New starts
Every so often we start another journey. Indeed, embarking on my trip of a lifetime was a whole new experience, mentally as well as physically. It was a slowing down from a life lived in the fast lane to a new speed. I was now travelling at 15mph. Taking time to see better what was […]
Pause: caring for my mom
There are many situations in undertaking a long trip on a bike when we have to pause. They may be brief stops while undertaking bike repairs, becoming ill or waiting in relation to VISAs. We were lucky as we toured. Our ride was rarely halted while we were out of the UK. We had […]
Live your dream
Last time published a blog it was December 7th. My moma had just taken a turn for the worst and I had just arrived backing the Midlands, coming back earlier than anticipated for Christmas. On December 8th, following a visit from two lovely McMillan nurses she was admitted as an emergency into hospital. It was […]
Being home
I haven’t blogged for a while. Quite frankly I’ve not known what to say. Having flown home at the end of September my global bike trip ended. While I’d shed a tear on realising I would have to head home slightly earlier than anticipated I thought I was ready. Well, as ready as one can […]
The last few km
We have just 24km to go until we reach our final destination which will now be Kusadasi and it feels very very weird. Having decided to end our trip slightly earlier than anticipated my feelings are in a real mix. I have loved riding and travel over the past two years yet already my thoughts […]
Coming home
And so the time to end our cycle tour has arrived. Despite planning to ride home for Christmas all the way from Turkey we have unfortunately decided it was time to revise our plans. Thankfully, this was a decision we could make and not something we had to do due to issues back home. Given […]
30, 000km.
As we cycled into Konya, Central Turkey yesterday we celebrated as we reached another momentus milestone….we had reached 30,000km. Arriving a day earlier than expected we had also ridden 100 miles with full panniers and camp gear. It was certainly not intentional – there just wasn’t anywhere to stay on route. While the scenery itself […]
30, 000km.
As we cycled into Konya, Central Turkey yesterday we celebrated as we reached another momentus milestone….we had reached 30,000km. Arriving a day earlier than expected we had also ridden 100 miles with full panniers and camp gear. It was certainly not intentional – there just wasn’t anywhere to stay on route. While the scenery itself […]
Flags, pride and independence?
Depicting a white crescent moon and star on a red background the Turkish flag is everywhere. Turkey is a proud nation though I would say it’s also not the only flag adorned place we have ridden through. Thailand, Malaysia, the USA and closer to home, Denmark, all show off their colours. Back home the story […]
Hospitali-tea.
Have a cup of tea…have another one….love -er-ly cup of tea. Oh my. I have never, ever known such hospitality. I really am turning down cups of tea. My relationship with tea goes back a long time. I’m sure I probably even had tea in my bottle as a baby. My gran always had the […]
