• Ben Around the World Diary – Day 42 – 15th September 2018

    Ben Around the World Diary – Day 42 – 15th September 2018

    ODO 4819km Location Saniglan Weather 15-26 Tailwind At the Cappadocia hostel I met a guy called Len who’s currently living in Mumbai and works for a company that owns some of those new top level domain names. Like .sucks and .limousine (his company owns more reputable ones than that but you get the picture). Technology…

  • Ben Around the World Diary – Day 41 – 13th September 2018

    Ben Around the World Diary – Day 41 – 13th September 2018

    ODO 4675km Location Göreme Weather 11-29 Windy! I was looking forward to flying in a balloon. As a kid I would be riding a scooter down the lane or playing with toy planes in the garden on a Sunday afternoon you’d become aware of a chatter coming from above. Looking up to the sound of…

  • Ben Around the World Diary – Day 40 – 12th September 2018

    Ben Around the World Diary – Day 40 – 12th September 2018

    ODO 4569km Location 10km short of Askaray Weather 8-25 Clear and bright. It happened. Rolling out of my muddy campsite in a field exhausted from a bad damp night I noticed my bike was riding badly. I could feel every bump on the muddy trail. There it was. My first puncture of the whole trip.…

  • Ben Around the World Diary – Day 39 – 11th September 2018

    Ben Around the World Diary – Day 39 – 11th September 2018

    ODO 4450km Location A remote Turkish Plateau Weather 11-22 Avoiding showers As the day before I began the day with a climb and decent onto another plateau basin. This time, cold from my morning pre sunrise routine, I put on a playlist my friend Flick has made me for my trip. The small speaker of…

  • Ben Around the World Diary – Day 38 – 10th September 2018

    Ben Around the World Diary – Day 38 – 10th September 2018

    ODO 4314km Location Bagkonak Weather 15-25 Strong head wind I spent another day following the winding D330 highway as I picked across the plateaus and turned south to skirt the banks of a deep blue lake. The banks sitting at 1000m above sea level themselves. The road climbing and descending gradually with the features of…

  • Ben Around the World Diary – Day 37 – 9th September 2018

    Ben Around the World Diary – Day 37 – 9th September 2018

    ODO 4185km Location Burdur Weather 14-25 narrowly avoided showers in the afternoon After a restless night, woken by nearby explosions from marble mining and grunts of frolicking wild boar I begrudgingly crawled from my damp tent. I had no real appetite and a banging headache. Regardless I packed up my kit and wheeled my bike…

  • Ben Around the World Diary – Day 36 – 8th September 2018

    Ben Around the World Diary – Day 36 – 8th September 2018

    ODO 4056 Location Çameli Weather 18-29 showers in the afternoon I left this morning, setting my alarm for 6am, but being awoken at five by the call to prayer from the mosque and the local chickens. I checked the bike and kit before rearranging the room and desk back to where the were when I…

  • Why I’m Sharing My Video Diaries

    Why I’m Sharing My Video Diaries

    Some of my grandfathers most cherished positions are his war diaries. A collection of notes from day to day life as a young man part of a world in conflict. Written with the neat and in precise writing and phrases of a future architect. As I cycle I miss my family. For my grandfather his…

  • Sleeping in a PIGSTY

    Sleeping in a PIGSTY

    In Belgium I met the amazing Mit who welcomed me into her home. Read more: https://benbowler.com

  • I Almost DIDN’T MAKE IT

    I Almost DIDN’T MAKE IT

    Fighting off stress, overdue deadlines and sickness to ride out from Buckingham Palace. Read about it: https://benbowler.com/i-almost-didnt-make-start-line/ 🔊Music licensed

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