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Europe from a new perspective
Adventures, CyclingI think having my wife alongside me for this, the final leg of my three-year bike journey through three continents and down one aisle, is going to be a really good thing.
August 30, 2010
How to get sponsorship for your cycle tour
Adventures, Personal, Road, TransportWhen planning an extended cycle tour, many people go in search of corporate sponsorship. Some come back empty-handed. Some are successful.
August 24, 2010
The long road back to Yerevan
Adventures, Road, TransportComing 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.
July 20, 2010
Mongolia: The cream of adventure cycle-touring
Adventures, Road, TransportIn 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.
July 8, 2010
Off the map in Northern Mongolia – Another photo essay
AdventuresAfter I’d recovered from a sudden illness, we hit the road again with fresh enthusiasm. We set out from Hatgal at the southern tip of Lake Khovsgol, knowing nothing about the state of the route
June 23, 2010
On the rails – Sochi to Ulaanbaatar
Adventures, Road, TransportAs I write, it’s 5:30am in Ulaanbaatar, the capital of Mongolia. Through the window of my host’s flat I can see the pale orange of the morning sun picking out the shapes of the new industrial complexes and apartment blocks that are sprouting at great speed.
May 25, 2010
Rain, train and pain – Yerevan to Sochi
Adventures, Road, TransportHer familiar, tearful, smiling face was framed by the tinted window, then a silhouette, receding; finally she joined the flecked shapes swaying within the departing bus as it began its 24-hour journey to Tehran.
May 25, 2010
The Adventure Cycle-Touring Handbook
Adventures, Books, Road, TransportOne of the most valuable resources I had when preparing to make the leap and begin cycle touring was the Adventure Cycle-Touring Handbook. In fact, I’d say that it’s responsible for my ideas becoming anything more than just ideas.
May 14, 2010
Mountain Biking across Outer Mongolia
Adventures, Road, TransportWhat attracts me to this place? Many of the reasons are lost in a rose-tinted world of romantic notion – vast mountain-flanked steppe, nomadic yurt-dwelling horsemen, the descendants of an ancient empire living now as they have for thousands of years.
May 11, 2010
Get a postcard sent from Outer Mongolia
AdventuresIn 2007, Tom Allen and Andy Welch dreamt about seeing the world on their mountain bikes. Departing from the UK June 2007, the duo set off on their bikes with video recorders to document the adventure.
May 11, 2010
