Into the wind
woollypigs Since we had not been to the shops the night before and had that hairpin to start with we decided to have breakfast at the YHA. In Croatia we were…
Cycle Touring
What goes down must go up
As the reverse Newton law goes for cycling. We had good night sleep bar one peak outside at midnight looking at the stars. The Trekmates mat, Mummy camper lite, I…
The roads have gone pots
Well the trip to Cardiff went well and I spent some time in the tourist trap that is Cardiff bay before I went to a pub for a quiet pint.…
Map, always remember the map
So I’m sitting on the train to Cardiff, Wales. I just managed to get on the train after a mad dash across town. I left home with plenty of time…
Route planning with Google
We are about to go on a small tour of Wales and England this weekend. Taking the train from London to Abergavenny in Wales where we will stay at Pen-y-Dre…
G’day mate
Good news our dream is now so much closer that it is getting a bit scary. We have talked about going Australia and New Zealand for a while and this…
A bike ride by Anne Mustoe
Anne tells a lie in her book A bike ride, she doesn’t cycle 12,000 miles around the world. She only cycles 11,552 miles around the world, but I too would…
Thank you and good luck
Last Tuesday I went and had a little meet up with other bicycle touring mad people, some clearly madder than me, just. Alastair Humphrey’s came up with the idea of…
Brooks saddles factory tour
Yesterday I had a grand day out with a handful of leather nuts to the Brooks saddle factory in Birmingham, UK. We were split into 2 groups and had a…
Neglected Brooks saddles
I was at a friends place today helping him out with some computer problems, as payment I got two rather knackered looking Brooks saddles. My friend have found them on…