Let’s go cycling

  • Montenegro

    Well…some slow down and beach time was due… so we’ve had a few days of small distances and fabulous beaches.Montenegro has been something else! Spectacular scenery both inland and coastal.  It’s gotta be up there amongst my favourites 🙂. And it seemed to be always sunny!Nice quiet roads, just as long as you keep away…

  • Croatia to Bosnia

    26th September, 85km, Bataszek to Bilje, a  couple of hills and a thousand trucksThe cycle trail became less and less evident as we approached the Hungary/Croatia border. Almost as though they just didn’t care anymore…And combined with the lack of cycle infrastructure, the trucks became quite a bit more noticeable. Over the border into Croatia…

  • Switzerland!

    28th August, 44km, 870m elevation. A very rainy start to the day so we hung around at the campsite for a bit…lots of great chats with similarly weather-averse campers, from all across the globe.  Most were multi day hikers, we didn’t meet any other cycle tourers in Chamonix. Then off we set for a shortish…

  • To the Alps

    And that’s France! Nearly 1500km across France, with a mixture of everything from lovely flat river paths to super steep gradients as we approached the magnificent Alps. The language… It’s been challenging yet rewarding trying to get by with a tiny bit of the French language. We’ve both definitely picked up quite a bit of…

  • Drumlins and Peat bogs

    The Irish Midlands 8th July, 74km, Castle Leslie to the Irish Midlands From fancy to farm odours again…after a nosh up Irish breakfast that sustained us well into the day. White pudding has been added to the list of staples for the full English/Scottish/ Irish which are all so similar otherwise! No haggis here though…

  • Incredible India!!

    A little wrap-up of our thoughts on a country that was wonderful, yet oh so challenging in all sorts of ways The roads… Nowhere near as scary as we thought they might be! We managed to navigate our way through the megacities of Bangalore, Mumbai and Delhi without any angst and we reckon we’re almost hardened…

  • Agra to Delhi

    Well…we couldn’t come this close and not pop in a visit to the Taj Mahal. After three days of VERY hot riding we thought we’d have a bit of luxe in Agra (yeah, we’re really getting soft) and checked into the Radisson. Nice. But kinda weird. Where else would you advertise a two for one…

  • Rajasthan

    Day 41-42 in India 1100km by train…well that took away a bit of pedal power! But oh my, Indian trains. They are something…even when you book a first class cabin…There was nothing terribly plush about first class…so just imagine what the crowded sleeper class would have been like! We did have the luxury of a…

  • Hopping up the coast

    Neil’s turn to blog…with a couple of interjections 😉 Wednesday 18th Sept-Day 30 in India! Resuming our trip up tour after a week of laziness and mild illness in Goa, A ferry ride across a river took us to the state of Matarashna. Immediately there were no more bars and fewer little shops.  The landscape…