On the road with The Odyssey
Get the full story on The Odyssey – Istanbul to Ithaca written from the deck of our 32m gulet yacht the Ali Candan (the one in the foreground of the cover shot)!
Tag: BIke Tour
A new Homepage Cycling Dream Video
We have been asked a few times for a running sheet for our homepage video so here it is! Spot the cyclist in every shot and see how many locations you can identify!
Outside Magazine 27 Epic Trips of 2021
We are again proud to be listed in Outside Magazine’s Epic Trips of 2021! With everyone looking ahead to grand trips to celebrate travel’s eventual reopening, Our Othello – Marrakesh to Porto trip made the highly prized list.
The Outspoken Cyclist and Allies – Normandy to The Rhine
If you enjoy your podcasts, Sam was interviewed this morning by Dianne Jenkins of The Outspoken Cyclist Podcast.
Bike Odyssey visits Cradle Mountain
Cradle Mountain is emblematic of what is special about Tasmania. It features beautiful temperate rainforest, glistening mountain lakes, unique flora and endearing […]
Hannibal in the Apennines – a 2019 Hannibal Update
In 2018 we are updating the Hannibal – Barcelona to Rome Bike Tour. After 7 years of running this cycling odyssey and […]
Clash of Empires – Ben Kane
Congratulations Ben Kane on your new book Clash of Empires and thanks for the copy and the dedication, I am looking forward to reading […]
Tour History and the Hannibal Bike Odyssey gets a look in as I’ve just moved to Barcelona!
Tour History and Hannibal gets a look in as I’ve just moved to Barcelona! There is a theory that Barcelona is actually named after Hannibal’s adopted ‘family’ name Barca (coined the ‘Barcids’ by modern writers. In general Carthaginians only had one name and the options seemed in short supply!
Bike Odyssey Tour History – Hannibal and the bloodiest battle ever in history …Cannae, Italy
Tour History – Hannibal and the bloodiest battle ever in history …Cannae. A slightly horrific way to start the New Year… A day when 70,000 men were killed….this figure stands as the most men killed in a single day’s battle, the equivalent of the nuclear bomb’s death toll at Hiroshima and this was all hand to hand combat.
Bike Tour History – Hannibal and his Elephants…over the Alps
Tour History – Hannibal and his Elephants…over the Alps…. Hannibal is best known for crossing Europe’s biggest mountain chain, the Alps, into Italy with about fifty thousand men and forty elephants.