Blog: “La Carretera Austral, Chile”
woollypigs Villa o’Higgins, Puerto Yungay, Cochrane – 220km (Total 1016Km cycled Highlights: Stunning views, tough hills, our first 1000km, hot water and hospitality from Manuel from the ferry. Click here to…
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Blog: Weather beaten
Puerto Natales, Torres del Paine, Puerto Natales 8km (Total 705Km cycled) Highlights: Rain, snow, hail, wind, stunning views of Los Cuernos in Torres del Paine, Peli’s pannier plays hide and…
Blog: “Battling with Mother Nature, and a wheely annoying surprise”
Porvenir, Punta Arenas, Puerto Natales 30th Jan – 4th Feb 2012. 60Km (Total 690Km cycled) Highlights: Steak, wind, broken spokes, veggie curry, cake and meeting other cycle tourers. Click here…
Blog: “The Fuegian Road Less Travelled”
Rio Grande, Bellavista, Cameron, Porvenir 21/01/2012 – 30/01/2012. 322Km (Total 619Km cycled) Highlights: leaving Rio Grande, the flight of the condors, wind, guanacos, Chilean border crossing, wind, illegal garlic, epic…
Blog: “There is cake at the end of the world, ma!”
While in Buenos Aires we got an email from our very good friend Emily, who should be in Iran as I type this, on her around-the-world tour. She let us…
We’re off to do that thing
You know, that thing. That thing you’ve been day dreaming about for years. That thing that you’ve wished that one day you’d be able to do. That thing that your…
Cycling in the Peak District
We have just spent four days in the Peak District in the north of England, pootling about and enjoying the views. And, of course, sampling some excellent cake. Last year…
Review of Rushbanks Farm Campsite, Bures Road, Nayland, Colchester, Suffolk CO6 4NA
Description: (From camping.uk-directory.com) Rushbanks Farm is a minimum facility site. It is the only official site on the banks of the River Stour and is very suitable for boaters and…
Touring with the Wows
We had a bit of unfinished business to do with touring with our friends Peter and Janet, aka the Wowbaggers. We planned to do a weekend tour and were looking…
Vicycle tour of Denmark Part IV
More wind, single track offroading, history, visit to Germany, two utterly brilliant campsites and even a song from Peli. 03/06/2011: As normal my folks’ B&B trumped any other. We left…