Cycling archive
Highlights from the journeys I wanted to keep: the roads, weather, and detours, with the detailed ride data kept as a reference.
Coming soon
The whole route before I leave: every hotel, every day’s distance, and the rest days, so that when I arrive all I need to do is cycle.
What goes in the bags for a multi-week trip, and why.
The morning before the first pedal stroke, and everything that happens after I arrive at the hotel.
On the road
58 daysIn progress
Rotterdam to Romania, a train to Vienna, then across the Alps and France to a ferry home: two months of heat, hail, and big rivers, written up as I go.
In progress
Three hot days from Rotterdam into Belgium and back, including a locked hotel door, a rescue mission thrown together from chocolate bars and AAA batteries, and a night in a sauna of a room.
10 parts
A month from Tokyo to Seoul, starting with a bike box on a flight and a sleep-deprived rebuild in Narita Airport, then across Japan, a ferry to Busan, and on through Korea.
The sequel: a shorter line across Scotland, a stop at the Armstrong clan tower, and a century into a headwind on day one, then home through Hull and Liverpool.
The test run for every bigger trip: nine days from Porto to Faro, with a roadside puncture rescue, three ferry crossings, and a bike that survived the flight.
My first bikepacking trip, learned the hard way: a night across two ferry seats, a pub that offered its shed for the bike, and lessons all the way to Rotterdam and back.