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Exploring Oman's Al Hajar mountains by bike.

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...

Someone had mentioned to me the Transfăgărășan highway, a road spruiked by Top Gear as one of the world’s greatest driving roads, and as...

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...

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...

I feel like the best description for the Netherlands is ‘the flatlands’, for obvious reasons. In terms of the trip so far this area was...

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...

I’m typically super organised, but being organised didn’t ease my nerves when it came to actually getting on the bike and leaving....

Developing Strategies to Overcome The Worry Cycle Touring: Project Management 101 Physical Preparation I wrestled with questions and the...