Cycling the Camino de Santiago - Day 11 (A battered body)
My body is breaking beneath me, piece by piece. Every day there is a new ailment. So far, I have eight - both ankles, both knees, my ass,...
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Cycling the Camino de Santiago - Day 10 (Dealing with loneliness and monotony)
Today I caught myself cycling down a secluded road singing a Rihanna song at the top of my lungs. In my defence, there was nobody around...
Cycling the Camino de Santiago - Day Nine (Resting in Burgos)
Many moons ago, when I was organising this little adventure, I set aside a whole day to see the sights in the city of Burgos. Best....
Cycling the Camino de Santiago - Day Eight (Falling off my bike between Belorado and Burgos)
Today I sincerely asked a woman if I could buy a sandwich with ham and strawberries in it. She looked at me as if I had two heads....
Cycling the Camino de Santiago - Day Seven (From the miracle chickens of Santo Domingo to a well-des
I am happy to inform you that today was a great day! For the first time in about three days my ankle was pain free when I woke up. This...
Cycling the Camino de Santiago - Day Six (My first meltdown)
Not a week into the Camino and I experienced my first meltdown. It took place, as a lot of meltdowns do, in a public area - the train...
Cycling the Camino de Santiago - Day Five (Exploring Logrono)
In the last few days I've walked and cycled 175km from Saint Jean Pied de Port in France to Logrono in Spain... which means today is a...
Cycling the Camino de Santiago - Day Four (A wine-fuelled trip to Logrono)
After a poor start to the day, filled with stretches, popping leg tendons and worry, Day Four of my Camino journey was actually...
Cycling the Camino de Santiago - Day Three (Dragging my body to Estella)
Today was the first time I genuinely considered quitting. I'm quite ashamed to write that, considering it's only Day Three, but it's the...
Cycling the Camino de Santiago - Day Two (The road to Pamplona)
This morning I woke to an empty room. Out of 14 pilgrims, all sharing the one large dorm, I was the very, very last one to get up. The...
Cycling the Camino de Santiago - Day One (and Day Minus One) at St Jean Pied de Port
Today began another awesome adventure - I started cycling the Camino de Santiago. Well. I say cycling, and yet I spent Day One mostly...
Why I'm quitting my job to travel the world
I lived in Scotland for a year, I spent three weeks bouncing around Europe, I visited Morocco, Mexico, Turkey, Vietnam... the list goes on.
Saddling up for a Vietnam adventure
Exhausted and alone, a well-worn mountain bike between my legs, I stood marvelling at the vastness of the Vietnamese countryside.
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Jumbo-sized fun in Nantes, France
While Nantes itself is a vibrant hub of creativity and culture, as proven by the plethora of free-to-enter tourist attractions and seemingly
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