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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…
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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…
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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…
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Sleeping in a PIGSTY
In Belgium I met the amazing Mit who welcomed me into her home. Read more: https://benbowler.com
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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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From ROADBIKE to HOME AROUND THE WORLD
Converting my Dawes World tour bike from my weekend racing bike to my home for the next few years cycling
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I’m Cycling Around the World!
Welcome to Ben Around the World. Each week I upload an instalment of my cycling, paragliding and digital nomading around
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Ben Around the World Diary – Day 35 – 20th August 2018
ODO 3961 Location Oludeniz Weather 21-34 Humid by the coast My final campsite for this leg was the most stunning so far. A small forest track 1100m high overlooked a wide valley. The sun slipped in shafts through broken cloud picking out the blue crystal of a mosques minarets in a town laying in trees…
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Ben Around the World Diary – Day 34 – 19th August 2018
ODO 3856km Location A mountainside on the track to Yaylapinar Weather 26-37 Overcast with showers starting at lunch After leaving college, moving down to London, taking up a job at a dance music company I wanted to learn how to have fun. My peers from high school were all in their first year of university.…
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Ben Around the World Diary – Day 33 – 18th August 2018
ODO 3751km Location Pamukkale Weather 28-37 in the valley Turkey is a fractal. However large or small the terrain the surface of the earth roles in a wavelike undulation of grass or mud or trees. I started the day at 900m but gradually descended all day. It’s days like these where you feel like you’re…