The Next Challenge

Author: Tim Moss

  • What have you done while I’ve cycled the world?

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    The story below is ironic/self-parodying/not serious! I hoped that was clear but some of the comments suggested otherwise so I have added this introduction. The purpose of the piece was to pillory the self-satisfied tone that “adventurers” occasionally adopt (I’m living the dream while you’re wasting your life) and highlight the evident flaws of taking…

  • We are in the running for a €3,000 award

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    In addition to maintaining this website, whilst we have been cycling across Europe and now Asia, we have kept a blog for the outdoor equipment company Light My Fire. Back in January, Laura and I were shortlisted for the Light My Fire Adventurer of the Year award. This means we have a lifetime supply of…

  • Photos of Turkey (the country, not the festive meat)

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    Big Cycle Part 10: Turkey #2, a set on Flickr. We have been holed up in a small hostel near the Black Sea in Georgia for Christmas, with the huge mass of Turkey finally behind us. It took us 50 days to cross the country by bicycle. We had visitors from home in Istanbul, a…

  • Statistics from cycling across Europe

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      Total distance cycled: 2748.4 miles (4,423.1km)   Daily average (whole trip): 29.8 miles (47.9km) Daily average (when cycling): 39.8 miles (64.0km) “Whole trip” includes rest days.   Countries visited: 10   Number of days: 92 of which cycling: 69 of which resting: 23   Nights camping: 52 of which wild camping: 42 of which campsites:…

  • I hate mornings (but not for the reason you’re thinking)

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    There’s no hiding from it. I was getting antsy. It had gone midday and we hadn’t even left the house. I hate the faff in the mornings. I hate that it takes us 90 minutes at best to get from sleeping bag to saddle and three hours nearly kills me. When I cycled alone through…

  • What electronics we’re carrying on our ride

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    This is an article for anyone who is planning a cycle tour and/or a geek. As you will either know or be able to tell by the end of this article, I very much enjoy expeditions and cycle tours in particular, I am fairly obsessed by kit and I was a reasonably nerdy teenager. As…

  • Berghaus Everyday Adventurers

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    We have a number of equipment sponsors for this trip (and sponsored insurance), one of whom is Berghaus. They’ve kindly given us waterproofs and other clothing for the trip. They have also featured us as “Everyday Adventurers” – a series in which they promote “ordinary people” doing interesting things. This was particularly fitting since I…

  • Quit job, cycle to Asia – Latest video

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    You can watch our latest video here – a very short montage of clips from the ride so far from London to Istanbul. We’ve entered the film into a small competition run by the company that makes the software we use to compose the videos (it’s called Magisto). The prize for winning is a video…

  • The People You Meet When Cycling Around the World

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    Roads around the world are, for the most part, pretty similar. Traffic lights and signage are quite consistent. Up-hills much the same and down-hills too. What does make for a nice variety and keep our days interesting is all of the people that we meet. The Orthodox monk who gave us bread and fish; cheery…

  • Autumn Photographs of Greece

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      Below is a selection of Laura’s photographs from our cycle ride across northern Greece, through Edessa, Thessaloniki and Alexandroupolis… [divide] Autumn welcomed us in the Greek mountains. Deserted beaches with showers made for wonderful campsites. My (Tım’s) brother Robın visited us in Thessaloniki. The city was filled with armed riot police ahead of a…

  • A Night with an Orthodox Monk

    A Night with an Orthodox Monk

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    Let me this morning share with you a story about a monk, two ice creams and some fish. [divide] The evening was warm and the roads wide. A pregnant sun hung low in the sky. The morning’s mountain ascent – autumnal forests, bear warnings, vacant ski resorts – had been followed by an afternoon’s free…

  • Video of Cycling Across the Balkans

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    We’ve spent close to a month pedalling across the Balkans through Croatia, Montenegro and Albania, with brief forays into Bosnia & Herzegovina and Macedonia. It’s been a blast and we were sad to leave. Here is a short video from our time there: (You can watch it on YouTube here) [divide] Round-the-World Cycling Videos We…