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2020 New Zealand Cycling

After finishing my studies in 1999, I spent 11 months travelling and having cycled down South East Asia, headed over to New Zealand. 20 years is a long time to clearly remember an experience, but the mental summary I have carried with me over the years was of a quiet, mild island with lots of cycle tourists, few cars and green busses with backpacker travelling from one party hostel to Read more…

Bike Transalp Packing List – 2.8KG!

The following packlist has been refined over many years of bike tour experience in the Alps. It is valid for any tour from 2 days to infinity and is based on accomodation in huts / hotels / guesthouses i.e where no camping gear is required. In addition to this comes water and some snacks – the amount of these will depend on the availability of refuelling points / shops en Read more…

2019 Trans Provence Bike

This was an 11 day transalpine bike tour based on the route of the trans provence bike race. As we were riding unsupported this was modified and improved accordingly. Day 1: Grenoble –> La Chapelle en Vercors : This started with a bus ride up to Saint Nizier as our booked and confirmed taxi didn’t turn up! Day 2: –> Chatillon en Diois Day 3: –> Valdrôme Day 4: –> Read more…

Hong Kong Active Stopover

It was only whilst travelling through China, that I came to learn that Hong Kong is much more than a large metropolis. Although I had spent time there previously, I had also not ventured much out of the concrete jungle. So whilst on the way back from Hanoi, I booked my return flight to give me some time to explore – I had 11 hours from lunchtime on a day Read more…

Hong Kong

2017 Transalp – St Anton –> Chur

A self created transalp – was a top route with awesome trails and plenty of challenge. Day 1: St Anton –> Heidelberger Hütte Day 2: Heidelberger Hütte –> Keschhütte Day 3: Keschhütte –> Verceia Day 4: Verceia –> Chiavenna Day 5: Chiavenna –> Thusis Day 6: Thusis –> Bad Ragaz [ngg src=”galleries” ids=”928″ display=”basic_thumbnail” thumbnail_crop=”0″]