The screen comes into life as Sam joins the call and I immediately start laughing. His hair is all stuck up in different directions and looks crazy wild. “What the hell is going on with your hair?” I laugh. “I’ve just got out the shower, this is what it looks like,” he replies, in hisContinue reading “Dr Sam, patron saint of bikes”
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Cycling the Carretera Austral, Chile
It’s Christmas 2016 and I’m running full pelt through Madrid airport to catch a connecting flight that’s about to leave (I’d already missed my original one due to delays) to take me to Santiago, Chile. I eventually arrive to find my luggage didn’t make it. I’m not surprised; delays and me catching a different flightContinue reading “Cycling the Carretera Austral, Chile”
How to bike from London to Paris in two easy steps.
1. Buy a bike. 2. Pedal. Yep, it’s as easy as that. Kind of. When I signed up to cycle London to Paris in 24 hours, I didn’t really read all the details. So I didn’t really appreciate how far it was or how much training I’d have to put in. Or how many timesContinue reading “How to bike from London to Paris in two easy steps.”
Touring Tasmania….on a pushbike.
Well, I said I wanted a challenge. And f*ck me, did I get that. With bells on. Just a few things for you to consider before I start. 1) Tasmania is Australia’s hilliest state. 2) There was a record-high heatwave the first week I was there. 3) I’ve not biked anywhere near these kind ofContinue reading “Touring Tasmania….on a pushbike.”
The Paps Life 