Tag: adventure travel
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Video: Paragliding Along the Cliffs in Bali
Over the next few weeks I’ll be sharing updates from my winter travels to Bali and Australia. I’ve been out here working, spending time with my wife and flying. This trip was a meaningful trip for both of us because we planned to meet here back in March of 2020 while I was still cycling…
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Paragliding in Bali + New Blog Updates
I’m out in Bali for three weeks. I am working remotely and taking time off with my wife before the baby arrives in February. Today, I spent a few hours flying along the cliffs on the South of the island. I’m using this video as a chance to share the updates I’ve made to this…
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Video: Englands Toughest Hike and Fly Race – X-Lakes 2024
Watch my two-day hike and fly race across the Lake District at the X-Lakes 2024.
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Video: My Unconventional First 50 Hours Paragliding – SHGPC Talk – April 2024
After completing my Advanced Pilot exam, Robin from the Southern Hangliding Club asked me to do a talk about my 2018 bicycle and paragliding trip – my first 50 hours of flying a paraglider.
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Video: Flying Between the Flags – Dragon Hike and Fly 2024
Watch my first-hand experience of the Dragon Hike and Fly paragliding race in South East Wales in May 2024.
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South of the Equator – Day 181 – 15 March 2020
– ODO-22631-22787km – Location- Tegal, Indonesia – Weather- 26-37 I realised today for the first time that I crossed the equator. On my ferry from Singapore to Jakarta a couple of weeks ago, while I’ll slept in my bunk, I made it to the other half of the globe almost two years since leaving home.…
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Cycling Across Java – Day 180 – 14 March 2020
– ODO- 22491-22631km – Location- Pamanukan, Indonesia – Weather- 27-38 Today was my first day if my ride across the Indonesian island of Java. After crossing the city from my ferry I was ready for the same crazy roads and I wasn’t disappointed. I left at 4 am to cross central Jakarta before the major…
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32 Hour PELNI Ferry from Singapore to Jakarta Ben Around the World Diary – Day 178/179 – 26th/27th February 2020
– ODO- 22415-22491km – Location- West Jakarta – Weather- 28-32 and humid on the ocean, some rain on the morning of the 27th As part of cycling around the world, I try to fly as little as possible. After cycling through Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, Malaysia and into Singapore I reached the end of the…
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Avoiding Coronavirus Lockdown in Indonesia – My Flight for COVID-19 2020 Cycle Touring Diary
The last 48 hours have been an epic journey travelling back from small-town Indonesia with my bicycle and all my kit. Here’s how and I why I came back early from my round the world bikepacking trip. I still have 9 months worth of footage to edit from the last year on the road! Subscribe…
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Ben Around the World Diary – Day 175 – 16th February 2020
– ODO- 22023-22162km – Location- Bukit Baru, Malaysia – Weather- 31-37 clear and humid I’m tired today. Last night I rode into Kuala Lumpur for an afternoon off. I stopped to meet my friend Adrian, who I’d last seen on a paragliding launch back in Bir, India – 10,000km hence. To get in early to…