Cycle touring blog
As we begin the final kilometres to peak the 2025m high climb the snow becomes terrible and the road worse still. The fog is heavy. Black and white are the only colours we can see in this foggy overworld. Ski chairlift structures emerge through the haze but no skiers are to be seen. An old … More Not the Proudest Moment of my Life
We arrive in Capadoccia, a site full of magnificent rock formations and the sculpted cave monasteries carved out of them. It is where George Lucas is said to have got inspiration for his Star Wars films (the planet Tatooine especially). As I sat in a caf in Göreme centre in the early morning sipping the … More C’mon the Boys!
Lying in a tent somewhere on the Black Sea. I can hear waves crashing on the shore and rain drops spattering on to the outer surface of the tent. Blanket like cumulus clouds cover the scene to the horizon over the dark sea, small openings provide bright white patches among the quilted sky. There is … More Turkey: Fat and Large
