“Thousands of tired, nerve-shaken, over-civilized people are beginning to find out that going to the mountains is going home; that wildness is a necessity”
John Muir
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Guest Post: It’s All About the Bike
Thanks to my best mate and long-time cycling co-traveller Graeme for contributing this ace blog! First of all, an apology for paraphrasing this on the autobiography of an infamous Texan cyclist but in this instance it seems rather apt. The bike – a Peugeot Premiere. A bog standard budget 80s machine in sky blue, the…
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Waun Fach and the Dragon’s Back
Earlier this year, we talked about taking on a big challenge this summer and, while my initial ideas of backpacking around west Wales or taking on the South Downs Way haven’t come off yet, yesterday we tackled something I’ve wanted to do for a while – the Dragon’s Back. I adore the Brecon Beacons -…
Morning out in the Malverns
Here’s a new one. For the last week or so, I have been completely fed up of my bike. Since New Year I’ve been training fairly hard for the Paris-Nice trip, and therein lies the problem. I’ve lost 8kg and I’m fitter than I have been for a while. Actually, realistically, I’m as fit as…
Podcast: Exe Estuary to Exmoor
If you’re a blog subscriber you might not have noticed that I have a new podcast on the website called Pain and Fromage! I’ve set this up to gather together some of the audio that I’ve recorded on various trips but also to share some experiences from the road (mostly, I think from bike trips).…