Tag: cycle touring
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Ben Around the World Diary – 5th June 2018
ODO 2310km Location Belgrade, Serbia Weather 26-37℃ – Hot Feelings Happy and clean [post_gallery] It’s 9am and 32 degrees as I change my 200 kuna into 3200 dinar at a small roadside exchange on the outskirts of NoviSad. I’ve had a terrible nights sleep after pitching my tent the wrong way. You didn’t know there…
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Ben Around the World Diary – 3rd June 2018
ODO 2010km Location Sopje Croatia Weather 25-33℃ Sunny with thunder and hail showers Feelings Different and tired [post_gallery] There are certain thing you really only notice with traveling at the speed of a bike. Over the last two weeks I’ve been aiming to make camp by 8:30pm and get up at 7am to be on…
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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 – 30th May 2018
ODO 1445km Location Pass between Fushi am See and Sammy Gilken, Astria Weather 14-27 broken cloud Feelings Tired and unwelcome [post_gallery] Today I’m tired from my hundred miler yesterday. Everybody seem moody and I don’t have as good chats as I’ve had so far. Or maybe people are just becoming less friendly down here. I…
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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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Ben Around the World Diary – 24th May 2018
ODO 628km Location REVAL48 – Railway come cycleway in Germany Weather 12-27℃ Stormy showers into the evening Feelings High spirits listening to music. This morning in Belgium and experienced the Netherlands and Germany before following the German/Belgian border. The Belgian roads have been the best but this afternoon, while climbing my first 500m hill alongside…