Swimming seemed to be the only activity option today. The weather has been as grim as it could have been with over 40mm of rain coming down between the early hours and midday. We set out through the mist and drizzle through the Ogwen Valley where white streams had burst out all over the mountain… Read more

Can’t believe that nearly a week has passed since we were last on the bikes. It feels like we were there only a day or two ago, but other the other hand, so much has happened since then. It took a few days for the deep ache in my thighs to wear off and I… Read more

Our final day in Denmark! With our flight not landing back in the UK until nearly midnight, we had another big day ahead of us. Subsequently, we chose not to rush out in the morning and enjoyed another coffee and pastry treat at the apartment. Around midday, we gathered up our belongings and took a… Read more

It was an odd feeling, waking up with no bikes to get onto and nowhere to ride. However, our bodies seemed delighted at the idea of a restful morning out of the saddle. Especially the kind of morning where you wake up in a comfy king size bed in a luxurious city apartment! There was… Read more

One of the appealingly attractive aspects of being away on expedition is that you’re never quite sure if things will go how you planned them and that the outcome of any given day is unknown at the start – and that either way, you’ll have to deal with the situation one way or another. One… Read more

Today has most certainly been the biggest day of cycling of my life. In fact almost every day of the last nine days have also been, but today was a whopper (by my standards) at 75.5km. Both feeling chuffed and destroyed in equal parts. It’s a very satisfying feeling to have pushed your body a… Read more