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  • Vikings (Baltic and Scandinavia) 2025
    • Day 35: Copenhagen
    • Day 34: Fredensborg (Denmark) to Copenhagen (Denmark)
    • Day 33: Roskilde (Denmark) to Fredensborg (Denmark)
    • Day 32: Roskilde loop (Denmark)
    • Day 31: Aarhus (Denmark) to Roskilde (Denmark)
    • Day 30: Viborg (Denmark) to Aarhus (Denmark)
    • Day 29: Aalborg (Denmark) to Viborg (Denmark)
    • Day 28: Skagen (Denmark) to Aalborg (Denmark)
    • Day 27: Kristiansand (Norway) to Skagen (Denmark)
    • Day 26: Arendal (Norway) to Kristiansand (Norway)
    • Day 25: Risor (Norway) to Arendal (Norway)
    • Day 24: Langesund (Norway) to Risor (Norway)
    • Day 23: Sandefjord (Norway) to Langesund (Norway)
    • Day 22: Dafto (Sweden) to Sandefjord (Norway)
    • Day 21: Fiskebacksil (Sweden) to Dafto (Sweden)
    • Day 20: Kloveron (Sweden) to Fiskebacksil (Sweden)
    • Day 19: Kungsbacka (Sweden) to Kloveron (Sweden)
    • Day 18: Falkenburg (Sweden) to Kungsbacka(Sweden)
    • Day 17: Angleholm (Sweden) to Falkenberg (Sweden)
    • Day 16: Lund (Sweden) to Angleholm (Sweden)
    • Day 15: Simishramn (Sweden) to Lund (Sweden)
    • Day 14: Solvesborg (Sweden) to Simishramn (Sweden)
    • Day 13: Karlskrona (Sweden) to Solvesborg (Sweden)
    • Day 12: Katy Rybacky (Poland) to Gdynia (Poland)
    • Day 11: Gdnyia(Poland) to Katy Rybacky (Poland)
    • Day 10: Leba (Poland) to Hel Peninsula (Poland)
    • Day 9: Ustka (Poland) to Leba (Poland)
    • Day 8: Kotobrzeg (Poland) to Ustka (Poland)
    • Day 7: Swinoujscie (Poland) to Kotobrzeg (Poland)
    • Day 6: Stralsund (Germany) to Swinoujscie (Poland)
    • Day 5: Bornholm Island (Denmark) to Straslund (Germany)
    • Day 4: Bornholm Island
    • Day 3: Bornholm Island
    • Day 2: Ystad (Sweden) to Bornholm Island (Denmark)
    • Day 1: Copenhagen (Denmark) to Ystad (Sweden)
    • Prelude
    • The long haul
    • So it begins….
  • Italy, Slovenia, Switzerland, San Marino (2024)
    • Day 35: Pavia back to where it all started in Oleggio.
    • Day 34: Lucca, Milan to Pavia
    • Day 33: Lucca
    • Day 32: Volterra to Lucca
    • Day 31: Elba Island to Volterra
    • Day 30: Elba Island – to the east
    • Day 27: Siena to Populonia
    • Day 26: Anghiari to Siena
    • Day 25: San Marino to Anghiari
    • Day 24: Cesena to San Marino
    • Day 23: Comacchio to Cesena
    • Day 22: Lido to Comacchio
    • Day 21: Palmanova to Lido (Venice)
    • Day 20: Kobarid to Palmanova (Italy)
    • Day 19: Soca Valley
    • Day 18: Ribcev Laz to Kobarid, Slovenia
    • Day 17: Lake Bled to Ribcev Laz (Bohinj)
    • Day 16: Kransjka Gora to Lake Bled
    • Day 15: Rigolato (Italy) to Kranska Gora (Slovenia)
    • Day 28: Populonia to Elba Island
    • Day 14: Brunico to Rigolato (Sappada), Giro d’Italia day
    • Day 29: Elba Island – to the West
    • Day 13: Brunico
    • Day 12: St Michael to Badia Abtei (Dolomites)
    • Day 11: Riva del Garda to St Michael (Bolzano)
    • Day 10: Lake Garda
    • Day 9: Roina to Riva del Garda (Lake Garda)
    • Day 8: Castro to Roina (Lake Garda)
    • Day 7: Lake Iseo
    • Day 6: Chiuso to Castro (Lake Iseo)
    • Day 5: Nesso (Lake Como) to Chiuso (Lake Garlate)
    • Day 4: Porlezza (Lake Lugano) to Nesso (Lake Como)
    • Day 3: Ascona (Lake Maggiore) to Porlezza (Lake Lugano)
    • Day 2: Cannobio to Locarno (Lake Maggiore)
    • Day 1: Oleggio to Cannobio (Lake Maggiore)
    • The Polizia were not on our list of things to see and do.
    • Transit
    • Counting down the sleeps
  • New Zealand (2024/25)
    • Day 13: Wellington, our final day.
    • Day 12: Blenheim to Picton to Wellington
    • Day 11: St Arnaud to Blenheim
    • Day 10: Nelson Lakes National Park
    • Day 9: Motueka to St Arnaud
    • Day 8: Collingwood to Motueka via Abel Tasman National Park
    • Day 7: Cape Farewell reconnaissance
    • Day 6: Whanganui Inlet
    • Day 5: Motupipi to Collingwood
    • Day 5: Motupipi to Collingwood
    • Day 4: Christmas Day
    • Day 3: Nelson to Motupipi
    • Day 2: Nelson – Tasman’s Great Taste Trail
    • Picton to Nelson
    • Day O: Wellington to Picton
    • Aotearoa – long overdue return
  • Four countries loop 2023
    • Tour of London
    • The final curtain
    • Day 26: Lewes to Hampton Court
    • Day 26: Neufchatel-en-Bray to Dieppe to Lewes
    • Day 25: Rouen to Neufchatel-en-Bray
    • Day 24: Honfleur to Rouen
    • Day 23: Bayeaux to Honfleur
    • Day 22: Mont Saint Michel – Bayeaux
    • Day 21: Dinan to Mont St Michel
    • Day 20: St Brieuc to Dinan
    • Day 19: Roscoff to St Brieuc
    • Day 18: Cork to the ferry
    • Day 17: Limerick to Cork
    • Day 16: Tralee to Limerick
    • Day 15: Dingle to Tralee
    • Day 14: Kenmare to Dingle
    • Day 13: Bantry to Kenmare
    • Day 12: Union Hall to Bantry
    • Day 11: Cobh to Union Hall
    • Day 10: Waterford to Cobh
    • Day 9: Arklow to Waterford
    • Day 8: Holyhead to Arklow
    • Day 7: Corwen to Holyhead
    • In the footsteps of Owain and King Arthur
    • Day 5: Aberystwyth to Corwen
    • Day 4: Builth Wells to Aberystwyth
    • Day 3: Monmouth to Builth Wells
    • Day 2: Thames Head to Monmouth
    • Day 1: Benson to Thames Head
    • Benson
    • London Calling
  • Japan (2023)
    • Yatta yo – I did it!
    • Day 14: Oboke to Tokushima
    • Day 13: Iya Valley
    • Day 12: Saijo to Oboke
    • Day 11: Imabari to Saijo via the hinterland
    • Day 10: Seto Inland Sea islands to Imabari
    • Day 9: Tobishima Kaido
    • Day 8: Shimanami Island hopping
    • Day 7 : Doteuchi to Furado
    • Day 6: Uchiko to Doteuchi
    • Day 5: Takase to Uchiko
    • Day 4: Matsubagawa to Takase
    • Day 3: Kōchi to Matsubagawa
    • Day 2: Shishikui to Kōchi
    • Day 1: Wakayama to Shishikui
    • Trains, planes and….bikes
  • Cardiac Journey (2022)
    • Life goes on
    • The final cardiac blog – it is time.
    • No Assholes Policy
    • The burning question ….weeks 3 and 4
    • Drawing strength – week 2
    • Baby steps, one week down.
    • Start me up
    • Three wise men
    • Friday on my mind
    • The telephone – it rang!
    • The Shane Warne effect
    • What the…kale?
    • Waiting by the telephone…
    • Next steps…
    • Time goes by slowly
    • Taking life for granted
  • France & Switzerland 2022
    • What’s in the bag?
    • Itchy feet
    • Finished our blockie
    • Could this be my new number one ride ever?
    • The hills are alive….
    • The three stooges
    • Recovery day, the Yaxley way…..
    • Not so Gruffy
    • Life is like a box of chocolates….
    • Climb climb climb
    • Wow
    • Angels and Demons
    • Bikes and trucks
    • Wet, windy, hilly and long
    • Le Dorat
    • Hot and windy, Aussies and the Irish
    • Ile de re
    • A day to chill, smell sea air and recover
    • Nasty Nantes and other navigational technicalities
    • Day 9: Fontvraud Abbey to Champtoceaux
    • Eleanor
    • Chateauneuf-sur-Loire to Amboise
    • Sancerre to Chateau-sur-Loire
    • Who booked our accomodation up the top of a nasty hill?
    • Beaune to Bourbon Lancy
    • Beaune
    • What a beautiful day to ride in France
    • And so the journey begins…
    • Mother’s Day jaunt
    • De jetlagging
    • New Bike Day
    • It’s about time!
  • Tour of Tasmania (2020)
    • Welcome to summer…..
    • Welcome to summer…..
    • Just a little bit wet…well ok, a lot!
    • Don’t pay the ferryman.
    • 99 hairpin bends
    • Kinky kale and healthy beer?
    • Chilling
    • Out and back
    • Wild, wild (south) west
    • The good, the bad, the ugly
    • South Arm and Opossum Bay
    • Granny Sharron
    • Cat scratch fever
    • Life is a beach
    • Brilliant day to be riding a bike
    • Hanging out on dirt roads.
    • Gnarly
    • No we are not dodgy…
    • Batman – na na nana
    • Never say never.
  • Europe – one tour, eight countries (2019)
    • Final French Fling
    • Basel
    • Eye opener
    • 20 French towns and villages in a day
    • I once was lost…and then found myself…in France..in a dark forest!
    • Mother and son, part 2
    • Mother and son
    • Dream it! Believe it! Achieve it!
    • Back to where we began….
    • I see dead people…..
    • Great touring day
    • Cesky Krumlov
    • Tough but rewarding day on the bike
    • Passau
    • Dirt tracks
    • We got lucky!
    • The drought buster
    • Looking for oompah loompahs
    • Lago Di Misurina
    • Dolomites
    • I’m back!
    • Knock, knock, knocking on the Dolomites doors
    • On the road again
    • Rain, rain go away
    • The path less travelled
    • Weather Gods
    • Wow factors
    • Shades of Tuscany
    • An Adriatic Sunset
    • Ljubljana
    • Do you have a kangaroo in your bag?
    • Three countries, four seasons
    • You can ring my bell
    • May Day
    • Three capital cities, four days riding
    • Esztergom
    • Little Carpathians
    • Peter Sagan, I’ve arrived!
    • Cruising around Vienna
    • Sunshine
    • I changed my mind
    • Blowing in the wind!
    • De jetlagging prelude ride
    • We’ve arrived…to a traditional Czech Easter welcome
    • We only live once….
  • New Zealand (2018-2020)
    • Hairy foot backroads
    • Lazy day
    • Taranaki farewell
    • Papatoetoe
    • Raglan
    • Christmas Eve
    • The Hobbit Hole
    • Earthquake gully
    • Imodium saves the day!
    • Raindrops keep falling on my head…
    • Free Bird
    • Hotter than hell…but in paradise…
    • Melting
    • Cluedo
    • Time to pack my bags
    • Find your grail…….
    • Penultimate eve
    • 9 days down, 2 to go
    • Slow slog of a sloth
    • Spirits have flown
    • Stephen’s wise words of wisdom
    • Tour du Karikari
    • Another day…what can I say? ( hills, headwind….but beautiful vistas)
    • It is by riding a bicycle that you learn the contours of a country….
    • Cyclone Hola vs Sharron (0-1)
    • If you can dream it, you can do it!
    • To live will be an awfully big adventure…..
    • I’m always doing things I can’t do. That’s how I get to do them.
    • Welcomed into Wellington by the police, flashing lights and sirens!
    • The great art of life is sensation, to feel that we exist, even in pain – aka riding in the rain, headwind and dead road!
    • Let’s stick together
    • Go your own way
    • Pure magic, pure class
    • Live the life you imagine!
    • Best foot forward
    • Matamata matters
    • Never trust an old lady who does not cycle when she tells you that is it is a short sharp, climb and then flat!
    • Wont you take me to Funky Town!
    • Duntroon dilly dally
    • Tasmania what did you do!
    • Pump it up
    • Boxing Day
    • Ozzie Rock
    • Land of the long white cloud
  • Giro D’Italia, Switzerland, Italy and Czechia (2018)
    • Teaching the old dog, new tricks!
    • Matterhorn
    • The amazing race
    • Pumped as….Colle Delle Finestre!!!! Yeah baby!!!
    • Iseo
    • Aussies rule!
    • Rest day ride Lake Garda
    • Three Giro climb morning
    • Zoncolon
    • Asolo and Giro
    • I did not get shot!
    • Passo Tre Croci
    • Brrrr….shiver and shake
    • Oompa loompa
    • Tyrolean Tracks
    • Rest day…..?!?
    • A little bit of this, a little bit of that..
    • Last night in Switzerland
    • Figure Eight Invigorate
    • Bamboozled in Basel
    • Winging it
    • Recovery
    • The best laid plans…..
    • Final Czech fling
    • Rest day…burn the witches!
    • Bohemian Rhapsody
    • Majestic castles and forests
    • Czech..mate
    • You can’t do that…..
  • Bordeaux to Barcelona (2017)
    • Montserrat to Barcelona…The End
    • Solsona to Montserrat
    • Coll de Nargo to Solsona
    • Sort to Coll de Nargo
    • Salardu to Sort…oh Spain!
    • Bagneres de Luchon to Salardu
    • Rest day – Superbagneres!
    • St Gaudens to Bagneres de Luchon
    • Marciac to Saint Gaudens
    • Barbotan-les-Thermes to Marciac
    • Villandraut to Barbotan-les-Thermes
    • Here we go again!
    • The day before…
    • Entre-deux-Mers
    • You have got to be joking, right!?!
    • What not to do!
    • Life is like a box of chocolates …
    • Wandering, pondering and hula hooping!
    • Are we there yet?
  • London to Venice (2016)
    • Montervarchi to Florence ( 70 km, 999m) Final day! Boo hoo
    • Post Script Day 2: Chianti – 62 km, 1052m
    • PS: Day 1 Autumn in Tuscany (Florence to San Gimignano – 74 km, 1133m).
    • Finito. Done and dusted and time to celebrate (Vincenza to Mestre- 68 km, 50 m)
    • Farewell to The Alps ( Torbole to Vicenza – 90 km, 1481m)
    • Passo Di Domini Croce ( Breno to Torbole, 96 km 2400m)
    • Blood, sweat and fantastic views – La Prese to Breno (73 km, 1000m)
    • I’ll meet you in Switzerland (Davos to La Prese – 95 km, 2000m)
    • Swiss Alps beckon ( Bregenz to Davos, 123 km, 1500m)
    • Excuse me waiter, can you please tell me what country we are in?(Neuhausen to Bregenz – 109 km, 404m)
    • Rhein riding ( Rheinfelden to Neuhausen, 101 km, 707m)
    • Au revoir France, guten tag Switzerland and Germany ( 118 km, 352m)
    • Cyclists in the mist (Bourbonne-les-bains to Belfort 113 km, 1053m)
    • Cruising in the sun – canals and open road – Dolancourt to Bourbonne-les-Bain (109 km, 985m)
    • French fogs – Provins to Dolancourt (125km, 680 m)
    • Long and slow bimble through Paris. ( Poissy to Provins 124 km, 650m)
    • Where are the coffee shops? ( Gournay en bray to Poissy 110 km, 911m)
    • Farewell England, bonjour France (Newhaven to Gournay en Bray (90 km, 569m)
    • The slow crawl out of London ( 103 km, 1040m)
    • London calling! (Prologue Day 3 – 106 km, 532m)
    • Tour de Goring – day 2 prologue ( 84 km, 617m)
    • Adverse cambers- prologue Day 1 (89 km, 1100m)
    • Prologue – to be or not to be?
  • Calais to the Mediterranean (2015)
  • Lands End to John O’Groats (2013)
    • Getting ready for the long haul: To sleep, or not to sleep
  • Tasmania

New Zealand (2024/25)

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