It seems fitting that on the final day of this year's Riding the Long Way Home trip that it ended up being a mix of cycling and a train...

Well, apart from the shock to the system of the 6:30am start, the crappy road services again and reacquainting myself with hills, that...

You know things must be improving when I want to complain about coffee. I was going to start today's blog with a small rant about coffee...

Well, there you go. The longest ride of the trip so far, almost all on dedicated bike paths moving from Germany to the Netherlands. An...

While not exactly a cliffhanger, when I posted my blog last night I was still on the train heading towards Frankfurt hoping not to be...

WhatsApp conversation this morning. Me: This is not turning out to be the trip I planned. My mate Ieaun: Why don’t you just tell people...

"If it wasn't for bad luck wouldn't have no luck at all" Albert King Do you ever have the feeling that you are cursed? I’m starting to...

Tomorrow I’m expecting a plague of locusts or frogs, as the gods of cycling continue to punish me for some unknown crime. Today I may as...

Arriving in Passau and crossing the border in Germany has reminded me of the funniest thing I ever heard a German say (surprisingly they...

In the language that brought us 'schadenfreude', inevitably there must be a word in German for that feeling you have when you think you...

It's been a while eh? After what seems like years, I'm finally off on another solo long ride home. This will be my longest. If everything...

I started day 12 of my ride sitting in the sun in the market square in Salisbury sipping coffee and watching the world go by. This is a...

Throughout this trip I've been staying in a combination of Premier Inn hotels, Airbnb's and with some friends. Last nights Airbnb,...

Today was a game of two halves: a morning spent with a new friend and the first solo kilometres of the trip this afternoon. First things...

I'm not sure how many readers of this blog are familiar with the concept of there being different types of fun, but it goes something...

I think there is a special sense of accomplishment when you complete something you were convinced that you couldn't do. By lunchtime...

Well this makes me excited all over again. I met with Aleda Fitzpatrick of Rapha Cycle Club today by chance at the Clubhouse in soho. I...