Tornavento – a soft landing after a long journey (25 May – Day 1)
Elizabeth Having flown for something like 32 of 34 hours I arrived finally at Malpensa Airport on the outskirts of Milan with nothing but my carry -on – fortunately, having expected…
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An Unexpected Day of Rest and an Unexpected Day of Climbing
(Days 4 & 5 – Wednesday 22 April & Thursday 23 April: Nundle to Tamworth) I woke in Nundle to the sound of car tyres on wet pavement. I was…
Riding in the rain 100 metres at a time – Day 2 (Monday 20 April)
Last night I feared I maybe really couldn’t do this. Well, couldn’t do the wild camping – that particularly worried me. But here I am. Not wild camping as in…
A Timely Reminder from Unclipped
I’ve been following Tegan Philips’ adventure on Unclipped since the begin … such a great and simple blog. Today, this reminder – I’ve been feeling a little stressed about my…
Let My Traveller’s Year Begin
I feel like I’ve mentally turned toward the trip and that it is now front and centre in my mind. This morning I was catching up on some emails and…
I Think I Need a Backcountry Bed
Yesterday I looked at a recommended sleeping bag – recommended by the authors of the Bike Touring Survival Guide. It’s called a Backcountry Bed by Sierra Designs and is amazing…
My Big Ideas About Bicycling and the Cities We Ride In
Forget about the damned motor car and build cities for lovers and friends – Lewis Mumford In January 2011 I gave this 15-minute presentation to the Australian Cycling Conference in…
No 22: Delwood Beach – 11 March 2012
I’ve been a bad blogger. Our visit to Delwood Beach not only seems ages ago but was, in fact, ages ago. The couple whose engagement party we attended in Manly…
No 21: Dee Why Beach — 5 February 2012
A more-or-less perfect beach day was predicted for Sunday: mostly sunny and 28 degrees. Although I was spending Thursday and Friday in Canberra at a bicycle tourism conference I put…
BBQ Brekky, Bowls & Cricket – Not a Beach: 30 October 2011
It began inauspiciously but developed into a nearly perfect Sydney Spring Sunday. Rain was falling at the appointed hour of departure but in the nature of plans made for Sunday…