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  • 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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    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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    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)…

  • Adventures Insurance

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    Travelling around the world for a year or more on a bicycle requires some significant travel insurance. Ours has been generously provided by Adventurers Insurance. They provide tailor-made insurance for activities like ours and have offered a 10% discount to any Next Challenge readers looking for insurance on their own expedition or travels. Just click…

  • 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…

  • Crossing the Alps by Bicycle (Video)

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    The Alps felt like our first proper test. We knew we could cycle 50 miles a day several days in a row with a heavy bike but neither of us had ever cycled over a 2,000-metre pass before now. It wasn’t as hard as we thought it might be and not nearly as hard as…

  • Cycling in France

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    Laura Moss
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    We pass through a  succession of tiny villages, each identical to the last. Mass times are displayed on entry to the village and we stop to rest under the trees in the central square, watched over by the mairie. The war memorial displays the red, white and blue: fierce nationalism not often seen in Britain,…

  • EuroVelo 6 in Photos

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    Big Cycle Part 2: Paris to Basel, a set on Flickr. Here’s a collection of photographs taken from our cycle between Paris and Basel, largely along the glorious EuroVelo 6 cycle route. You can browse them on Flickr (which might be easier and/or look nicer) if you click any of the images. We are heading…