Tag: Cycle touring

Iceland Part 1: Blinded by The Northern Lights (Reykjavik to Stadarskali 13/10/17-28/10/17)

Nov 26, 2017

I arrived bleary eyed at Iceland’s Keflavik airport at 4.30am, having picked the word’s most inconvinient flight time. The airport had a fancy ‘bike box’ in the car park (a dedicated space for bicycle assembly) where I hopped to get a little shut eye. I’d managed a grand total of 20 minutes sleep on the … More Iceland Part 1: Blinded by The Northern Lights (Reykjavik to Stadarskali 13/10/17-28/10/17)

Canada: Autumn Scenes in Nova Scotia (Yarmouth to Halifax 06/10/17-12/10/17)

Nov 2, 2017

My geography of the world is great in the places I have cycled, in other areas it is quite appalling. While I was working in Australia earlier this year I spent a good while staring at the map of North America wondering where I should ride when I got back on the bike. I was … More Canada: Autumn Scenes in Nova Scotia (Yarmouth to Halifax 06/10/17-12/10/17)

USA Part 8: Build The Wall! (Washington DC to Portland, ME 17/09/17-06/10/17)

Oct 26, 2017

I felt very chuffed having reached Washington DC. I hadn’t quite cycled my bike to the water but it was as good as my coast-to-coast complete.                   I had no plans to visit the capital until very recently but I’m glad I made it here. DC is … More USA Part 8: Build The Wall! (Washington DC to Portland, ME 17/09/17-06/10/17)

USA Part 7: The Hillbily’s Hills (St Louis MO to Washington DC 30/08/17-16/09/17)

Oct 12, 2017

I got off the Greyhound bus in Missouri and rubbed my eyes. It had been another long ride through the endless plains of Illinois, coming down from Chicago. I sat on my pack outside the St Louis bus station and watched an Amish family exit a mini van. The father of this family had a … More USA Part 7: The Hillbily’s Hills (St Louis MO to Washington DC 30/08/17-16/09/17)

USA Part 6: You say Vacation, I say Holiday (Chicago, New England & New York 12/08/17-28/08/17)

Oct 4, 2017

After a month on the road with Lea it was time for a little holiday. Our dad & brother would be visiting our aunt in New England and we wanted to get involved on a little US ‘vacation’. I left my bike in St Louis but we boxed up Lea’s and hopped onto the morning … More USA Part 6: You say Vacation, I say Holiday (Chicago, New England & New York 12/08/17-28/08/17)

USA Part 5: The Great Big Boring Plains (Ordway CO to St Louis MO 27/07-11/08/17)

Sep 30, 2017

I felt sorry for Kansas. Prior to my arrival into the state, I had not heard a single nice thing about the place. Boring, backwards, uninspiring were among the most frequent adjectives people used to describe the state, both the landscape and its people.                 We’d had a … More USA Part 5: The Great Big Boring Plains (Ordway CO to St Louis MO 27/07-11/08/17)

USA Part 4: Company in Colorado (Moab UT to Eads Co 10/07/17-26/07/17)

Sep 9, 2017

There was one last famous rock display to squeeze in before leaving Utah. On my day off in Moab I cycled over to Arches National Park to admire the surreal formations with the swarms of other sweaty tourists. As you may already have guessed, there were a lot of Arches to snap that day… I … More USA Part 4: Company in Colorado (Moab UT to Eads Co 10/07/17-26/07/17)

USA Part 3: Utah, You Rock! (St. George UT to Moab UT 27/06/17-09/07/17)

Aug 26, 2017

There is no shortage of things to see in Utah and I squeezed in as much as I could crossing the state. The Brian Head wildfire was raging east of Cedar City and so headed further south. The road I wanted to cycle was closed and anything else around there would have been an unpleasant … More USA Part 3: Utah, You Rock! (St. George UT to Moab UT 27/06/17-09/07/17)

USA Part 2: Nevada’s Alien Obsession (Benton CA to St George UT 21/06/17-27/06/17)

Jul 27, 2017

It was time for the desert once again. Nevada’s Great Basin would be the fourth desert crossing of my tour and I was ready for some empty miles…       I crossed the state border early in the morning but already it was hot. It was hard to believe that just a few days … More USA Part 2: Nevada’s Alien Obsession (Benton CA to St George UT 21/06/17-27/06/17)

USA Part 1: High on Life in California (San Francisco CA to Benton CA 09/06/17-20/06/17)

Jul 14, 2017

You’d have thought that after so long moving between time zones that I’d have got my head around the world’s moving clocks. I got the plane from New Zealand the morning of the 9th, travelled for 24 hours and arrived in America on the morning of the 9th. A lot happened in that ‘non-existent’ day… … More USA Part 1: High on Life in California (San Francisco CA to Benton CA 09/06/17-20/06/17)