Heading for the Hills
Spain-Portugal Stage 6 – Tue 17th May 2016 – Loulé to São Bartolomeu de Messines (50 Km) Weather: 15⁰C min – 25⁰C max, fine but with streaky cloud ” When my legs hurt,...
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Lot to Like about Loulé
Spain-Portugal Stage 5 – Mon 16th May 2016 – Tavira to Loulé (60 Km) Weather: 18⁰C min – 25⁰C max, fine, partially cloudy ” Stop being afraid of what could go wrong, and...
Awesome Algarve
Spain-Portugal Stage 4 – Sun 15th May 2016 – Monte Gordo to Tavira (24 Km) Weather: 16⁰C min – 22⁰C max, sunny ” Life is like a ten speed bicycle. Most of us...
Adiós España … Olá Portugal
Spain-Portugal Stage 3 – Sat 14th May 2016 – Huelva to Monte Gordo (64 Km) Weather: 12⁰C min – 20⁰C max, fine, cloudy, rain probability 20% ” Bicycling is a big part of...
A Fabulous Friday in Spain
Spain-Portugal Stage 2 – Fri 13th May 2016 – La Palma del Condado to Huelva (42 Km) Weather: 11⁰C min – 19⁰C max, fine, partially cloudy, 40% rain probability ” Bicycles may change,...
Wending Westward in the Wet
Spain-Portugal Stage 1 – Thu 12th May 2016 – Seville to La Palma del Condado (54 Km) Weather: 11⁰C min – 19⁰C max, 90% chance of rain ” Sometimes what you’re most afraid...
Splendour of Seville
Rest Day in Seville – Wed 11th May 2016 My last day in Seville has been spent visiting the city’s top tourist sites ~ the Cathedral (one of the largest in Christendom) and the Giralda Tower (which...
Sodden Sights of Seville
Rest Day in Seville – Tue 10th May 2016 “Seville must be one of the most addictive cities in the world. In it, all of Spain’s clichés come together, wrapped in a thick...
Hola amigos de Sevilla!!!
Arriving in Seville – Monday 9th May 2016 “The rain in Spain stays mainly in the plain” ~ Professor Higgins to Eliza Doolittle in the musical My Fair Lady Don’t believe Professor Higgins...
Cycling Albury – Granya Grind
Johnsons MME Lake Hume Cycle Challenge 27th February 2016 – Granya Grind Weather: 32⁰C perfect sunny day “Ride as much or as little, or as long or as short as you feel. But ride”...
Journey Complete!!!
South Korea Stage 12 – Fri 13th Nov 2015 – Changwon to Busan (54 Km) Weather: 13⁰C min – 17⁰C max, relentless, soaking rain No route photos Changwon to Busan *** much too wet...
Gone Bananas!
South Korea Stage 11 – Thu 12th Nov 2015 – Bugok to Changwon (47 Km) Weather: 12⁰C min – 19⁰C max, fine but cloudy Accommodation: U-Motel, Changwon “Every time I see an...
Bugok – Hot Spring Spa Town
South Korea Stage 10 – Wed 11th Nov 2015 – Daegu to Bugok (100 Km) Weather: 9⁰C min – 18⁰C max, fine but cloudy Accommodation: A cheapie motel in Bugok-myeon, Changyeong, Gyeongsangnam-do “If...
Ambling Along the Nakdonggang River
South Korea Stage 9 – Tue 10th Nov 2015 – Gumi to Daegu (77 Km) Weather: 7⁰C min – 16⁰C max, fine but hazy “Ride as much or as little, or as...
Country Roads and Farmlets
South Korea Stage 8 – Mon 9th Nov 2015 – Sangju to Gumi (65 Km) Weather: 8⁰C min – 14⁰C max, cloudy but fine ” Nothing compares to the simple pleasure of...
Wallowing in the Wet
South Korea Stage 7 – Sun 8th Nov 2015 – Andong Hahoe to Sangju (53 Km) Weather: 11⁰C min – 17⁰C max, continuous rain!!! Route photos Andong Hahoe to Sangju *** No photos –...
Tractors, Trees and Tradition
South Korea Stage 6 – Sat 7th Nov 2015 – Andong to Hahoe Folk Village (30 Km) Weather: 9⁰C min – 16⁰C max, steady rain “Life is like riding a bicycle. To...
Absolutely Amazingly Awesome Andong
South Korea – Fri 6th Nov 2015 – Rest day in Andong Weather: 10⁰C min – 17⁰C max, cloudy ” Small Indulgence / Delightful Life & Sweet Time “ ~ A Twosome Place...
Change of Plan
South Korea Stage 4 – Thu 5th Nov 2015 – Chungju Loop (40 Km) Train – Chungju to Jecheon Train – Jecheon to Andong Weather: 6⁰C min – 19⁰C max, light cloud ”...
Peasants, Produce and Pretty Pictures
South Korea Stage 3 – Wed 4th Nov 2015 – Yeoju to Chungju (60 Km) Weather: 4⁰C min – 19⁰C max, heavy fog, clearing to blue sky around 11:30 am ”...
Calmness of the Morning Fog
South Korea Stage 2 – Tue 3rd Nov 2015 – Yangpyeong to Yeoju (55 Km) Weather: 4⁰C min – 19⁰C max, HEAVY FOG! ” The fog comes on little cat feet. It sits...
Cycling Heaven!
South Korea Stage 1 – Mon 2nd Nov 2015 – Seoul to Yangpyeong (54 Km) Weather: 5⁰C min – 17⁰C max, fine, cloudy and/or smog “Anyone who’s ever gone on a long-distance bicycle...
Farewell to Seoul
Sunday 1st November 2015 Photos: Seoul – Yongsan Technology Market Seoul – Insadong “Follow your arrow wherever it points” – Kacey Musgraves Tomorrow I will be following my Garmin arrow which will hopefully get...
Spectacularly Scenic Seoul
Saturday 31st October 2015 Photos: Yeouido Park Ride Hangang River Ride Itaewon Market Bukchon Hanok Village National Folk Museum Gyeongookgun Palace Yulgok-ro 3-gil Dongdaemon Market Cheonggyecheon Stream Videos: Training Exercises Yeouido Park Ride Jazz...
The Soul of Seoul
Friday 30th October 2015 Photos: Deoksugung Palace Deoksugung-gil Seoul Museum of Art Videos: Patriotic Quintet at Seoul Plaza Deoksugung Palace Pageantry A city as big as Seoul can only function properly if it is...
Settling into Seoul
Friday 30th October 2015 View initial photos of Seoul Well here I am in the amazing city of Seoul, the second largest metropolitan in the world with more than 25.6 million people (half of...
A Few Days in Tropical Paradise
Photos: Cairns City Cycling Cairns Green Island (Great Barrier Reef) Kewarra Beach Palm Cove Trinity Beach Maps: Cairns Cycle Routes Visiting Cairns in far north Queensland, about 2,400 Km north of Sydney, is like being...
Land of the Morning Calm
“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor....
In the Home Straight
France: Tour de Manche Stage 11 – Sat 1st August 2015 – Plestin-les-Grèves to Roscoff (55 Km) As he so often did Nelson Mandela said it best: “It always seems impossible until it...
My Penultimate Ride
France: Tour de Manche Stage 10 – Fri 31th July 2015 – Pleumeur-Bodou to Plestin-les-Grèves (55 Km) This morning I enjoyed petit dejeuner in the Panorama Room overlooking the golf course and the...