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The Book is out!

I’m not sure what’s harder – cycling the world or finishing a book but I’m delighted to say that after a long hiatus the story of ‘The World at 15mph..ish’ is now available.

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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 ever be. Were money no

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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 are now on what next?

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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 the way our dreams to

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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 was quite uneventful and there

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About me

Hi, I’m Naomi.

An ordinary gal with an appetite for adventure

At 36, I was ready for a change in my life, so I did something a little crazy. I put in my notice at work and set off to cycle across the world with a man I’d only met a few times. Talk about a leap of faith.

Some 26 countries, 20,000 miles and two years later, I sat down to write a book about how the experience changed me, and what I learned. I hope you’ll enjoy reading.