I’m on the final push! Ive reached South Boston, VA and have 3 more days of cycling to go. If I’m really honest, I can’t wait to get off the bike. This week has been hard both physically and mentally. The hills have been relentless and the heat is oppressive. 90+ every day. I know, …
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I’m pleased to report that there has been no major incidents this week...at least nothing new! I’m still without a credit card that works and emergency cash has been very difficult to access. You wouldn’t think this would be so hard in the world’s richest, most advanced country would you?! New card is supposed to …
Tom and I drove over to Lancaster yesterday! Steve is out that way for a week or so, and as it's only an hour up the motorway from home, it would've been rude not too... The aim was to meet Steve at Glasson Dock (a gentle 30 min ride from base camp for him) in …
Tuesday didn’t start off well. I walked out the the Airbnb garage to find I had a flat and while trying to repair the flat, I realised I had those tubes where the bloody valves comes out when you undo the pump so can’t pump the tire up. Luckily i found one that doesn’t do …
Recently I was sat on the toilet at work reading a copy of Bikebiz. I was flicking through and stopped on an article. The title of it read ‘Should you be getting on board with the gravel bike trend?’. I wondered about that sentence for a second. I didn’t think of gravel riding as being …
Hi all, Last year I cycled from Portland to LA and blogged about my experiences along the way. I’m not a ‘natural’ adventurer and as I’ve said many times, I’ve lived quite a fearful life, always thinking about what could go wrong instead of what could go right. Last years trip really opened my eyes …
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