Tag: cycling around the world

  • Ben Around the World Diary – 4th June 2018

    Ben Around the World Diary – 4th June 2018

    ODO 2179km Location Serbia Weather 22-33℃ Hot Feelings Happy after a day of friendly encounters [post_gallery] After a couple of days in Croatia I realised that standing still is better than walking to keep mosquitoes off you. The problem with walking is you attract new followers and kick up others from the grass until you…

  • Ben Around the World Diary – 2nd June 2018

    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…

  • Ben Around the World Diary – 31st May 2018

    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,…

  • Ben Around the World Diary – 29th May 2018

    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…

  • Ben Around the World Diary – 28th May 2018

    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…

  • Ben Around the World Diary – 27th May 2018

    Ben Around the World Diary – 27th May 2018

    ODO 1028km Location Stuttgart Weather 15-31 And humid. Thunderstorms building but refusing to break. Feelings tired on the road but elated to meet such amazing hosts in the evening [post_gallery] Since the start of the day my goal had been to get to Stuttgart. Since entering Germany I felt like I needed some company and…

  • Ben Around the World Diary – 26th May 2018

    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…

  • Ben Around the World Diary – 25th May 2018

    Ben Around the World Diary – 25th May 2018

    ODO 757km Location Near Bitburg, Germany Weather 27 warm and humid all day Feelings Happy whilst flat. Exhausted on hills at the end. Starting to feel the loneliness [post_gallery] I woke and opened my tent door as the morning mist rose from the trees as smoke from a tinder. The forests of western German are…

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