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Category Archives: Adventures

Life on the road so far

August 24, 2015by Alex's Cycle 1 Comment

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 […]

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Cycle Touring, USA West Coast Cycle

Alaska 2 Mexico: Halfway

August 4, 2015by Alex's Cycle 1 Comment

   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 […]

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Adventures, Cycle Touring, USA West Coast Cycle

PHOTO OF THE DAY: Cycling the Glenn Highway, Alaska

July 19, 2015by Alex's Cycle Leave a comment

   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 […]

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Cycle Touring, Photos, USA West Coast Cycle

My Touring Bike: Genesis Tour de Fer

July 9, 2015by Alex's Cycle 3 Comments

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 […]

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Adventures, Cycle Touring, Equipment, Reviews, USA West Coast Cycle

PHOTO OF THE DAY: And we’re off…

July 8, 2015by Alex's Cycle Leave a comment

  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 […]

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Adventures, Cycle Touring, Photos, USA West Coast Cycle

What to do on a cycle tour?

July 6, 2015by Alex's Cycle 2 Comments

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 […]

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Adventures, Advice, Cycle Touring, USA West Coast Cycle

PHOTO OF THE DAY: The finish line.

July 1, 2015by Alex's Cycle 2 Comments

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 […]

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Adventures, Cycle Touring, Photos, USA West Coast Cycle

Being Self-Sufficient on Cycle Tour

April 7, 2015by Alex's Cycle 2 Comments

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 […]

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Adventures, Cycle Touring, USA West Coast Cycle

Plans for Summer 2015

March 19, 2015by Alex's Cycle 5 Comments

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 […]

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Adventures, Cycle Touring, Thoughts, USA West Coast Cycle

Boris Bikes in London

January 31, 2015by Alex's Cycle 6 Comments

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 […]

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Adventures, Commuting, Thoughts, Travel

The Alhambra Palace

August 16, 2014by Alex's Cycle 1 Comment

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. […]

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Adventures, Travel

El Torcal

August 6, 2014by Alex's Cycle Leave a comment

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 […]

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Adventures, Travel

Edale Micro-Adventure

July 19, 2014by Alex's Cycle 5 Comments

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 […]

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Adventures

Plans For Summer

June 29, 2014by Alex's Cycle 2 Comments

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 […]

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Adventures, Micro-Adventures, Sporting Events
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The Art of a Planned Journey

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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. […]

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Adventures, Cycle Touring, Thoughts

A Different Kind of Adventure

December 28, 2013by Alex's Cycle 3 Comments

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 […]

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Adventures, Audax, Micro-Adventures
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Micro-Adventure Kit List

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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 […]

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Adventures, Advice, Micro-Adventures

Snowdon Micro-Adventure: Day 2

October 12, 2013by Alex's Cycle 2 Comments

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 […]

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Adventures, Micro-Adventures

Snowdon Micro-Adventure: Day 1

October 5, 2013by Alex's Cycle 3 Comments

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 […]

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Adventures, Micro-Adventures

Pennines Micro-Adventure

September 29, 2013by Alex's Cycle 7 Comments

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 […]

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Adventures, Micro-Adventures

InterRailing: Amsterdam

September 12, 2013by Alex's Cycle Leave a comment

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 […]

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Adventures, InterRailing
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The Berlin Wall

September 8, 2013by Alex's Cycle Leave a comment
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InterRailing: Berlin

August 31, 2013by Alex's Cycle Leave a comment

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 […]

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Adventures, InterRailing

InterRailing: Prague

August 25, 2013by Alex's Cycle 1 Comment

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 […]

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Adventures, InterRailing
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InterRailing: Vienna

August 17, 2013by Alex's Cycle 1 Comment

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 […]

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Adventures, InterRailing
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PHOTO OF THE DAY

August 8, 2013by Alex's Cycle Leave a comment
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InterRailing: Budapest

August 5, 2013by Alex's Cycle 2 Comments

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 […]

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Adventures, InterRailing
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Plans For Summer

June 21, 2013by Alex's Cycle 1 Comment

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 […]

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Adventures, Micro-Adventures, Thoughts
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‘You Want Breakfast Now?’ By James Druce

June 9, 2013by Alex's Cycle Leave a comment

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, […]

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Books, Mongol Rally, Reviews
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The Mongol Rally

May 27, 2013by Alex's Cycle 1 Comment

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 […]

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Adventures, Mongol Rally
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An Unplanned Journey

May 4, 2013by Alex's Cycle 9 Comments

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 […]

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Adventures, Cycle Touring, Thoughts
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The Answers

March 6, 2013by Alex's Cycle 3 Comments

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 […]

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Adventures, Cycle Touring
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The Art of a Micro-Adventure

February 25, 2013by Alex's Cycle 8 Comments

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 […]

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Adventures, Advice, Cycle Touring, Micro-Adventures
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Cycling the Alps

February 6, 2013by Alex's Cycle 6 Comments

“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 […]

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Adventures, Cycle Touring
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Sri Lanka

January 28, 2013by Alex's Cycle 4 Comments

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 […]

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Adventures, Cycle Touring, Photos
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Where to go? Looking for Inspiration

January 6, 2013by Alex's Cycle 22 Comments

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 […]

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Adventures, Cycle Touring
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In Search for the Perfect Cycling Road

December 18, 2012by Alex's Cycle 7 Comments

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 […]

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Adventures, Cycle Touring
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Cycling to the North Pole?

November 11, 2012by Alex's Cycle 12 Comments

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 […]

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Adventures, Cycle Touring
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Camping Rough

October 22, 2012by Alex's Cycle 1 Comment

“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 […]

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Adventures, Advice, Cycle Touring, Micro-Adventures

A Paris

October 21, 2012by Alex's Cycle 2 Comments

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 […]

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Adventures, Cycle Touring

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