like […]
- Italia, mia amore It’s hard to explain my attachment to Italy. It’s almost primordial. It’s as if my ancestral amoebae emerged from some goop on the land mass that eventually became Italy when the world was still the giant continent of Pangea (Creationists can go suck eggs by the way the Earth really is that old). Or else […]
- Making like Hannibal – Part 2 Austria is a very small country and it was only after being there that I realised that if had wanted to I could have crossed it in two days. As it happened I actually stayed in Imst for two nights, recovering from my first pass crossing and horrified at the prospect of crossing another pass like […]
- Adaptation Adaptation it’s the reason we’re here. Adapt or die. This whole journey has been a long slow process of adaptation. I had to adapt to losing my close group of friends at work and at home. accessible only through the ether in the form of text messages, Facebook likes, ephemeral snapchats, dislocated Whatsapp voices and […]
- Making like Hannibal – Part 1 Once again I had to pack my bags and head out on to the road. This being only my second bike tour I was finding my stops so engrossing that each departure was like leaving family behind. The fast friends you make in the short time you have can make you wonder why you don’t […]
- Tubingen After seven days of riding down the Rhine I was ready for a break. Tubingen wasn’t originally where I had intended on stopping. In fact I wanted my journey to take me to the Czech Republic and then through Austria but I realised that that may have been a bit ambitious so I decided to take advantage […]
- Like a Rhinestone Cowboy Part 1 It’s now been over two weeks since I last posted and there are a couple of things I thought I would be able to do while travelling that simply has not been the case: I thought I would have more time to write but the distances I cycle each day and the lack of power and […]
- Finishing the Bamboo Bicycle So while catching up on my other posts I thought I should conclude the previous post about my Bamboo Bicycle. As some of you who read my blog know, before I started my trip I decided to learn bike maintenance by building a bicycle. It took a lot longer and cost far more money than […]
- First days on the bike It had to happen… I’m injured! After cheating by taking the Eurostar to Brussels I decided to make up for my indolence by making the journey from Amsterdam to Brussels in two days. No training. No prepping. I made it but not without doing some damage to my left knee. It was never my intention […]
- 5 things you learn about yourself when cycling long distance alone It’s a funny thing cycling, walking or running. If you do any of these activities for a short amount of time your mind has time to day-dream, contemplate, meditate or just go blank. When you have only your thoughts and seven hours ahead of you its easy to begin to let the mind go totally […]
I was on a journey.
Now I'm just trippin