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Although I mostly bikepack solo, for this trip I was lucky enough to bring together a group of enthusiastic bikepackers. We connected...

Exploring Oman's Al Hajar mountains by bike.

Often, I hear about cyclists crisscrossing Europe and then exploring Turkey but missing Georgia, and the Caucasus off their list. It’s no...

Time for Rational Decision Making The Long Road Back to Tbilisi Wait Out the Storm and Dance in the Rain On the 14th March 2020, I awoke...

early October 2019 From Fethiye I start the gradual climb that leads onto the Anatolian plateau of Turkey (Geography nerd alert). It...

I skipped the Marmaris peninsula in favour of Fethiye, not sure why to be honest. I decided I couldn’t do both so I opted for Fethiye...

I had envisaged quiet coastal roads and finding secret hidden coves along the south coast of Turkey. I definitely did a terrible job of...

My Worst Day on the Bike Incident #1 Incident #2 My Overall Opinion: Is it Safe? Within the first few minutes of meeting someone the...

I’d finally come to accept the assistance of public transport and on the advice of another cyclist, I put the bike on a bus and skipped...

After a bit over a week off with friends and running errands in Istanbul I decided I’d be fine to cycle on. My thumb was still pretty...

Still pushing hard to meet my friends in Istanbul for early September, I had only been inside Turkey’s borders for one night when...

I’ve had very little pressure to be anywhere by a certain date on this cycle trip, however one date I had to keep was meeting a bunch of...

DISCLAIMER: While this works for me, I take no responsibility if you get attacked by a dog. I love dogs, and I still do but as a cyclist...

I exited the Schengen zone into Romania with 2 days to spare. Never much of a rule breaker, I wasn’t entirely sure I’d understood the ‘90...

My time in the Schengen Zone was grinding down to the deadline. I would have to skip through Slovakia and Hungary faster than I’d have...

I arrived in Wroclaw to the very warm welcome of warmshowers hosts Greg and Jadzia. I promptly learnt that I cannot pronounce either...

I spent almost two weeks in Berlin waiting on a pair of glasses to be sent to me. I socialised and did the usual sightseeing around...

After a bit of time off the bike visiting a friend in Hamburg I decided to carry on towards Berlin. My friend suggested that instead of...

Wild camping or Free camping is illegal in many countries in Europe particularly western Europe. However I also made use of platforms...

I met my first bunch of cycle tourers on the ferry over to France. All of them had there holiday set, route planned and bed and...