For trip index click HERE – for all photos of trip see HERE Between Harz and the east there isn’t really very much, so we headed direct to Leipzig. The motorway network appears all new, and even the 2016 GPS maps on the van didn’t have them all – TomTom…
For trip index click HERE – for all photos of trip see HERE After our long bike ride to the med, we decided we needed another holiday to recover. Sadly, time was not our friend so our plans of visiting Scandinavia were put back again – and we had to…
Trip index HERE Photos from trip HERE Well – we’re back! Total distance: 939 miles Total climb: 33,977 feet ( 10,356 m) Time cycling: 95 hrs 27 mins Calories burned (though luggage weight not taken into account): 37,192 (!) Interesting statistics! Really good bits:- The tent was fantastic. Very quick…
Trip index HERE OK, Yes, there are some Amazon links on here – and if you click n buy we get a small amount of commission though you don’t pay more. This is good 🙂 It means if 1,000,000 people click and buy stuff – we can afford to do…
Trip index HERE Okay, here is a brain dump! Take less than you think you need Take less than us! If you are camping, get an ACSI card – it can be cheaper GPS’s Android phone with OSMAND offline maps Download Archies Camping GPS database and import as into OSMAND…
Trip index HERE Annoyingly, the GPX map viewer I use here cannot cope with a multi-segment gpx file, so its split in 3. Home to Poole (for ferry). Cherboug to Narnonne via the beach. South Mimms (where Bike-Express drops us off to home) The totals are:- Distance: 1422km = 883…
After our fun trip a few years ago, we decided to cycle to the med for some summer sun. Again. Last time, having never undertaken such a ride, we opted on a simple ride just (!) from St Malo to the med, but via canals and rivers. So c. 1000…
Well, just come back from a few days in Dorset in the van, doing some cycling, and what a lovely time we had! Stayed at Lytchett Manor campsite which is great, and booked a cheap grass pitch but got upgraded to a fully serviced pitch. Pointless lol – the solar…
Well, thought it was time for a quick post as if you look here it looks like we’ve vanished. Far from it! Q1 was a fun and hard few months, many days away in the van including down on the Isle of Wight, and another big DIY project….. After the…
Well, that was an interesting year! Our plans for 2016 were HERE and, well, how did we do…. 2016 Two months backpacking around Cambodia and Thailand, escorting my parents for part of it YES! Though partly a disaster, eh Dad?! 🙂 Though we did have a great time Build a new,…