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Category: Tim’s Adventures

  • Anatomy of a wet weather cyclist

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    As winter descends on the northern hemisphere, regular cyclists begin the annual search for the perfect glove, overshoe or waterproof to help insulate them from the elements. Cycling in the wind and rain can be miserable, but the right gear can make all the difference. For this cycle trip, we drew on our years of…

  • Go Away and Leave Me Alone (or, Miserabilis Buggeritis)

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    We were hit with some huge storms in the Balkans. In places with less-than-perfect roads, this meant pushing our bikes through deep puddles of mud. On one memorable occasion, I (Laura) lost my patience with picking my way carefully and instead stomped across a muddy patch, only to find myself ankle-deep in a swamp. After…

  • 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…

  • Albania Photos

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    Albania has probably been our favourite country so far. Lovely people, lovely scenery and very different from its neighbours and the rest of Europe. Below are a few photos from our cycle across the country. You can view the full set on Flickr. [divide]  Wheeling through a flooded dirt track Beautiful lake views in the…

  • Where Yes Means No: Albania

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    Croatia left us with a final flourish in the form of Marko. Dubrovnik had unleashed a series of hills on our weary legs that day and as the sun lowered, the road rose away from us, never ending in its winding ascent. We knew it was close but I’m not sure what first gave it…

  • Photographs from the Croatian Coast

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    Here are the latest set of pictures from our cycle down the beautiful Croatian coastline. I’ve copied a few of them below (but it’s possibly the most frustrating experience in the world trying to embed Flickr sets into WordPress using an Android tablet) so head to Flickr to see the rest. [divide] Photo Blogs This…

  • Random Italia

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    Laura Moss
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    The definition of ‘literally’ was recently amended so that it can now be accurately used to mean metaphorically: a change which provoked the wrath of my more pedantic Facebook friends. Status updates from the Outraged of Facebook declared that they were hopping mad, or seeing red, or speechless in disbelief (literally). A word whose definition…

  • If Cycling Around The World Is So Good Then How Come I Just Want To Watch DVDs?

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    Tim Moss
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    A big cycling trip is something of which I, and we, have dreamed for many years. Ever since spending three weeks pedalling through Scandinavia alone in 2009, before that listening to Alastair Humphreys talk about his four years of bike-based wanderings after work at the RGS, and even in the middle of our last big…

  • Update From Croatia (What Do You Want Me To Say?)

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    We are now on the Croatian island of Hvar, a little way off the coast from Split. We have taken a few days rest in a small apartment as a belated birthday treat. Last time we wrote properly we were in Italy and, even then, I used the opportunity to illustrate that days on the…

  • Photos from Cycling Across Italy

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    Big Cycle Part 4: Italy, a set on Flickr. Here are our pictures from our ride through northern Italy – Milan, Verona, Venice. [divide] Photo Blogs This photo blog is part of a series from our round-the-world bike trip. Here’s the rest of the series: [one_half] 1. Palace to Palace Photos (Hampton Court to Versaille)…

  • Another Week’s Cycling

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    Venezia! Another week on the road, evaporated into thin air. Another five mornings packing away a dew ridden tent and inhaling entire packets of breakfast cereal. Another 400km consumed through the hard slog of bumpy roads, inclines and sugar lows, or swallowed easily with a tailwind and primed muscles. Another puncture, this time a fat…

  • Sit back and spin

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    Laura Moss
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    “It’ll be easy”, he said. “They manage the gradients over there. You just have to sit back and spin your feet round”. These were the wise words from our friend Dave, who had previously cycled through the Alps on a road bike, ‘credit card touring’. He persuaded us that we would be fine on our…