Life on the road so far
As I write this post I am all cosy inside my sleeping bag having warmed myself up from the campfire after a very chilly swim in the Pacific Ocean at […]
Category Archives: Adventures
Alaska 2 Mexico: Halfway
Tom and I have now been on the road for what is approaching four weeks. It has been an exciting and joyful journey so far, though not without its […]
PHOTO OF THE DAY: Cycling the Glenn Highway, Alaska
We are now a week into the Alaska to Mexico cycle. So far we have averaged 110miles a day, so are rightly feeling a tad tired. However we are […]
My Touring Bike: Genesis Tour de Fer
I have now written two semi-comprehensive posts about choosing and equipping your perfect bicycle for cycle touring. I thought it would be helpful to follow these up with a post […]
PHOTO OF THE DAY: And we’re off…
So the day has finally arrived. It has come around quickly. We are off. In the air. Next stop, Alaska. This photo is from my iPhone during a training […]
What to do on a cycle tour?
I fly out to Alaska on Wednesday so am having a busy last few days sorting everything out for the next two months I’ll be on the road. Two months […]
PHOTO OF THE DAY: The finish line.
It is almost 3 years since this point. Tom and I had just cycled over 3000 kilometres around Europe and were about to hop on to the ferry home. It […]
Being Self-Sufficient on Cycle Tour
Cycling is such a good mode of travel, it is slow enough that you can take in your surroundings but fast enough that you can cover significant distances if you […]
Plans for Summer 2015
So it has actually been a while since I have written a post detailing what is going on in my life and what my current plans are moving forward. This […]
Boris Bikes in London
Okay so ‘Boris bikes’ have been around for a good few years in London now. They’ve even made their way to far flung reaches of the world, climbed mont Ventoux […]
The Alhambra Palace
As one of the greatest palaces in Europe, steeped in history and artwork, the Alhambra Palace was naturally on my ‘to-do’ list when I visited the Andalucia region last month. […]
El Torcal
While in the Andalucia region of Spain last month I visited El Torcal, not your typical destination in southern Spain but certainly one of the most awe-inspiring. When we arrived […]
Edale Micro-Adventure
The sun was shining through the windows of my kitchen, Wimbledon was on in the background and my girlfriend Alice and I were sat down with a lovely cup of […]
Plans For Summer
It has been a while since my last post but fortunately my exams are all over now and I now have over three months of summer, I can’t complain. It […]
The Art of a Planned Journey
A few months ago I wrote this post about going on unplanned, open-ended, cycle-tours. Voyages of adventure where the destination is not as important as the journey to get there. […]
A Different Kind of Adventure
Over the past few year the major trips that I have completed have been over a few weeks using my own form of transport, be it by bike or by […]
Micro-Adventure Kit List
One of the advantages of Micro-Adventures is that you don’t have to haul around large amount of equipment. This appeals to me especially when I am cycling because I much […]
Snowdon Micro-Adventure: Day 2
Just as we settled down for bed, after devouring a whole packet of salted rice cakes, the wind rose up shaking everything. Up until then we had been fortunate with […]
Snowdon Micro-Adventure: Day 1
The idea was conjured up at a birthday party a few days prior to us leaving. “You doing anything next week Tom?” “No” “Fancy going on a micro-adventure?” “Yeah, how […]
Pennines Micro-Adventure
A few weeks ago my girlfriend Alice and I were in the mood to go on a micro-adventure. This was partly because we had both had so much fun on […]
InterRailing: Amsterdam
After chilling for a while back at East Seven hostel it was finally time to leave and get our train. We had stocked up on food for the journey to […]
The Berlin Wall
InterRailing: Berlin
Surprisingly after our second night out in a row in Prague we woke feeling really good. We even managed to go down and have some of the all you can […]
InterRailing: Prague
We woke early. Not wanting a repeat of Budapest, we decided to give ourselves plenty of time to get the train. There would be no near misses today. It was […]
InterRailing: Vienna
We woke early; well our alarms went off early we actually rose about fifteen minutes later. This meant we had two and a half hours to get our train to […]
PHOTO OF THE DAY
InterRailing: Budapest
Last summer Tom and I cycled our way around Europe, giving ourselves a month to cycle 3000 kilometres through eight of its’ countries. It was one of the best trips […]
Plans For Summer
I am officially no longer a schoolboy. My A level exams have finished and I think they have gone alright, touch wood. My reward now is a four-month summer holiday […]
‘You Want Breakfast Now?’ By James Druce
Those of you who read my previous post on the Mongol Rally will know that I am pretty keen about doing it. In fact I have now watched, I think, […]
The Mongol Rally
Trawling through the internet, in the typical way I do when I am bored of revision, I came across something amazing. A challenge which immediately made me say “YES.” When […]
An Unplanned Journey
Do we always need a route to cycle? This question often comes up in my head and I think quite obviously the answer is no. However is it better planning […]
The Answers
A few days ago, on twitter, I saw an advertisement for a job opportunity which I really liked the sound of. The job is to be a ‘Student Representative’ for […]
The Art of a Micro-Adventure
I first became aware of micro-adventures a few months ago and immediately loved the idea. After watching many of Alastair Humphrey’s videos, I was hooked and couldn’t wait to go […]
Cycling the Alps
“This has been such a flat day”, I said to Tom as we pedalled out of Turin. We had started just outside of Carmagnola and had managed to make it […]
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka is also known as the Pearl of the Indian Ocean. From my recent trip there I can certainly see why. I flew out for two weeks of being […]
Where to go? Looking for Inspiration
The time has come. Time to put ideas into plans; and make plans reality. I will have a huge long summer this year, from end of June till the start […]
In Search for the Perfect Cycling Road
When cycling around Europe this summer I started thinking what makes a perfect cycling road? I guess everyone will have their favourite route or road to cycle on but why […]
Cycling to the North Pole?
I was sat at home a few weeks ago, thinking about where to cycle next, when it dawned on me. Why hasn’t anyone ever cycled to the North Pole? It […]
Camping Rough
“Why haven’t we always rough camped?” This is the question Tom and I were asking ourselves on our cycle around Europe. Not only is it free but it gives you […]
A Paris
Our journey to Paris seemed very unorganised. However as I soon found out not much organisation was needed. Anyone can do it. Tom, Charles and I got everything sorted in […]
