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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…
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Ben Around the World Diary – Day 32 – 17th August 2018
ODO 3658km Location Kayadamlar Weather 28-34 Clouds building in the distance There are some nights when I don’t feel like writing. Tonight is one. Although I made a good distance after a late start and my two night in the hotel, I still have the tail end of the shits. Throughout the day I feel…
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Ben Around the World Diary – Day 31 – 16th August 2018
ODO 3581km Location Otel Çerkin Simav Weather 25-35 After a full nights sleep fed from the convenient store the night before I woke to a heavy dew fall. While the temperature gets to 37 in the afternoon the valleys get pretty cold by the morning. The road eased up and flattened into a busy highway…
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Ben Around the World Diary – Day 30 – 14th August 2018
ODO 3551km Location Küloü Weather 25-37 Overnight I was a mess. I went to the toilet 3/4 times in the night and had no consistent sleep. From 9pm to 7am I lay on a thorn deflated air mattress listening to my intestines churn. By the morning I couldn’t even think of riding far. I pushed…
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Ben Around the World Diary – Day 29 – 13th August 2018
ODO 3517km Location Just outside Kirkkavak Weather 22-34 Cooler at Altitude Today was the first day I felt like I didn’t want to continue. Things just weren’t fun anymore. I sipped my Dyraleaf mixture and pushed my bike to the road. My saddle sore pressed painfully against the leather of my seat. Throughout the day…
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Ben Around the World Diary – Day 28 – 12th August 2018
ODO 3443km Location Mine south of Bursa Weather 26-36 Clear Istanbul was moody and hot as I left the hostel at 6:45am. Low grey cloud hung over the fishing district. Deciding to rain before changing its mind and blowing out over the Bosporus. The ferry was supposed to leave at 7:30am so I arrived ready…