Cycling the World
The alarm was far earlier than I wanted but probably as early as was needed. I packed up after another cold night and hit the road. Consulting the tracker I noticed that Laurence had stopped for the night only 1km further up the road than me and I seemingly passed him before he'd woken up.... Continue Reading →
I got an email from work reminding me that I had a lot of holiday outstanding and to put forward some Annual Leave dates to reduce the balance so that I wasn't left taking it all in December. At the same time I realised that I was under trained for the Pan Celtic Race due... Continue Reading →
It all started with an email from a colleague, Dan, just before Christmas. It was a GPX file for a route from Llandudno down to the office in Cardiff spread over 3 days. This was all very new to me, routes were done for me, the plan was in place. All I had to do... Continue Reading →
I have 2 brothers. One lives in Amsterdam (Joe) and one has their Birthday on the 4th of March (Zac). Therefore, the only logical conclusion was to get Zac flights to visit Joe in Amsterdam for his Birthday for Christmas. Whilst looking at flights for myself, I realised that they were actually quite expensive from... Continue Reading →
A couple of months have passed since returning to home soil and I thought I’d provide a bit of an update. Having spent my 2 weeks in self isolation quarantine only leaving my room for my 1 daily allocation of exercise, I was thrilled to be allowed to expand to the rest of the house... Continue Reading →
Having left the War Museum I finished off my tour of Ho Chi Minh and made my way back to the hostel. I found an incredible western vegan restaurant with some real home food comforts. Top of the list was Apple crumble and custard. It is something that I hadn’t had in a long time.... Continue Reading →
Today is my 25th Birthday. What they say is definitely true, they do get slightly less exciting each year. However, it is always a great feeling waking up and having cake for breakfast! I was awoken by a phone call where one of the key messages was 'look on the bright side, hiring cars in... Continue Reading →
Which way are you cycling round? East, starting in London and hopefully ending up back there. Which parts are you going to? Starting going round Europe, heading to Central and South East Asia, Australia, New Zealand, Japan and then North America. Where are you sleeping? A mixture between tents, hostels and couch surfing. Maybe a... Continue Reading →
There are many phrases which my dad uses but the one we hear most is 'P for Planning'. Whenever we are about to do something of any importance it is one of the first things out of his mouth. It would also appear whenever something went slightly wrong which could have been avoidable in his... Continue Reading →
Today was my last day at work. Having been in employment for 4 years, I thought that was quite enough. Rather than being jobless and lazy, I refer to myself as a full time athlete. This gives no indication as to the quality of my performances but more to my attitude towards it. I have... Continue Reading →
My Belated Gap Year 