Leaving Luton, direction Lancashire
woollypigs Day 1 We set off from London St. Pancras towards Luton, simply because that would allow us to avoid riding out of London, and also because our friend lives there.…
Cycle Touring
Riding north
On Saturday the 21st we are jumping on a train here in London and head north to Luton. No we are not flying out, we are cycling away to save…
Shimano XT HollowTech II bottom bracket
When I was reading up what to get when we were building up our Surly Long Haul Truckers I came across the Hollowtech II’s. I did only find good reviews…
GPS and OSM
A few weeks ago I got a Garmin Dakota 20 GPS mainly for us to use when touring. Don’t get me wrong I do love the old paper maps, could…
Ortlieb Bike-Packer Plus (Rear)
Over the last year or so I have used my Ortlieb Bike-Packer Plus (Rear) a lot. Mainly to carry my work stuff to and from and of course touring. I…
The joy of eating aka cycling fuel
After I read a few of Anne Mustoe’s books and a friend asked me about what to do to avoid aching muscles after exercise, it got me thinking. I can’t…
Bike Touring Basics: A Free eBook
The TravellingTwo have just written a free eBook about the basic touring. I have just signed up for their news letter and read their first eBook. It is well written…
Blue bells
We got up and ate our left overs, since we ran out of gas yesterday, packed up and left the wonderful campsite. Since the station was only one-two miles away…
Light my fire
Last Thursday I was utterly knackered and couldn’t see beyond my bed that night. But Peli managed to talk me into going camping since I had one of my rare…
A final review of the Lake I/O SDL
Well not really, since I will go back to them any time. I got the Lake I/O SDL last year in May simply because I could get them where as…