Blog posts – JKB's Bike Ride

Australia Part 5: End of The Outback and into The Flinders (Marree to Adelaide 09/12/16-19/12/16)

Feb 13, 2017

The road south of Marree was the same old: an unsealed dirt road through flat boring desert. There were still no trees for shade and the sun was as menacing as ever. There were still long stretches between signs of human life but I knew the mountains weren’t far off now… That evening I saw … More Australia Part 5: End of The Outback and into The Flinders (Marree to Adelaide 09/12/16-19/12/16)

Copenhagen to Berlin: Into the forests (10/02/15-08/03/15)

Mar 12, 2015

I was only planning on staying in Denmark for about a week, but instead I ended up staying for over two. I did a lot of doing nothing, but I still squeezed in a bike ride to my grandparent’s summer house in North Zealand and sorted out many of the last bits and bobs for … More Copenhagen to Berlin: Into the forests (10/02/15-08/03/15)

London to Holland: A crash course in cycle touring (16/01/15-30/01/15)

Feb 23, 2015

One month ago I’d never cycled further than about 15km in one session. I’m typing this sat in Copenhagen, having pedalled over 1,500km to get here. My crash course ‘warm up’ in cycle touring has taken me from my Dad’s house in SW London over to France, up Belgium, Holland and Germany, all the way … More London to Holland: A crash course in cycle touring (16/01/15-30/01/15)