-
Ben Around the World Diary – Day 23 – 5th August 2018
ODO 2911km Location Bike Hostel, Plovdiv Weather 20-34 Sunny all day After picking a hilltop campsite with big views over rolling deciduous trees interspersed with neat rows of regimented conifers we settled in. I took stove duty which began spitting and sputtering as it struggled to cook 500g of pasta for three. Matt and Jelle…
-
Ben Around the World Diary – Day 22 – 4th August 2018
ODO 2825 Location Fortress Gate of Trajan Weather 20-30 Sunny all day – the first sunny day in two weeks here in Bulgaria Feelings Sad to leave my new Sofia family but so ready to be back in the road For weeks after I left home in May I felt sad to have left so…
-
Psychedelics Aren’t for Business – Ben Around the World Podcast: Episode 2
My monthly catch up with Dan. This time round on the round the world trip; living and working in Sofia for over a month, losing my wallet from 1,500ft and Dan’s realisations after taking psychedelics in Amsterdam. Listen the the podcast and get the full show notes here. And help me get to 100 subscribers…
-
Psychedelics Aren’t For Business – Ben Around the World Podcast: Episode 2
My monthly catch up with Dan. This time round on the round the world trip; living and working in Sofia
-
Dan is Always Right – Ben Around the World Podcast: Episode 1
I’ve been friends with Dan for years. Throughout my cycle around the world I’m checking in via Facetime to talk cycling, music and anything else that comes up. This first episode was a little long! But after my first 3000km of cycling across Europe it was really nice to speak with a friendly face. You…
-
Dan is Always Right – Ben Around the World Podcast: Episode 1
I’ve been friends with Dan for years. Throughout my cycle around the world I’m checking in via Facetime to talk
-
I Almost Didn’t Make the Start Line
“It felt as if everything that had happened so far in my life had been leading me to this point, preparing me for this task, and that I was uniquely equipped to pursue this quest. It was a perfect collision of personality, past experience, purpose, and timing.” ― Roz Savage, Stop Drifting, Start Rowing. My meticulous plan…
-
Ben Around the World Diary – 8th June 2018
ODO 2721km Location Sofia, Bulgaria Weather 21-35℃ Clear Feelings Elated to finish the first leg [post_gallery] I woke to the sun rising over the same stunning view down 500m to Nis. What was a glinting carpet of lights last night was now covered in a thin layer of orange haze – an inversion, trapping the…
-
Ben Around the World Diary – 7th June 2018
ODO 2580km Location Sumadijski, Serbia Weather 25-37℃ Hot Feelings Hit the wall and broke through it [post_gallery] Weather you’ve run a marathon or been made to lap the field as a high school punishment, everyone has an experience of hitting the wall. Your tells your body to move and your body resists. Eyes loose focus. Usual…
-
Ben Around the World Diary – 6th June 2018
ODO 2447km Location East of Kragujevac, Serbia Weather 25-37 sunny with encroaching thunderstorm Feelings Happy – Welcomed to Serbia [post_gallery] The last couple of days have brought the worst roads, the most erratic drivers of the trip so far and 37 degrees in the shade for the majority of the hours of sun. Yet I’ve…