I was back in 🍁 Canada 🇨🇦 last week with Susie and our son Jake for a very short visit, but minus a bicycle. The brutal snowstorm of a couple of days ago, that hit many of the places I cycled through in 2023 from Maine to North Carolina, thankfully missed Toronto entirely. We did […]
Wishing everybody everywhere Season’s Greetings for a wonderful holiday and a very Happy New Year! Thank you all so much for your continued support, and look out for news of the release of my new book, SECOND BREAKFAST IN AMERICA, early in 2026.
Alright, yes, I’d said goodbye to everyone for a while, but then today happened and I had to add a few lines as a postscript. I got to this isolated and peaceful spot between Fishguard and St David’s by car – yes, I do have a car – but the bike is still here too, […]
Tagoat to Fishguard It was a damp start at the campground, which was not forecast, and even damper when I arrived at Rosslare harbour and joined the queue of motorcycles waiting to board the ferry. English motorcyclists at ferry ports have this tendency to only say hello to a cyclist like me in a fairly […]
Clonea to Tagoat 65 miles I was so sad to leave Casey’s, one of the friendliest campgrounds I think I’ve ever visited (and there have been a few), but a long ride beckoned, beginning with the now-familiar 30 mile spin along the greenway. I did make a stop at the highest point above the sea […]
Clonea to…..Clonea Before turning in last night I was watching the opening scenes of the Moby Dick link I posted yesterday, and I suddenly got the feeling that this scene from The Mighty Boosh might have been inspired by it. See what you think 🤔 (just a link due to lack of signal!) https://youtu.be/cDjyEnkl1Jo?si=7MncHSu98xVupaN1 Hard […]
Youghal to Clonea 30 miles I’ve no idea how, but Clonvilla Caravan & Camping dodged the Storm Floris rains overnight. Not the 45mph wind, oh no, but the tent was miraculously dry this morning. I got the bike all loaded up but when it started pouring just as I prepared to leave, I ended up […]
Day 5: Blarney back to Youghal via Cork 46 Miles I’ve reached a very familiar point in this trip, where writing the blog each evening after a long day of cycling has become progressively more blurred. This may mean I post too much, or that it doesn’t entirely make sense, but my judgement always deteriorates […]
Day 4: Dungarvan to Blarney 70 miles There can be an advantage to not knowing where you’re going at first. I left the silent campground at about 8am after using the brilliant morning sunshine to dry everything before packing… …and cycled through Dungarvan to join the L2022. All I really knew was that it would […]
Day 3: Clonea & Dungarvan. Uninterrupted sleep, after a night like my first one, is one of the greatest pleasures. So thanks, Casey’s Camping & Caravanning, although the long bike ride did also play its part. Aileen and family were still fast asleep when I got up around 8, or at least their tent was […]
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