So this was it, we were finally leaving on our bikes, next stop the far East!
Our little cycle ride has started!
Departure day has arrived! It has been a frantic week and a manic Monday. Our ferry leaves at 11.15pm from Harwich and luckily it’s just a 2 hour ride across Suffolk, so there isn’t a great rush to leave early!
10 Random travel tips that might save your life
Over the past decade I have fine tuned my off the bike essentials, these are a few items that have proved vital in an emergency or in preventing disaster when traveling on an adventure.
Is this the Ultimate Touring Bike?
In about 10 days I will embark on my my Cycling East adventure and for this epic cycle ride I am lucky enough to be taking not just a good bike but quite possibly the ultimate touring bike currently available.
Deciding on our next adventure
Life, like cycle touring is full of endless route decisions. While we might think we know the general direction, certain innocuous looking turns can make life changing differences.
A great road ride circuit from Chamonix
This weekend we attempted a road bike circuit that has jumped out of the maps at me for ages.
Rhino Laces – My review of the unbreakable boot lace
Rhino Laces are a new company given a boost by Kickstarter, they basically came up with a pair of boot laces that are guaranteed to last your lifetime or if they don’t they will send you a new set!
A quick review on skiing Cervinia and Zermatt
We snowboarded and skied at Cervinia for the ski resorts closing day last week. I guess I like symmetry because that’s the same place we started the northern winter way back on the 14th November, so it’s been a long season!
Great places to buy quality kit at low prices
I keep telling people to click on my blog links so I earn a massive 4% cashback to help fund my next adventures and to encourage that, these are links from the best companies to buy stuff from.
Splitboarding: Five Pros and Cons
So the biggest new thing in winter sports is certainly not those pointless snow bikes but instead the much more exciting Splitboarding.