If you are genuinely interested in seeing the world (not just being drip-fed the tourist highlights), having an adventure, learning about yourself and about other people who live lives wildly different from your own, then there is no better way to travel than by bicycle. It doesn’t even matter if you’re a cyclist or not! […]
Preparing For Bike Tour
Cycling across Asia – The Plan
It was a difficult decision to come home over winter. I tossed and turned in my tent at night for months and I wrestled over it during long days in the saddle. Even at home I have struggled with the feeling of unfinished business, often feeling like my mind is still out there on the […]
A BIG Surprise!
Just two weeks today and I fly back to Tbilisi, pick up my bike, and begin cycling around the world again. But, I’ve got a little (big) surprise…I’m not going alone! I am going to be joined indefinitely by my adventurous university friend, ‘Big Sus’, who has the requisite adventurous attitude, level of craziness, and willingness […]
What happens after travelling? Challenges coming home.
Coming home after travellingAs I sat on the plane a map caught my eye; England was just falling off the edge, hardly visible, but in the centre, a flashing dot marked my current position. It had taken me 5 months to cycle here, but in 8 hours I would be back where I started, the […]
“Now for the easy part!”
That moment in which I close my door, and begin to cycle away from the town that has, for 22 years been my home, preparing not to return until I have reached Australia is a thought which has mesmerised me and left me fascinated. Every time I have been out on my bike, my imagination […]
Final Preparations
Wow! Can you believe it’s been so long since my last blog post way back when I was still skiing? It feels a lifetime ago. When I got back from Tignes, I only had 2 weeks until I was off again (today), this time on perhaps the worst timed trip ever; when I get back from […]
Why I’ll never be ready to cycle around the world.
Look at the picture… standing there, imposing, intimidating, unflinching, never the same for longer than a second, watching over me, ever ticking. One day soon it will show 0:00:00. I will be heading into the unknown, wondering what lies ahead… have I done enough to make it to Australia? Am I ready? Have I got […]
When I stand in Sydney
This post is based on the assumption I will reach Sydney; If I don’t believe I will, I probably won’t. As William Ford said, “Whether you think you can, or think you can’t, you are right.” For most people, arriving in Sydney marks the end of a long journey: a chance to stretch the legs […]
What is failure?
‘I can accept failure, everyone fails at something. But I can’t accept not trying.’ – Michael Jordan ‘Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure… than to rank with those poor spirits, who neither enjoy nor suffer much, because they live in a gray twilight that […]
“How can you afford to cycle around the world?!”
A while ago I wrote about the 7 most common reactions you get when you tell someone you’re cycling around the world. One of those mentioned is that people view money as a huge barrier to such an adventure. I’ve regularly been asked how I can afford it, and it’s a question frequently loaded with […]