55 hours 15 minutes of the whatever the North could throw at me. The Dales Divide is a 600km mixed terrain route with 9000m of climbing. Having heard of the route last year and with it being not far from where I live, it had always been my plan to complete the route in someContinueContinue reading “Dales Divide Race 2020”
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Expect the unexpected
I’m back in the UK. On a park bench in Preston waiting for a train to the Lake District, where I plan to keep myself to myself for a couple of weeks. This is the last place I thought I’d be this time last week. How much things can change in a matter of days.ContinueContinue reading “Expect the unexpected”
Heading South
Winter seems to be grasping tight hold of East Germany as temperatures have remained close to 0 and rain has been ever present. A few glimpses of blue skies have brought some optimism. I arrived in Berlin on Wednesday with a rare blue sky and was welcomed by Christian and Stephie, friends from work andContinueContinue reading “Heading South”
One week in…
At the end of my 8th day on the road, I’m hiding from the rain. Drying my soaking tent in a hotel room at the lower end of the price spectrum just on the outskirts of Magdeburg. It’s clean, quiet and warm, so I’m happy. The first week on the road has been and gone.ContinueContinue reading “One week in…”
Open ended travel planning
So yesterday I left the UK on an open ended cycle tour, with the plan of heading East. Since telling family, friends and work about my trip a few months ago, something that was only a thought in my head became a reality, just like that. No amount of planning could get me completely readyContinueContinue reading “Open ended travel planning”
TCRNO7 – DAY 4 – Prokuplje, Serbia – Sabac, Serbia
183.15 Miles 14:31:01 Moving Time 16:49:33 Elapsed Time 9,462 Elevation Gained 12.6mph Average After spending a night under the watchful eyes of Mary hanging on the wall and dreaming about who the old mans slippers were in the bed next to me, the buzz of my bike computer alarm jolted me into life from aContinueContinue reading “TCRNO7 – DAY 4 – Prokuplje, Serbia – Sabac, Serbia”
TCRN07, Day 3: Dupnitsa, Bulgaria – Prokuplje, Serbia
178.60 Miles 15:17:26 Moving Time 17:51:58 Elapsed Time 8,701 Elevation Gained 11.7mph Average 6 dog attacks avoided Starting out from the hotel around 04:30, I spotted a few more bikes in the room where I kept mine, TCR riders. The receptionist was surprised to see me so early, but the other riders must have explainedContinueContinue reading “TCRN07, Day 3: Dupnitsa, Bulgaria – Prokuplje, Serbia”
TCRN07, Day 2: A Forest, Bulgaria – Dupnitsa, Bulgaria
194.49 Miles 16:19:03 Moving Time 19:47:42 Elapsed Time 15,525 Elevation Gained 11.9mph Average Number of horse and carts overtaken by: 1 Not having the best sleep, I woke around 3am, waking during the night to find myself about 2 metres away from my bike. Shouldn’t have slept on a hill I guess. Anyway, IContinueContinue reading “TCRN07, Day 2: A Forest, Bulgaria – Dupnitsa, Bulgaria”
TCRNO7 – Transcontinental Race 2019 1.Prologue- My road to Burgas
TCRNO7 – Transcontinental Race 2019 1.Prologue- My road to Burgas The Transcontinental Race. The big one in my eyes. The Transcontinental was the race that caught my attention around 5 years ago while running out of things to search for online at a job that saw me staring out of the window for most ofContinueContinue reading “TCRNO7 – Transcontinental Race 2019 1.Prologue- My road to Burgas”
A Winter Ride
A planned Winter ride. Out, head to the wind. Back, wind sailing home. Coffee pushes for the first thirty minutes, forcing two unplanned stops. The gradient continues as the gust is unforgiving. Take the first turn for 20 miles, to the right, thundering down the potholed road, break from the wind at last. Over theContinueContinue reading “A Winter Ride”
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