Trip: Round the world by mountain bike
There are [47] stories from my trip: Round the world by mountain bike
UNITED KINGDOM | Sunday, 9 Dec 2007 | Views [359]
Tom We’ve spent three weeks since leaving Istanbul following the Black
Sea coastline. Yesterday we completed the very hilly northern stretch,
arriving in the peninsular town of Sinop. It’s a charming place with
some of the friendliest people ... Read more >
Tags: Adventures
TURKEY | Monday, 26 Nov 2007 | Views [494]
Tom Ten days have elapsed since we made our way hesitatingly out of Istanbul after nearly a month off the bikes. We were expecting hardship; cycling and camping in the cold, wet, and mountainous climes of northern Turkey. Initially, this is what ... Read more >
Tags: Adventures
TURKEY | Friday, 16 Nov 2007 | Views [741]
Tom I know you like reading about our misfortune. It’s dramatic stuff. I like writing about it, too, trying to commit the experience to words and take you to that place and time. I hope that the results are entertaining, but also resemble the reality ... Read more >
Tags: Adventures
TURKEY | Saturday, 10 Nov 2007 | Views [853]
Andy We arrived in Istanbul after cycling through 75km of suburban sprawl along the dangerous highway. It was a traumatic experience. We rewarded ourselves with a gourmet kebab that we couldn’t afford from a small place full of old men drinking, ... Read more >
Tags: Adventures
TURKEY | Wednesday, 7 Nov 2007 | Views [610]
Andy I am in Kadikoy on the Anatolian side of Istanbul. We have reached Asia by bike. Today commences our third week in Istanbul. It is a multi-layered and vibrant place, enough to make one consider staying longer. The open road and adventure beckons ... Read more >
Tags: Philosophy of travel
AUSTRIA | Monday, 5 Nov 2007 | Views [796]
Hello. Mark here.
Just a brief word or two alerting you to the arrival of Ride Earth Podcast Episode 5 , brought to you from the magicians at String Films .
We suffer in this one. Well, Tom does. He recovers from a potentially catastrophic knee ... Read more >
Tags: Doctors, hospitals & health
TURKEY | Thursday, 1 Nov 2007 | Views [2329]
Tom Andy and I have been soaking up Istanbul for a fair while now. We’re
both itching to get on the road again, and I’m excited and a little
apprehensive at the prospect of seeing through the winter in Central
Asia. But we’ve had more than our ... Read more >
Tags: I should have known better!
TURKEY | Sunday, 21 Oct 2007 | Views [2001]
Tom We arrived in Istanbul a
couple of days ago, cycling into this sprawling monolith of a city
along one of the two main routes against about 9 manic lanes of
rush-hour traffic, minibuses and not-so-mini-buses.
That experience recovered from, ... Read more >
Tags: Philosophy of travel
SWITZERLAND | Friday, 12 Oct 2007 | Views [553] | Video
Episode Four of the Ride Earth video podcast is now available for
viewing. Road Kill Duck for dinner and Tom suffers his first injury,
tensions in the group continue to rise as Tom and Andy take it in turns
to get lost. The boys meet the WWF (World ... Read more >
Tags: Adventures
UNITED KINGDOM | Friday, 12 Oct 2007 | Views [676]
So here it is, the long-awaited Ride Earth F.A.Q. (Frequently Asked Questions; Fondly Answered Queries; Fromage Attributed Quotations; Fotons Atoms Quarks…etc)
Written by Mark Maultby, who now has time to write things like this, having returned ... Read more >
Tags: Philosophy of travel
FRANCE | Friday, 28 Sep 2007 | Views [368]
Episode Three of the Ride Earth video podcast is now available to
download! Sorting out their differences and changing the route, Andy,
Tom and Mark cycle east, pick plums, make Jam, and sleep in some
unusual places.
You can subscribe for free ... Read more >
Tags: Adventures
ROMANIA | Wednesday, 26 Sep 2007 | Views [790]
Andy The first few days in Romania were mentally tough. We donned full
wet weather gear and ventured into the terrible weather that the first
day offered us. It was overcast, drizzle, cold and miserable. The road
away from the border was full of ... Read more >
Tags: Culture
ROMANIA | Friday, 7 Sep 2007 | Views [480]
Andy We arrived in Romania a couple of days ago. We crossed the border
and had a long night after realised we had crossed at a place we
shouldn’t have. We had to return to the official crossing and cross
there. It was dark, wet, lightning was ... Read more >
Tags: Adventures
NETHERLANDS | Thursday, 6 Sep 2007 | Views [463] | Video
Hello from String Films, the team behind the podcast series.
Great news - Episode Two of the Ride Earth video podcast is now available to download.
You can subscribe for free on iTunes or watch on the podcast page at www.ride-earth.org.uk/podcast ... Read more >
Tags: Adventures
ROMANIA | Wednesday, 5 Sep 2007 | Views [1155]
Tom We pedalled slowly down the dusty track out of the last Hungarian
village. An unsettled evening was in store - clouds brooded above,
hanging menacingly as the air gusted and whipped around us, and the
silence of the plains was interrupted ... Read more >
Tags: Misadventures
HUNGARY | Wednesday, 22 Aug 2007 | Views [553]
Tom We attempted to leave Budapest on Sunday. We made about 30km and
then it happened. My left knee, which had been giving me pain over the
3 days between Vienna and Budapest, started to hurt again.
There’s nothing for it - it needs to get ... Read more >
Tags: Doctors, hospitals & health
AUSTRIA | Monday, 20 Aug 2007 | Photo Gallery
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HUNGARY | Friday, 17 Aug 2007 | Views [1301]
Tom The Ride Earth Fellowship was broken yesterday as Andy and I said our goodbyes to Mark, who now returns home to the UK.
It seems odd that the journey that took him two months to make by
bicycle will be undone in less than 24 hours. The adventures ... Read more >
Tags: Friends
AUSTRIA | Friday, 10 Aug 2007 | Views [2584] | Comments [1]
Tom If you had asked me one year ago about my thoughts on vegetarianism,
I would have replied that there was no argument that would convince me
to give up eating meat. It constitutes a necessary part of our diet, we
are all born omnivorous, and ... Read more >
Tags: Food & eating
AUSTRIA | Thursday, 9 Aug 2007 | Views [1296]
Andy Sitting on a park in Vienna after a huge thunderstorm during which I
feared for my own life, I find a moment of tranquility and reflection.
Earlier on I had walked down into the
city to have a wander about. As I strolled along ... Read more >
Tags: Adrenaline
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