About

About the ride

When I first wrote this part of the page, back in 2013, my plan was simple, pack my life into six bags, fit them to my touring bike and pedal my way through Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia and America (both north and south) to produce a 90+ countries and 100,000+ miles loop around the world.

I thought it would take a bit more than ten years and also that I’d be doing it in a very sequential manner, occasionally parking the bicycle and returning to Europe to see friends and family. The map below gives a very rough outline of what I was planning to do.

It all started more or less as scheduled and I managed to cycle my way from Scotland to Morocco before I hit a series of problems (Plan B) that forced me to change my plan.

As Von Clausewitz said, “No campaign survives first contact with the enemy”, so revisions are and will always be likely in a long endeavour like this. What is now looking more probable is that I will continue with the same objective of going to all the places I initially identified but to achieve it in a less sequential manner.

On top of that I have now realised that there are areas that are not suitable for cycling and to address that I will add a yacht and a motorbike to the toolbox in the next few years, and a whole continent that I had not planned to visit but that recently has been opened to the brave cyclists that want to try their luck there.

As it goes theses days, I will make this trip into an opportunity to help you part with some of your money. Not for me that is, but for research in the cure and support of all the people that, like Tarn, have to live with multiple sclerosis. Your help will change lives so, if you want, just go to the fundraising page and follow the instructions from there.