Or so it seams. I am just a bit concerned that I might be forgetting something major. Only two days to go now and the main attention is to the weather forecast. I am sure my light summer sleeping bag will be fine in the driving rain and polar temperatures of the lake district in…
Category: Preparation
Twenty days or so to go
We’re finally here, or to be more precise we will be here in three or for weeks maximum. The bike is serviced, the flat is nearly empty and ready to rent, the motorbike is sold and soon the car will be too. There are still a few boxes laying around and they’ll be soon enough…
The weather dilemma
The plan was to leave on the 29th of August, a couple of months would have seen me cycling through the UK, France, Spain, to do the planned stops to visit friends along the way and get to north Africa by November avoiding the peril of camping in the rain or crossing the Pyrenees in…
Accommodation and food
Another day another post, after medical and technology it’s now time to look at the basic of life: eat and sleep. Accommodation With an eye on the stats and reports produced by fellow riders it looks like my time will be equally divided between camping and hostel/hotel/hosted accommodation. While hosting will be mainly existing expat…
Another fabulous site
I came across this site last year but i had not appreciated the level of detail in the Country information. Some of the info is a bit dated (2006) but I think it will be useful. http://www.worldbiking.info/wordpress/ i think I might even volunteer for some of the articles in the missing countries, after I’ve been…
Travel technology
As much for my own sanity as for the benefit of the readers here is a list of the planned packing in the technology area. Hardware My Nexus 4 mobile phone will be taking all the SIM card I’ll be finding along the way hopefully providing me with internet in between WIFI enabled sites. I was considering…
Thinking medical
The time has come to start getting serious about the packing and today is medical. First Aid Kit After a bit of reading and trawling trough discussion forums I have decided to go for a safe, comprehensive, but not silly complement of stuff. I started with getting the very conveniently priced (£19.99 on eBay) CarePlus®…
A month worth of reading
I have come across a site today that will keep me busy for some time to come. As the preparation activities are increasing and information is sought on the many perils of transcontinental bike riding, the pursuit of the right plastic water tank lead me to http://freewheely.com/. WOW, not only Jean-Baptiste appears to be a nearly bottomless…
Crazy guy on a bike
Have you got a few spare months? If so this web site is for you. It contains everything. It’s a nice project too allowing people with all sort of skills to contribute. Undoubtedly if you have a question about bike touring you’re likely to find your answer here. http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/ [related_posts_by_tax format=”thumbnails” image_size=”medium” posts_per_page=”3″]
Purchasing the bike
So here we go, eBay to the rescue and the bike is purchased. Collected from a nice chap in Cambridge that had used for a cross-UK charity run and that told me it had seen some European travel before getting to him. So far I’ve replaced the rear rack and changed the pedals (though I…