NORWAY | Monday, 22 Jul 2013 | Views [463]
This is the next tale, and it tells of how the boy and girl learned to make camp in the wilds.
There was a time, oh best beloved, when the boy and girl, green to cycle-touring, decided to pack up their bicycles and take to the mountain roads of Norway ... Read more >
NORWAY | Monday, 15 Jul 2013 | Views [371]
'And see not yet that bonny road,
That winds about that fernie brae?
That is the road to fair Elfland,
Where thou and I this night maun gae'.
We are in Bergen, and the fairytale reference seems appropriate. Not only for the local obsession ... Read more >
DENMARK | Thursday, 11 Jul 2013 | Views [431]
6.7.2013
Olaf the Giant sleeps under Danish soil, waiting for the day when Denmark is threatened by foreign armies. Then, as legend tells it, he will rise to defend his land, great axe in hand.
We find him in the casements of Kronberg Castle, a ... Read more >
DENMARK | Friday, 5 Jul 2013 | Photo Gallery
UK, Netherlands, DK
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NETHERLANDS | Wednesday, 26 Jun 2013 | Views [529]
Denmark is, no doubt, quite lovely. We are not, however, there. On our way from Castle Hedington to Harwich we stop to rest weary legs and re-caffeinate. While there, Matt gets contacted by the ferry company and advised that they have cancelled our ferry ... Read more >
UNITED KINGDOM | Monday, 24 Jun 2013 | Views [373] | Comments [1]
We are now into day 4 of cycling. Matt did a miraculous job of navigating us across London and around numerous double decker buses, and after 20km or so we are into proper English countryside. Roads lined with briar roses and bucolic villages where thath ... Read more >
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES | Friday, 21 Jun 2013 | Views [338]
English afternoon sun is streaming into Gary's sixth floor London apartment. I'm listening to Mogwai- glorious Glaswegian post-rock, soaking up sun and feeling quite exhausted.
Three days ago we arrived in Dubai, where we were greeted by Angeline ... Read more >
AUSTRALIA | Thursday, 6 Jun 2013 | Views [439]
There was a moment last year - and it was just a moment - when I stood with my toes hanging over a cliff edge, looking down into white water. I did not take time to admire it. Instead I focussed on the way it hammered against the banks, and as I leaned ... Read more >
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