In and out of Bratislava
After a great few days in Budapest, we made a quick stop over in Bratislava en-route to Prague. Bratislava is the capital of Slovakia and...
The Blog
Follow my day to day adventures — the Te Araroa run, the Lands End to John O’Groats ride and four months wandering Europe and North America. Page 2 of 5, newest first.
Brilliant Budapest
We spent 2.5 days in Budapest and by golly it was good! Neither of us had been there before and only heard stories of mad stag dos and of...
Annecy
As we sit at the airport, waiting for our flight to Hungary, we look back at our journey across Western Europe and say goodbye to the fir...
Now for the French Alps
After our magical week in Switzerland, we headed just over the border into the French Alps. First stop, Chamonix. Chamonix is, as I am su...
Fresh air in the Alps
It is our last night in our cozy chalet in Switzerland and have just sipped our last glass of wine following a day of trekking around som...
The Swiss Alps
Crisp, fresh air. Blue skies. Green, green grass. Mountains everywhere you look. Welcome to the Swiss Alps. We arrived here on Monday and...
LEJOG - A summary
Two bikes. 19 days. 2005 miles In May 2014, we quit our professional London jobs to cycle from Lands End to John O'Groats, affectionately...
Very impressed with Venice
Ok chaps, if you have not yet whisked away your loved one to this fine city to wine and dine her, why not? I mean it only took me 30 (+) ...
Coincidences in Cinque Terre
After our flying visit to Rome, we headed to Cinque Terre for a few days. We opted to stay in La Spezia, which is a 6 min train journey aw...
Rome in a day
We are back being travellers and the first city calling for us was Rome, home to the world renowned arena made famous by Russell Crowe. W...
Tuscany wrap up
Today we leave Tuscany. To be honest, it has easily surpassed all other places we have been to, certainly in terms of the experience, foo...
Routines and Medieval festivals in Tuscany
Today marks the 3/4 point in our stay - we can't believe how quickly a week and a half has flown by. We are now well engrained into the T...
A tough life in Tuscany
Life in Tuscany has been very good to us so far and the past 5 days have flown by already. For those of you who don't know, Tom and I are...
Florence -An Italian Affair
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Hanging out in Hvar
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