While ski touring back in April of this year I wrote a piece about my thoughts on what I call the ‘Alpine Rest Day’ – you can read it here at http://mountain-lifestyle.blogspot.com/2018/04/the-alpine-rest-day-etiquette-rules.html?m=0. We’re currently nowhere near the Alps, but after eight consecutive days of cycle touring the rest day premise still stands, despite the lack of… Read more

We had a little visitor in camp this evening. Don’t often see these guys at home, but he’s the third we’ve come across in Sweden. We’ve had our longest (possibly ever) day of cycling, which has been brilliant, but our luck almost ran out when it came to finding somewhere to camp. As our energy… Read more

After a great nights sleep, we rode out of the sandunes and along a forested section of trail towards the town of Halmstad. Here we crossed the River Nissan and rolled into the old town square where a friendly lady showed us how to operate the public drinking water pump so we could fill our… Read more

The overcast skies didn’t seem to be putting off the skinny dippers at the beach this morning. It seems also to be very socially acceptable to walk around in your dressing gown and wooden clogs here. It gave quite a strange vibe watching people of all ages strolling ‘robed up’ as we had breakfast at… Read more

Felt tired this morning and the blazing sun soon had us out of the tent. The sea was flat calm and all was peaceful. Rather than breakfasting in the long grass, we decided to cycle straight off and find a better place.  A few minutes away, we found an island nature reserve where we thought… Read more

Camp was a nice place to wake up this morning, having arrived in the rain. Our current morning routine involves Clare getting the brews on outside, while I pack away the inside. While we ate breakfast, we lay the tent in the sun to dry, before heading off into the sunshine. We passed by lots… Read more