by admin | Aug 3, 2016 | Cycling adventures, Cycling the Andes, Mindset & Psychology
I have to say that deciding where to go for the next big adventure caused me a wee bit of strife. When the idea to travel through South America on a giant kick-scooter fell through, it became a toss up between the two elements of the journey. What was more important...
by admin | May 19, 2016 | Cycling adventures, Microadventure, Mindset & Psychology, Resources and Links, Running Adventures, Small Adventures, Swimming adventures, Walking Adventures
I’m staring at a picture of a girl on her first bicycle tour. Her wayward hair is kept only slightly in check by a helmet perched awkwardly on her head. Her arms, now sun-kissed after a few months on the road lead down to legs muscles, now slightly tighter than they...
by admin | Feb 28, 2016 | Cycling adventures, Mindset & Psychology, Walking Adventures
In the 14 days that have passed since clambering over my back fence-gate in Brixton, London I have learnt, loved and lost. Mostly I have lost a pair of gloves and the skin on the souls of my feet, but I have lost all the same. Sympathy please. WHAT ON EARTH AM I...
by admin | Dec 22, 2014 | Cycling adventures, Mindset & Psychology
Yesterday I was going through old notes, and I came across this post I wrote back in March, having been home from the states for a month. I have no idea why I didn’t post it at the time. But with pre-trip nerves for NZ in glorious full swing, it seems rather apt...
by admin | Mar 18, 2014 | Cycling adventures
At first I’d planned to use the 2013 Easter break to bike the length of the Thames, from the source in Cirencester to Southend on Sea. Unfortunately (and not for the first time) National rail had scuppered one of life’s great adventures by selecting this weekend to...
by admin | Feb 12, 2014 | Cycling adventures, Cycling the 50 states of USA
“America is just like the UK, only… bigger, right?”I’d like to ask you all a favour. If you ever happen to be within earshot of such a comment, please make a beeline for the offending individual (even if it requires a Starsky & Hutch style roll across a car...
