So this isn’t a cycling post, but I wanted somewhere to share the photos from our trip to Ethiopia and this seemed like the best place. The trip was in honour of my turning 50 with the primary objective of…
The beginning of the end
Although there was no rush to be moving this morning after over two months of being up at (or before) 0530 pretty much all of us were at breakfast by the appointed 0700 – Australian Kevin and I had even…
Our final day (Stage 57 of 57)
Once I finally managed to get to sleep, I actually slept pretty well, but woke up still hot and sweaty so it’s going to be damp kind of day! Pancakes for breakfast as a final-day treat, then for the faster…
Dakar rest days
We’ve had three full rest days here in Dakar as well as most of the day we came in. It’s been great to have some time to unwind, get some jobs done, and also get to see some of the…
Off to Dakar (Stage 26)
I managed to get off to sleep after a while last night, but I didn’t even need my sleeping bag liner at any stage it stayed so warm and muggy through the night. Sharita didn’t have such a late night…
Another 30k day (Stage 16)
When I went out for a pee at around 0130 the moon had yet to rise, and being out in the middle of nowhere the stars were amazing with a bright clear band of Milky Way above us. It was…
Relaxing by the beach (Dakhla rest day)
It was wonderful to sleep in a real bed last night after over two weeks of non-stop camping, and then not to have to wake up at any particular time was even better. In the end Ray was the first…
I was doin’ 150 miles an hour (Stage 14)
Somehow the police didn’t seem so close last night, but the fact that we were on the edge of the cliff with a completely flat plain to our left meant the idea of privacy when you needed to ‘go’ really…
The happiest man in Morocco!
Somewhat surprisingly I managed to sleep last night – I had expected that my missing bike and bags would play on my mind and keep me awake, but thankfully that wasn’t to be. A hotel breakfast, then Adam and I…
Hi ho, hi ho, it’s off to Casablanca we go!
An early flight this morning so Adam and I had stayed over in the hotel at Heathrow to avoid an 0300 start to the day which worked out well. We dropped our bags, then my bike at the over-sized luggage…