Leaving the Lido and Heading to the Dolomites
Another Great Day Cycle Touring What a wonderful day we’ve had! There were a few curly moments, – which I’ll touch on […]
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From Little Things Big Things Grow
If you’re Australian you will most likely recognise the title straight away. If you’re not and that phrase doesn’t strike a […]
Four Aces: Final Preparations for Lionheart
A week from tomorrow Lionheart will finally kick off. It looks like being an unforgettable bike tour – if we can survive the first week and a half of hard climbing, that is.
Don’t Spit Into the Wind …
Today marks a week exactly until Dianne and I catch the big bird out of Hobart to the northern hemisphere summer and cycling in the fabled Dolomites. We then move on through Austria, Germany, north-eastern France and finishing south of Paris at the historic Fontevraud Abbey where Richard the Lionheart is buried. It’s stuff that dreams are made of, and we are dreaming of favourable winds, dry roads and good legs.
Getting Stoked for a Two-Wheeled Odyssey
It’s just over two weeks until Dianne and I fly out of Hobart to begin our big Lionhearted adventure with Bike Odyssey. […]
UnderDownunder Scout 2
Yesterday Sam I and scooted around south of Hobart to review and refine the final days of the inaugural UnderDownunder tour. Here’s […]
Two Tassie Classics
Green Rosellas & Scallop Pies The first you can’t find anywhere else on Earth – well at least not in the wild. […]
Looking Ahead
So much riding to be done … There is always another road to be ridden While our eyes are firmly fixed on […]
Getting Ready to Be Lionhearted
After almost a year of anticipation the Lionheart tour grows closer. It’s just on two and a half months away now and my mind is starting to become more focussed on the journey and challenges involved. It will be the fourth big bike adventure that Dianne and I have set off on together and we are looking forward to this one with just as much anticipation and excitement as the previous three.
First practice post … Riding West from Hobart
WordPress, eh? Hmmm. Just trying to get a handle on a whole new blogging interface is pretty challenging! So, a bit of […]