Somewhere over the Rainbow
NZ has recently provided the most monumental changes to our journey. Continued rendezvous with friends and family, back in the unique Kiwi bosom of an English speaking country, unexpected bouts […]
NZ: Fully Loaded
If following natural disasters was a hobby then we’d be well inducted to the VIP lounge. ‘4 (extreme) seasons in one day’ topped off by an earthquake has welcomed us […]
Travellers, tales & Tokyo
If harvesting stories was a past time then travelling by bike would be your compost! Our last few weeks of Japan continued to burst with mind boggling nature, from exploding mountains and […]
Nature: Unruly & Unrivalled
11th March 2011 is a day that scars the soul of Japan. An 9.0 earthquake hit their Eastern sea board generating a 25m Tsunami. Sanriku Coast felt the brunt. ‘Ria bay‘ […]
Typhoon Sandwich
When she’s fair she’s sunny and sweet but when she’s wet she’s WILD! Hokkaido has had us soaked from the knickers up over the last month. Riding out 3 hurricanes […]
Japan: Eastern Perfectionism
After a surreal last 10 days in Szechuan it was a comfort to flow into the next chapter of our journey. Filled with memories of Pascale and the Himalayas, (and […]
8 legs good, 4 Legs bad!
We’ve mentioned before the unknowns of travelling by bike and the parallels it has with our lives. None of us can imagine or predict what lies around the corner. This […]
Changing China: Dali to Disney
McDonalds restaurants snuggled amidst ancient towns. Olympic Park-esque high rise construction orbiting even the remotest conurbation. Hello Kitty and anglophilic electric scooters whizzing by. Breathtaking mountain vistas. Unexpected stories. Kind […]
Broken spokes & mountain folk
You’ve got to be a good portion of bat s**t crazy to travel the world by bike. Imagine a spin class. The instructor hasn’t been laid in over a year, […]
Say Halong & wave goodbye
SE Asia has been a leg of stops and starts. Broken laptops, scorching heatwaves and gigantic Delta crossings have had us at the mercy of long breaks and multiple vessels […]
Coasts, Caves & Heatwaves
Travelling is truly the gift that keeps on giving. You think you’ve seen it all and your goosebumps hackle in awe at the football stadium sized caves of Phong Nha. […]
9 Dragons. 2 Hammocks. 1 Delta.
‘Lets see what treasures the tide’s washed up’, a whimsical summer refrain as parents and children bumble along a sunny beach. Every shell, rounded pebble and softened piece of glass becomes […]
Sore bums in the Cardamoms
If you like things long, hot, sweaty, fully loaded and preferably straight, then Cambodia is your place. Such roads we’ve graced in the South East have been a superb dose […]
Mekong Magic & Khmer Kings
What will the relics and ruins of our world be in a thousand years? As humanity drifts towards mega conurbations perhaps it will be the mosaic of mystical roundabouts in […]
Zip Lines & Crazy Climes
It’s time to get British, arm yourself with a brolly and lets talk about the weather. The bombastic winter storms haven’t only been battering the UK. We’ve hit sub zero one […]
Shedding weight & Sharing love
Christmas is a time for having it all, then having some more just because it’s there and finally coming out the other end aglow (and slightly swollen) with the excesses […]
Donkey & Horse, Thai Style!
Grace Jones is a slave to it and Gloria Estefan was damn sure we’d all get caught by it but no matter what your 80’s diva preference, life has a […]
Travels Turning Tables
We started this Indian chapter with our preconceptions thrown fiercely out of the window and she has kept giving to the very last drop. I’ve strapped myself to the porcelain […]
Adieu Himalayas: Cash out in Kashmir
The Himalayas. A chain of mountains. The meeting point of the highest peaks on earth. The snow-capped hat of India and the wondrous soul of Nepal. A single name is […]
Cráic in Ladakh
There’s a nipple on your forehead. It’s swollen and ready to burst. You’ve tried creams, ointments and deep-sea salt scrub and nothing’s shifting this whopper. You’re not surprised that people […]
High on Himachal
It was a year ago to the day we cycled off from our flat in London and what a 12 months it’s been. Babies have arrived, loved ones passed, new […]
A Himalayan Fairytale
Once upon a time in a land far far away cycled a princess named Briany. She enjoyed wearing lycra, always had way too much butter on her potatoes and sported […]
Moving on in Nepal
How do we learn life’s lessons? Play is the catalyst in childhood. The hormonal tsunami of our teens makes us stretch and stumble into territories unknown. When adulthood arrives the […]
Pre-quake Nepal
Unfortunately Brian is still a man down so with a little time on my hands, and to lighten the mood, I thought I’d post the blog I’d written on route […]
Update from Nepal quake
The last few days have been unimaginable. We’re writing from the relative safety of a hotel room in Kathmandu. There’s still no water or electricity across the majority of the […]
Nepal Earthquake
We wanted to let people know we’re in Bhaktapur, 10km from Kathmandu, and safe. Half the city has been flattened and the dead are still being found. The tremors have […]
Heave Ho Himalayas
India, like a swingers party on Sesame Street, is a place of many colours. Just when you think you’ve seen behind the clock face, you’re hit between the eyes with […]
And, relax…..
Expectations can sometimes set us up for a fall. Valentines day will pass flowerless and chocolate free, the washing up will still be growing a week on and that take […]
Rats, Knuckles & King Coconut
From the title of this blog you could be mistaken for thinking we’ve spent the last few weeks hauled up in a prison drama: Soap bars are dropped and Big […]
Hidden Gems
Picture a wildlife documentary crew: stealthy, covert preparation, patient months waiting for that one shot and a cocoon of silence to woo natures magnificence. Now picture a murky lake, Brians […]
Bring on Ceylon
Brian and I like to eat. We like to eat as much as much as we like to cycle and in rythm with our bike inner tubes our own spare […]
then there were 2
January brings with her the obligatory annual questions: Why did I eat all those pies, was it really a good idea to remain drunk for the whole of December, who […]
Transit woes & happy hellos
‘If you can keep your head when all about are loosing theirs and blaming it on you….’ A line from ‘If’ by Rudyard Kipling Mr Kipling wrote the above as […]
Cappadocian magic
Topless cycling on the sunny coast of Cyprus to 2 ft of snow in the Tauras Mountains 5 days post. Suffice to say our testicles retreated so far they could […]
Island of two halves
What a bumper crop awaited us in Cyprus. Wild donkies, deserted beaches, snow capped mountains and a back hander from Benji that my hair cut is turning me into Ann […]
Kerrygold & foetal positions
The chilly fairy wand of frost has recently bought us both delights and foetal positions, all will be explained, in equal measure. By far the most wonderful bonus was having […]
Freezing nights & bikini climbs
Hiking sandals. Waterproof socks. Zip off shorts. Sweat bands. If you ‘ve managed to keep your gag reflex in check and your lunch down after reading that list then prepare […]
A nice cup of tea
Let me take you on a journey. Set your mind free and fire up that imagination; You’re on an object with two wheels. It has the aerodynamic proportions of a […]
Keeping it wild
The call of the wild has been reigning strong in our hearts since the last post! (Partly because we’ve recently read John Wyndhams appropriately named classic, if you haven’t – […]
Farewell mountains. Hello sea
Since landing on the Hook of Holland and the European main land at the start of July, we’re coming to you again with the sea air filling our lungs. The […]
Barking in Bulgaria
We decided to head to Bulgaria since we last left you. The call and isolation of the mountains was too great and we’ll absolutely be heading back to Romania some […]
A Becky delight
We last wrote just before meeting Becky in Sighisoara (SH) and what a sight she must of had when we rocked up. It was 35 degrees plus on the day we […]
Romania: A winner
Everywhere you go always take the weather you, and true to the poetic words of Crowded House we bought the thunderstorms straight into Hungary! We’ve worked out that moral is […]
Iron Curtain Hot pork
Pork is a dish that is definitely served best hot, though warming it up in a panier on your bike for the day pre noshing is not advised…to be continued […]
Czech Please!
So we’ve made it to the Czech Rep and have been enjoing a double day off. We spent 6 long days in the saddle racking up the miles across the […]
Germany: Snickers & Storms
If you’ve ever wondered, due to lack of access to running water, whether it would be a good idea to use wet wipes as a method of washing up….don’t do […]
The Adventures of Donkey & Horse 