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drawings on a dusty road

The southerly winds were making it difficult to gain any relative headway, and grinding out the kilometres in granny gear against … More

family, family travel, moroccan locals, morocco by bike, morocco with kids, opinion, personal musings, tour cycling, tour cycling morocco with kids, traveling with kids

morocco: in the footsteps of hercules

Our first ride in Africa was always going to be short. Having lost an hour to time change we headed … More

africa with kids, bike travel, family travel, morocco by bike, morocco with kids, personal musings, tour cycling, travel, traveling with kids

flat out in tarifa

Ferry crossings can be a mixed bag and we’ve had our fair share of white knuckle rides over the years. … More

adventure, adversity, europe, family travel, opinion, personal musings, tarifa to tangier ferry, tour cycling, travel, traveling with kids

off to a flyer

  So we loaded up the bikes, connected on the trailer, group hugged, high fived, whooped, posed for the *departure* … More

adventure, bike travel, biking europe, cycling spain, family travel, free camping, opinion, personal musings, tour cycling, travel, traveling with kids, wild camping europe

why did the chameleon cross the road?

… to join in the Monks’ bike ride.. cute little fella, eh..

cheeky, family travel, nature, spain, tour cycling, travel, traveling with kids, wildlife

the lower tenth of a mankini

As an adolescent I got kicked out of Eden Park Stadium in New Zealand for throwing beer up into the … More

the night before the big day

A piece of advice I once received before embarking on my first tour cycling holiday, was to: get out all … More

adventure, biking with kids, coffee, family travel, minimalist, opinion, personal musings, simplicity, spain with kids, tour cycling spain, travel

and then there were five..

days to go.. until lift off from the small Spanish town of Vejer, as we pave the way for future … More

biking europe, culture, europe, family, family biking, family travel, journey, opinion, personal musings, planning, preparing, slow travel, spain morocco by bike, tour cycling, travel, travel 101, traveling with kids

relative interest

Unscheduled stops are part of travelling. We’ve stopped to let trains race past. Endured lengthy delays from border control officers, and … More

budget travel, culture, discovery, europe, family, family travel, funny, gibraltar, macaque monkeys, opinion, personal musings, travel, traveling with kids

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