Oxford High School talk
A big thank you to the girls in their final year at Oxford High School for having me come and talk to […]
Category: Hannibal
Kelmscott School talk
Thanks a lot to all the year 10 and 11 students at Kelmscott school who sat patiently through my Hannibal talk the […]
End of an Epic
The morning of our second day of riding in Tunisia was spent at a spectacular ancient Roman ruin: Dougga. There seemed to […]
El Presidente, sheep and the universal necessity of causation
And so to the last stage of our trip. Tunisia – a land dominated by President Ben Ali who was fresh from […]
The Bodyguard
On a long trip like this interpersonal relationships become very important and are often the cause of the most interesting bits of […]
The Way it is Baby
When you cycle day after day the rhythm naturally brings music to your mind. At the beginning of the trip I tended […]
In the Navy
We’re back with the crew again at a campsite near Naples. I’ve had one beer and a swig on a bottle of […]
It’s Good to be the King
The Golden Age began on Thursday 22nd October. That is to say, in accordance with our agreement that we should each take […]
Life Expectancy and Crossing Montgenevre
We are in Cortona – a beautiful hilltop town and Michael Knight would have (once again!) been proud of our efforts to […]
Nightrider (lone crusaders in a dangerous world)
We are in Italy having survived the Alps… just. It was physically some of the hardest days I ever have ever known […]