Panniers What’s in all those packs? I have been asked this so many times and I did intend to do a breakdown of our equipment list from the beginning of the trip…but I didn’t. So, here is the full-ish list. Firstly, we are using Ortlieb Panniers. They have seen 13 countries, rough and smooth conditions, …
Lookout
$$$ the moment/experience, not the room itself A number of people have asked how we manage to travel for such a long period of time. We are on long service leave. In Australia, once you have worked 7 years within the same job you are able to take 10 weeks holiday on full pay. We …
Moving on from Burgos Negative temperatures and morning showers awakens every element of your being, like the blissful melodies of a three month old with a tummy ache. It’s 8am and nowhere is open to grab a quick breakfast. Luckily we know of an important landmark where many, many, many, cafe’s reside and early starters …
Inland we go. Burgos is a city with many sides. My initial introduction to the city was that the city was quite sterile and modern. The apartment blocks looked like newly constructed student accommodation, not that there is anything wrong with that, it is simply my first thoughts. Cycling past this newly constructed facade toward …
South to France – Dunkirk Skies are blue-ish. Wind has eased-ish. Time to take advantage of the conditions and hit the road south. The channel from The Netherlands to The Netherlands (Vlissingen to Bresken) has a major shipping port in-between. I mean, I’m fairly sure at any one time you can see around 20 ships …
Cycling south from Keukenhof towards The Hague. “Towards the south, and towards the warmth,” we cry. Our enthusiasm to straddle our steel horses is renewed. Courses are plotted with Mapout, some coastal, some parklands. Our journey begins within the pastural lands of Keukenhof. A kaleidoscope of coloured fields blind our eyes as we push on, …
A better way – for Cycling This is the land of the bicycle. They have embraced the most efficient machine known to mankind and laid infrastructure for all bicycles, cars, trucks and pedestrians in order to coexist in a utopian, harmonious, existence. Imagine, bicycle-only highways running parallel to the vehicular highways. Footpaths that include both …
Cairns International Airport – lonely Saturday afternoon finds us sitting in the departure lounge of the Cairns International Airport. The only flight out of town today is ours. There are 23 hours ahead of us, flying a tin can, designed with surgical precision, bolted together by Bob and his mates. I’m soooo looking forward to …
