Tag: Ben Around The World
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Ben Around the World Diary – 2nd June 2018
ODO 1838km Location just inside the Croatian boarder Weather broken cloud with storm breaking just as I crossed the Slovenian border Feelings Utter exhaustion in the morning but with a few power naps across the day I felt better by the afternoon [post_gallery] I camped across the other side of a sketchy wooden bridge. I was…
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Ben Around the World Diary – 1st June 2018
ODO 1592km Location 10km north of Graz Weather 17-20 Overcast with rain showers throughout the day Feelings High on the morning but exhausted after the crash. [post_gallery] I slept a full hour through my alarm having already gone to bed an hour earlier the night before. I really needed the sleep! In the morning I completed…
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Ben Around the World Diary – 31st May 2018
ODO 1566km Location Trieben, Austria Weather Thunder Showers Feelings High at climbing a mountain bike route followed by an afternoon lul. In the morning I descended down to the lake. Clear alpine blue right to the bottom. An unreal shade of turquoise. I weaved through the campsites to find the ferry. €3 for an Adult,…
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Ben Around the World Diary – 29th May 2018
ODO 1324km Location A forest outside of Edling, Germany Weather 18-27℃ mostly overcast alto stratus Feelings After a slow morning I ended the day on the highest point of the trip. [post_gallery] I was slow going in the morning, being woken by a dog walker who had a massive attack dog but believed it wouldn’t…
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Ben Around the World Diary – 28th May 2018
ODO 1150km Location between Günzbg and Burgau in Germany Weather 15-33℃ degrees. Clear Feelings Tired and hung over [post_gallery] Starting a little hung over from my first beer in around a year I waved Andi goodbye asbestos heading across the park and down by the river through a valley of factories, all of which seemed…
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Ben Around the World Diary – 26th May 2018
ODO 899km Location Rhineland-Palentine, Germany Weather 15-32 – sunny humid and hot! Feelings Tired in the morning but happy in the afternoon – I think hills effect my feelings a lot! [post_gallery] I slept the whole night through for the first time. I think my cold is pretty much over at last. Now I have…
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Why I’m Cycling Around the World
For my 16th birthday – around the same time I made the transition from long haired drummer in bands to the digital introspection of a computer nerd – I got a gift from my dad. Reynolds 531 steel tubes. Arranged by Castle Bromwich craftsmen. Lines, bolts and welds right from the metal skin of a…