“You have to do your own growing no matter how tall your grandfather was.” Abraham Lincoln At the age of three I’d decided that when a grew up I’d be a soldier. When the fire brigade came to put out a field fire at our country home when I was four , it was obvious that […]
The confession : Icenutz pt 2
So everyone thought I was nutz to go cycling in Northern Europe last winter. So now the confession, that was infact just a test ride for bigger things….. Three weeks in Northern Scandanavia with shops and towns most days and a cycling partner was a nice “safe” way to learn the lessons needed to be […]
Long term bicycle travel insurance
The long term bicycle trip insurance mine field! In preparation for my trip through Africa I spent a lot of time looking into travel insurance. I thought I’d be done in no time but all that small print proved to be a problem. The info below is aimed at my own trip, but just maybe […]
Shane’s dirty dozen
As of this moment, I’d stack them up against any men in the Army. The Dirty Dozen (1967) I had planned to keep my blog alive this summer with the occasional guest post from some friends and cyclists I follow but instead went for an easy option for them (and therefore got some co-operations). I’ve asked a […]
What does a sabbatical cost?
How can you take so much time off work? How do you finance a big cycle touring trip? Is cycle touring expensive? Questions I get asked a lot. This morning I got another one of those “How do you do it?” emails from a blog reader. Now almost 18 months since I had my last day […]