We made it!

 We're now back in the UK having completed our ride from Harrow London to Harrow Bangkok (going west). It's been a hell of a ride.We stayed with some friends right next to the school after that and sorted ourselves out. There were lots of people...

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MCS to MCSUK

The first element of our sabbatical was to cycle home from Switzerland. Having hired a van and taken all our stuff back to the UK, we returned with bikes in the van ready to cycle back. The route we planned to use would make use of the Rhine Cycleway (Eurovelo 15) for most of the way. This is how it panned out:...

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We made it across the USA :-)

We made it! We cycled all the way from St Augustine, Florida to San Diego, California. This was an amazing ride, through an amazing country. Along the way we've been blown away by the scenery and by the generosity and friendliness of the people...

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Phoenix

We have been rather hopeless at blogging as we've cycled along. In part this is because we decided to do without SIM cards and so the internet has been hard to come by, but it's also because freed of the bonds of paid employment for a while the last...

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Things we've seen at the side of the road

Americans call two-way roads with ample shoulders like this one 'Country Lanes' which makes me chuckle:Generally, there's plenty of space for us on our bikes. Motorists (especially truckers) are extremely courteous. We could count on one hand the number...

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New Orleans

We've made it to New Orleans. This feels like a bit of a milestone: 15 days in the saddle, 13 since the official start in St Augustine, and something over 1000 miles on the clock. We decided to check ourselves into an AirBnB on arrival here for...

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And we're off...

The last ten days have involved a whirlwind of activity to get things ready for our extended absence from normal life. We've set things up to work on auto-pilot whilst we're away and got in a few days' supply teaching to top up the coffers before Le...

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MCS to MCSUK

As a prelude to the big ride we have planned for later this autumn, we decided to test our mettle by cycling from Malvern College Switzerland to Malvern College UK. With all our belongings safely transplanted from Switzerland to the UK, we returned...

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We're back on...!

This blog has been sitting in digital purdah for eighteen months or so. COVID put paid to our original plan to cycle from Harrow Bangkok to Harrow London. Back in November 2019, I left John Standen's office with a spring in my stride having informed...

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Getting time in the saddle

This summer we've been stuck in Thailand due to COVID-19. It's been wonderful. Thailand seems to have dealt with the pandemic extremely well and so there are very few restrictions in place. The only exception to this being that tourists can't come into...

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