Well that was a proper Riding the Long Way Home day. It was physically tough enough to leave me knackered and mentally tough enough to...

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...

My day 5 legs have arrived exactly on schedule. It's like I ordered them on Amazon Prime yesterday, got them out of the box and put them...

What the cycling God's can give with one hand they can take away with the other. After yesterday's excellent recovery ride, today was a...

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...

For each of my previous Long Way Home rides the first hour or so has been super stressful, making my way out of Milan, Hamburg and...

For quite a few weeks I have been trying to feel as excited about this year’s year Long Way Home ride as the previous ones, but I’ve failed.

I have always preferred to take my longest holiday of the year over Christmas and over the past 20 years have only twice taken more than...

It's amazing how little public approval it takes for a person (me) to start daydreaming about a different life. I mean I have been...

It's almost December and the internet and social media are already full of training plans and motivational advice for completing the...

Over the weekend I went for a run with a good friend James over some hilly and boggy moorland in Cornwall. It was my first run for over...

I could present you with a carefully curated version of events in my blog. I could miss out all of the fuck up’s and give you an edited...

My first impressions after one month and 1500km with the Meteor Works Aesir

Photo courtesy of Northumberlense. Let's start with the numbers; Distance ridden: 800.5km! Meters climbed: 11,172 So somewhere we lost...

Yesterday before we had even finished the fantastic Tissington Trail I had already begun to feel the pang of regret that the adventure...

It's pretty clear to me now that the reason Komoot has the Pennine Cycle Way as the toughest in the UK is because of the unrelenting...

I have written a few times on this blog about long distance rides having both a mental and physical challenge. This is especially true of...

Today was supposed to be an easier day. Only half the distance of the previous four at just 50km. But it definitely didn’t feel like a...