Tantalising Tainan
Taiwan Stage 7 – Chiayi to Tainan 70 Km (Sat 17 Nov 2018) Weather: 21⁰C min – 29⁰C max, mostly cloudy, smoggy “Man is so made that when anything fires his soul, impossibilities...
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An Easier Ride
Taiwan Stage 6 – Zhushan to Chiayi 57 Km (Fri 16 Nov 2018) Weather: 21⁰C min – 30⁰C max, overcast smoggy “Behind every angry woman is a man who has absolutely no idea...
Sun Moon Lake
Taiwan Stage 5 – Puli to Zhushan 59 Km (Thu 15 Nov 2018) Weather: 17⁰C min – 29⁰C max, mostly sunny “One never goes so far as when one doesn’t know where one...
Grandpa Rainbow
Taiwan Stage 4 – Taichung to Puli 71 Km (Wed 14 Nov 2018) Weather: 20⁰C min – 28⁰C max, clear and sunny “I dream my painting, and then I paint my dream.” ~...
A Day to Remember
Taiwan Stage 3 – Miaoli to Taichung 65 Km (Tue 13 Nov 2018) Weather: 16⁰C min – 26⁰C max, clear and sunny “Four wheels move your body, two wheels move your soul” ~...
A Day of Contrast
Taiwan Stage 2 – Hengshan to Miaoli 55 Km (Mon 12 Nov 2018) Weather: 20⁰C min – 28⁰C max, overcast and hazy “No bird soars too high if he soars with his own...
A Dream Start to My Taiwan Tour
Taiwan Stage 1 – Taipei to Hengshan 71 Km (Sun 11 Nov 2018) Weather: 18⁰C min – 29⁰C max, mostly sunny “Smile, breathe and go slowly” ~ Thich Nhat Hanh Awakening to a...
Taiwan – Hidden Gem of Asia
Taiwan – Sightseeing in Taipei (Fri 9 Nov 2018 and Sat 10 Nov 2018) Weather: Fri 9 Nov 2018: 22⁰C min – 24⁰C max, showers; Sat 10 Nov 2018: 21⁰C min – 28⁰C max,...
Icing on the Cake
Hungary – Sightseeing in Budapest (2-3 Oct 2018) Weather: 4⁰C min – 19⁰C max, mostly cloudy “Dream as if you’ll live forever, live as if you’ll die today” ~ James Dean My focus...
Over the Mountain
Krakow to Budapest Stage 12 – Esztergom to Budapest 51 Km (Mon 1 Oct 2018) Weather: 6⁰C min – 16⁰C max, overcast, icy breeze “Veni, vidi, vici” ~ Julius Caesar It was hard...
It’s a Small World!
Krakow to Budapest Stage 11 – Komárno to Esztergom 54 Km (Sun 30 Sep 2018) Weather: 2⁰C min – 17⁰C max, clear and sunny “Doing what you like is freedom. Liking what you...
A Day of Mixed Fortune
Krakow to Budapest Stage 10 – Dunajská Streda to Komárno 68 Km (Sat 29 Sep 2018) Weather: 8⁰C min – 16⁰C max, clear and sunny, windy “If you truly love nature, you will...
Down By the Riverside
Krakow to Budapest Stage 9 – Bratiskava to Dunajská Streda 57 Km (Fri 28 Sep 2018) Weather: 9⁰C min – 22⁰C max, clear and sunny “You can’t help getting older, but you don’t...
The Mighty Danube
Krakow to Budapest Stage 8 – Malacky to Bratiskava 48 Km (Wed 26 Sep 2018) Weather: 2⁰C min – 14⁰C max, sunny “As we grow older, our bodies get shorter and our anecdotes...
An Ordinary Introduction to Slovakia
Krakow to Budapest Stage 7 – Strážnice to Malacky 65 Km (Tue 25 Sep 2018) Weather: 1⁰C min – 13⁰C max, fine but overcast, windy “Life is what you make it” ~ Grandma...
Wind in the Willows
Krakow to Budapest Stage 6 – Kromeriz to Straznice 58 Km (Mon 24 Sep 2018) Weather: 4⁰C min – 13⁰C max, mainly cloudy, rain showers, windy “Life is a journey, not a destination”...
Incredible Czech Republic
Krakow to Budapest Stage 5 – Hranice to Kroměříž 77 Km (Sun 23 Sep 2018) Weather: 8⁰C min – 17⁰C max, mostly cloudy, light rain “Even bad coffee is better than no coffee...
A Grey Day in Czech Republic
Krakow to Budapest Stage 4 – Ostrava to Hranice 71 Km (Sat 22 Sep 2018) Weather: 11⁰C min – 19⁰C max, overcast “The older you get the stronger the wind gets – and...
A Day in the Life of a Bicycle Tourer
Krakow to Budapest Stage 3 – Jastrzębie Zdrój to Ostrava 50 Km (Fri 21 Sep 2018) Weather: 11⁰C min – 25⁰C max, clear and sunny “Though we travel the world over to find...
Rustic Beauty of Poland
Krakow to Budapest Stage 2 – Oświęcim to Jastrzębie Zdrój 55 Km (Thu 20 Sep 2018) Weather: 12⁰C min – 27⁰C max, sunny “Anyone who rides a bike is a friend of mine”...
The Horror of Auschwitz-Birkenau
Poland – Sightseeing in Oświęcim (Wed 19 Sep 2018) Weather: 12⁰C min – 26⁰C max, clear and sunny “Think of all the beauty still left around you and be happy” ~ Anne Frank...
The Simple Things
Krakow to Budapest Stage 1 – Krakow to Oświęcim 65 Km (Tue 18 Sep 2018) Weather: 11⁰C min – 27⁰C max, mostly sunny “I don’t ride a bike to add days to my...
The Splendour of Kraków
Poland – Sightseeing in Kraków (16-17 Sep 2018) Weather: 12⁰C min – 24⁰C max, mostly sunny “Regret for the things we did can be tempered by time; it is regret for the things...
Getting There
Poland – Arrival in Krakow (15 Sep 2018) Weather: 9⁰C min – 20⁰C max, partly cloudy “I have found it to be true that the older I’ve become the better my life has...
Escape to the Country
Essex UK Day 1 – Audley End to Castle Hedingham 43 Km (Tue 28 August 2018) Weather: 13⁰C min – 22⁰C max, overcast but fine “A day without cycling probably wouldn’t kill me, but why...
Saving the Best Until Last
Channel Islands Day 5 – Guernsey – Route 7 + Route 8 + Route 10 40 Km (Sat 11 August 2018) Weather: 13⁰C min – 23⁰C max, mostly cloudy “I want to ride...
Country Lanes and Cliffs
Channel Islands (Guernsey) Day 4 – Route 4 + Route 5 + Route 6 45 Km (Fri 10 August 2018) Weather: 14⁰C min – 20⁰C max, mostly cloudy, windy “I’m lazy. But it’s...
Top of the Island
Channel Islands (Guernsey) Day 3 – Route 1 + Route 2 + Route 3 50 Km (Thu 9 August 2018) Weather: 13⁰C min – 23⁰C max, morning rain, then sunny “There’s nothing like...
Life in the Slow Lane
Channel Islands Day 2 Jersey West ‘A’, West ‘B’, and South ‘A’ routes 56 Km (Tue 7 August 2018) Weather: 15⁰C min – 21⁰C max, overcast, showers “I thought of that while riding...
Jersey – Island of Beauty
Channel Islands Day 1 – Jersey (51 Km) Mon 6 August 2018 Weather: 17⁰C min – 28⁰C max, sunny “Life is short and the world is big and we want to make the...