The 2022 Cycle Touring Festival launches today with a week of free online events. Browse the programme and register at www.cycletouringfestival.co.uk Talks include: Fat biking through Columb... Read more
We spent nine days cycling the length of Shetland with our two young children last summer as part of a five week tour of Scotland. This is Laura’s account of our time at top of the UK... Read more
Nine years ago, Laura and I set out to cycle from the Scilly Isles to the Shetland Islands. Next month, we will finally complete the journey. In 2012, as training for our planned round-the-w... Read more
Riding the Pamir Highway, 22,000 miles of father/son cycling, round-the-world tandem record breakers, adapting any bike for touring, touring in a time of Covid, cycling in Israel/Palestine,... Read more
Starting this Friday, there are 10 days of free online events being held as part of the 2021 Virtual Cycling Touring Festival. Events include: Timmy Mallett – interview with the TV leg... Read more
Last summer, Laura and I spent a month cycling up the Baltic coast towards the Aland Islands: Scandinavia’s answer to the Hebrides. Accompanying us for his first long tour was our son,... Read more
So, the lockdown continues. Another three weeks here in the UK and no doubt more to come. On the plus side, we have at least been allowed more freedom for getting outside and staying active.... Read more
For its sixth year, the Cycle Touring Festival is focussing on the near abroad: bicycle adventures that don’t involve flying. The festival is organised by my wife, Laura. It is the onl... Read more
Meandering down the banks of the Elbe on a sunny May morning, we were surrounded by cyclists of all tribes. Parents and children rode next to old men on novelty bikes. Lycra-clad women flew... Read more
Without doubt, this is the best title I have ever had on my blog. When I read it on the application form for my grant, I knew I had to support it. In fact, it’s such a good title that... Read more
Laura and I are currently on our way to the Baltics and the Aland islands on a cycling trip. You can see our very rough route plan on the map above. Two things are making this trip more inte... Read more
The UK’s only cycle touring festival is returning for its fifth year this May. Started in 2015 by round-the-world cyclist Laura Moss, the Cycle Touring Festival brings together cyclists of a... Read more
