Category: Tim’s Adventures
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Photos of Turkey (the country, not the festive meat)
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…
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Statistics from cycling across Europe
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:…
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I hate mornings (but not for the reason you’re thinking)
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…
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What electronics we’re carrying on our ride
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…
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Berghaus Everyday Adventurers
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…
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How much does it cost to cycle across Europe?
We are often asked on this trip how much it costs to cycle around the world. Are we really rich? Is a company paying for us? How can we afford to leave our jobs and set off on what is essentially a glorified holiday for a whole year or more? We are only a few…
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Quit job, cycle to Asia – Latest video
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…
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The People You Meet When Cycling Around the World
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…
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My favourite part of cycling across Europe? Lidl.
It is with a heavy heart that I write this blog post. A few days ago, Tim and I said goodbye to a dear friend who has been a regular companion on this trip. After one final lunch together, we pedalled away towards the Turkish border, knowing it would be several months before we saw…
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Autumn Photographs of Greece
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…
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A Night with an Orthodox Monk
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…