It’s been a very busy couple of months since our trip to the Netherlands. I’ve been doing some work over in South Africa so I’ve done absolutely no cycling, and had little time to post anything. There’s way too many violent muggings for bicycle camping to be a worthwhile venture there! The roads can be […]
Well we’re back in the UK and the gloom of work has set in. We cycled 180 miles in total as well as taking a few train journeys to fit more in. For the girls it was their first ever tour. They did fantastically and they had a great time too! Our trip took us […]
Well today the journey finaly starts. In a few hours Bronwyn and I will be off to cach the train to the ferry port and Tom and Kate will be driving our bikes down there. It’s been a busy few days but now were all packed and ready to go. Wish us luck, this time […]
Ok, as you know from Alan’s post, we had a bit of drama with me being potentially stuck in Kazakhstan. In the end the client relented and I was able to leave on the dates that I had agreed… Which is what you’d expect! Anyway, the tour is firmly back on schedule; the bikes are […]
On Sunday morning I woke to find an email from Tom. Tom has been working offshore in Kazakhstan. He was supposed to be home on the 19th, leaving the best part of a week before our journey to Holland. In the email, Tom told me that somewhere there had been a communication breakdown, that meant […]
The first part of planning a tour is deciding how to get to your destination. If you live in mainland Europe then getting to Holland shouldn’t be hard. You could drive, catch a train or best of all cycle the whole way! Getting there from the UK is a bit more problematic, what with […]
Summer seems to have finally arrived and all of this sunshine is telling me its time to do some camping! Towards the end of august we will be catching a ferry across the British channel for the start of our next tour. This time we’re off to the Netherlands. It’s the second time […]