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4 November 2019
Wednesday 30 October 19 – Albany to Wellstead – 99km We said our goodbyes to Jen, George and Frida and left the comfort blanket of our final WarmShowers hosts… There doesn’t appear to be any WarmShowers hosts from here to Adelaide, so we’re on our own! What a fabulous introduction to Australia we have had […]
25 October 2019
Thursday 17 – Sunday 20 October 19 – Perth – 0km! So, having lost Martina’s phone on the wrong side of passport control at Singapore’s Changi Airport the only thing to do was to proceed to the departure gate. It was here that Martina had her second trauma of the day – the security staff […]
20 October 2019
When we look back at our journey so far we see Northern Europe as our long-distance cycling training ground and once we got into Poland our stabilisers were metaphorically taken off! The rest of Eastern and Southern Europe were consolidation for what was to come… In our minds it was in India, Bangladesh and Myanmar […]
10 October 2019
In the past we have written pieces for other long-distance cyclists about some of our routes, either into and out of cities or through some remote parts of the world. Some of our writing may help them decide which route to take…or not as the case may be. I’d like to say that we will […]
1 October 2019
Friday 27 September 19 – Georgetown to Taiping – 87km There might be a romantic misconception that we get up in the morning, eat breakfast, pack our bags, get on our bikes and ride through beautiful weather along a picturesque, winding road for a few hours to our destination. This does happen on occasion, but […]
22 September 2019
Monday 16 September and Tuesday 17 September 19. Surat Thani to Pang Pring beach. 96km and a day off. As planned, we had cold omelette and rice for breakfast (which actually tasted much nicer than it sounds!) and then headed off into grey drizzle, which lasted for most of the morning. We […]