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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…

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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…

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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.…

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off to a flyer

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

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why did the chameleon cross the road?

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

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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…

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…

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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…

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relative interest

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

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