I’m delighted to say that my second attempt to leave the country has been a lot more successful than the first. Susie started referring to our abandoned journey to the airport yesterday as our ‘shakedown drive’. The assorted cardboard I’m using as my disposable luggage didn’t bother the Air Canada staff in the slightest, which […]
This was the message I received as Susie and I drove to the airport this morning: A follow-up email told me I’d been bumped onto an alternative flight at 9am tomorrow morning, so I’m still here! We just turned around at the first opportunity and came home again. Thanks so much for all of your […]
Since I’m leaving for Canada in the morning, I thought this might be a good moment to give the official Incidents Of Travel Theme Tune a fresh airing: Never On A Sunday, by Percy Faith & His Orchestra. Chosen because whilst touring I usually cycle for 6 days a week and take the seventh day […]
This post is really just a few photos to give you a flavour of how much gear I have to squeeze into the four panniers, handlebar bag and rear luggage rack that comprise my storage space for this trip. People do ask how much stuff I take with me, and what sort of things besides […]
Warmest greetings Friends of the Blog, wherever you are, on this, the longest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere. This afternoon, after cycling home in the glorious June sunshine from teaching at Beechwood Park School, I found that I had received an exciting package through the post: Karen at Humanity & Inclusion had […]
I’ve had a lot of questions about how three major current events might affect my trip. One thing they have in common is that they are all beyond my control. Here’s a really quick update: 1 Wild Fires: this is the big unknown, because the situation can change so quickly. The issue is all about […]
Today I thought I’d post a quick summary of recent news, plus a few stats from my four-day trip down to Dorset last weekend. But before we get on to all that, here’s a very recent picture of my bike outside Beechwood Park School (where I teach for one day a week – hello Beechwood!), […]
If you get google cycling directions from Ashurst to Chipperfield, you’ll see straight away that the entire journey heads northeast. Unfortunately, and despite the glorious sunshine for which I was very grateful, the wind blew southwest towards me all day, for pretty much every mile of my ride. I tried a slightly different route (which […]
The heavy rain yesterday followed by the warm sunshine this morning, meant that the air was full of flies and bugs today,which I kept accidentally swallowing as I cycled through clouds of them. It’s a bit of a shame, isn’t it? Such a short life these creatures have, then they spend their first and only […]
Well I made it to the coast and was greeted by a calm sea, blue sky, a promenade completely submerged in sand, and a double decker bus serving coffee. It all felt a bit too good to last, and it was. To see a virtual aerial view of the route, click here Despite the occasional […]
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