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5 Reasons to go winter cycle-touring (& 5 reasons not to)

Written on October 20, 2011

The weather’s taken on an autumnal nip here in the U.K., sparking dreams of future snowy adventures. Cycling Scandinavia at the start of this year was an intensely memorable experience, ticking all the right boxes at that time in my adventure-cycling journey.

Microadventure: A Pedal/Paddle/Pedal Experiment

Written on June 25, 2011

I must have misread the map, because the road to Pilton turned out to be a rutted bridleway. No chance of riding the road bike down there, I thought

An open letter to Sustrans

Written on October 25, 2010

To whom it may concern, I felt compelled to write to your organisation after spending several days cycling from Dover to the East Midlands, having just arrived from continental Europe.

Homeward Bound – Skipping Through Italy

Written on September 21, 2010

I’d worked hard to fund the ride home. Never before while on the road had I felt sufficiently flush as to splash out on a fresh delicious pizza, or a mouth-wateringly flavoursome ice-cream, or a expertly-prepared cappucino on an almost-daily basis!

Thoughts from the far end of of Europe (part 2)

Written on September 7, 2010

I wrote Part 1 of this article about three years ago. I’d just crossed the south-eastern border of Bulgaria. Landscape and society was shaded with new colours, and the whole panorama of history looked increasingly unfamiliar

Europe from a new perspective

Written on August 30, 2010

Tom experiences his cycling tour through Europe with his wife, Tenny

How to get sponsorship for your cycle tour

Written on August 24, 2010

When planning an extended cycle tour, many people go in search of corporate sponsorship. Some come back empty-handed. Some are successful.

Moving forward from vanilla cycle touring

Written on August 1, 2010

Five years ago, I invented cycle-touring. After rejecting backpacking out-of-hand as a fulfilling post-university form of escapism

The long road back to Yerevan

Written on July 20, 2010

Coming home meant two things: a very long journey by public transport, and lugging an unwieldy collection of funny-shaped bags and bits of metal through a variety of cities in the summer heat.

Mongolia: The cream of adventure cycle-touring

Written on July 8, 2010

In 2006, Andy and I took our mountain-bikes up to Inverness and spent a week riding an off-road route to Fort William, which we had put together from detailed Ordinance Survey maps.