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Dear {friend} your world view sucks and here’s why!
This is a post about those people. You know the ones. Sometimes they are/were good friends or old friends you haven’t seen in while. Sometimes they’re your own family. Perhaps it’s someone you just met who seemed on first meeting pretty sound. Or maybe it’s that colleague who sits four desks away, she’s a bit […]
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Cycling Two or Sometimes Three
As a solo cycle tourist life on the road can be a very liberating experience. Get up when you want cycle as far as you want and stop whenever and wherever you like. Sometimes though you crave the company of others who are putting themselves through the same experience. This craving for socialising with your […]
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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 […]
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Slovenia – Birthday in Ljubljana
There are few things more satisfying then a good nap. I like my sleep but like too many people these days I rarely indulge myself in a proper kip. Maybe it’s the screens or the never-ending fear of missing out. Maybe its nervousness or a preoccupation of the mind but whatever it is I’ve always been […]
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From Venice with Love
Venice is a city I never thought I’d actually visit on this trip. Its the kind of place you think of as a romantic get-away, not a place you can take your bike to go cycle touring. In fact bikes are pretty much banned on the island. Unless you’re Danny MacAskill and can trick your […]
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A Wild Tuscan Summer
The last leg from Forli to Rimbocchi was a 90km ride and the shortest distance to George’s place. If I’d gone via Florence the distance and climbs would have been greater – screw that. I thought 90km with a 7am start easy! Having had about three hours of freezing sleep the previous night I stopped […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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Gadgets to make touring easier
Its about time I posted a reviewed of some of the kit I’ve been using so this first review will focus on some of my hi-tech gadgets. I’m a user experience designer so I’m a bit of a gadget nut and my focus will be on ease of use and portability. I’m not one of […]