cycling

  • Crossing the Mekong Delta: Day 1, Ben Luc to My Tho

    Crossing the Mekong Delta: Day 1, Ben Luc to My Tho

    I flicked the lightswitch next to my bed in the hotel. The light did not turn on so I panicked, not because I was afraid of the dark, but I was on the fifth floor of the hotel and today was my day of departure. I was facing carrying all…

  • Adventures in Snowdonia Weekend – Part 1

    Adventures in Snowdonia Weekend – Part 1

    It all started with a freakishly promising weather forecast in one of my favourite places in the world – Snowdonia. The last weekend of October wouldn’t ordinarily be associated with good weather, but this weekend was different, so Dave and I decided to plan a weekend of adventure in North…

  • Cycling on the Monterey Peninsula

    Monterey is a picturesque seaside town in mid-California. The peninsula juts out into the Pacific ocean just north of the infamous Big Sur, a dramatic stretch of wild, ragged coastline that runs around 80 miles from San Simeon in the south to Carmel in the South. In a recent 2015…