There is a mountain in my head that I constructed sometime ago to frame my philosophy on life. I created it when I wanted to explain to a like-minded friend about how I was feeling after an extended period of travel. There are two parallel worlds that are separated by a mountain. One world is a […]
I arrived by overnight ferry into the Hook of Holland, around 30km from the centre of Rotterdam. I followed the course of the Rhine passing through Dordrecht, Gorinchem, Zaltbommel, Beneden Leeuwen, Nijmegen (amongst others) and finally the border town of Millingen Aan de Rjin. Below is a collection of my photos from that part of […]
Paul is a very nice man. There are many like him. You just need to find them. I had never met Paul before. He invited me to stay in his apartment. Paul fed me, let me use his washing machine, his shower and a spare bed. In return he got my company and lasting gratitude. […]
A snap shot of the journey from Watford to Harwich by bicycle, the first week of my grand cycling plans.
I managed to leave on the day I had set a month previously, although just an arbitrary date it provided a focus to getting out of the front door. Part of the reason I waited so long in telling close friends and family what I was planning on doing was so the background noise it […]
I don’t (really) believe in fate but sometimes life has a funny way of reminding you of exactly where you are. I’ve been out on the bike with all the gear on a fair bit recently, replicating what I will do when I leave, to quieten the demons in my mind that say ‘your body […]
I can summarise what I’m about to embark on in a brief paragraph which bodes well for focusing on the objective, the explanation of why will take considerably longer! I am going to cycle from my front door in Watford to Spain, via The Netherlands, Germany and France, where I will base myself for a month or […]