When I was a kid, having just entered high school, one of my favourite books to read was the Sydney street directory. I had just recently moved to Sydney, with my two sisters and mother, so this probably played a part in this – I wanted to learn about my new surroundings. Photo...
Over the years, I had been coming up with grandiose ideas of travelling the world for an extended period of time. It started out with the idea of travelling by train from London to Hong Kong, which would include the Trans-Mongolian from Moscow to Beijing. The plan quickly expanded to...
Today, I had intended to ride from Waterfall to Wollongong. A nice ride, along the Illawarra coast line, which should have taken a few hours. The sun was out, with a nice, cool, temperature. Perfect cycling weather. After catching the train down to Waterfall, it was time to start. At...
After finally throwing off my cold, though I still have my annoying cough, combined with fantastic weather, I decided to take a ride from Katoomba to Penrith. It was a relatively easy ride. Though, being quite out of form, some short uphill stretches were quite a challenge. But you have...
Today was a day of beginnings. Today, I picked up a new bicycle. Will it be the bicycle that I take around the world with me? Probably not. It’s just an entry level mountain bike. However, its purpose is to get me back in to cycling – something that I haven’t done...
(This post was written long before I decided to travel around the world by bicycle. I have kept the post, for historical purposes. At the time the post was originally written, the idea was to spend a much shorter time, travelling by trains, buses, ferries, and so on) In my younger years...
(This post has been rewritten, in line with my current plans to cycle around the world) Hello, and welcome to my new website for my planned Round the World bicycle trip. It will start in St. John’s, Newfoundland, in early 2022, ending, well, who knows when? 🙂 As well as the actual...