Life at Half-time: Looking out from 40

When I was young(er) forty seemed like the Andromeda galaxy: distant, vague, beyond any realms of comprehension, something far, far … More

Morocco to Scotland: All Good Things….

We expected our last month in Scotland to be both beautiful and tough: Beautiful, thanks to a national cycle route … More

Under normal circumstances, the prospect of cycling around coastal bluffs with inshore whitecaps and grey skies is enough to quell … More

We could well have been in the Netherlands as we cycled along the sealed paths that bordered the river Welland … More

Even on the downhills sweat oozes out of your pores when cycling in 32 degree heat. Beneath blazing skies we perspired … More

Dull oppressive skies skimmed overhead as we cycled away from La Chabanne. Returning to our saddles once again we rolled … More

Our departure from Central France was becoming a bit of a joke. Initial plans of staying for two weeks were … More

The Mediterranean has been a recurring feature for much of our trip. We‘ve crossed it (at the juncture of Europe and … More

The rip snorting southerly we had at our tails would have just about pushed us all the way to France, … More