Tag: cycling
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Ben Around the World Diary – Day 36 – 8th September 2018
ODO 4056 Location Çameli Weather 18-29 showers in the afternoon I left this morning, setting my alarm for 6am, but being awoken at five by the call to prayer from the mosque and the local chickens. I checked the bike and kit before rearranging the room and desk back to where the were when I…
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Why I’m Sharing My Video Diaries
Some of my grandfathers most cherished positions are his war diaries. A collection of notes from day to day life as a young man part of a world in conflict. Written with the neat and in precise writing and phrases of a future architect. As I cycle I miss my family. For my grandfather his…
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Ben Around the World Diary – Day 35 – 20th August 2018
ODO 3961 Location Oludeniz Weather 21-34 Humid by the coast My final campsite for this leg was the most stunning so far. A small forest track 1100m high overlooked a wide valley. The sun slipped in shafts through broken cloud picking out the blue crystal of a mosques minarets in a town laying in trees…
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Ben Around the World Diary – Day 34 – 19th August 2018
ODO 3856km Location A mountainside on the track to Yaylapinar Weather 26-37 Overcast with showers starting at lunch After leaving college, moving down to London, taking up a job at a dance music company I wanted to learn how to have fun. My peers from high school were all in their first year of university.…
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Ben Around the World Diary – Day 32 – 17th August 2018
ODO 3658km Location Kayadamlar Weather 28-34 Clouds building in the distance There are some nights when I don’t feel like writing. Tonight is one. Although I made a good distance after a late start and my two night in the hotel, I still have the tail end of the shits. Throughout the day I feel…
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Ben Around the World Diary – Day 31 – 16th August 2018
ODO 3581km Location Otel Çerkin Simav Weather 25-35 After a full nights sleep fed from the convenient store the night before I woke to a heavy dew fall. While the temperature gets to 37 in the afternoon the valleys get pretty cold by the morning. The road eased up and flattened into a busy highway…
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Ben Around the World Diary – Day 27 – 9th August 2018
ODO 3366km Location Istanbul Weather 22-28 with 30/40kmh gusts of wind and clouds Despite our best efforts we had a big day left on to make it to Istanbul. We left nice and early after changing Jelle’s back inner tube. His bag packing had become really quick over the days we’d rode together. Over the…
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Ben Around the World Diary – Day 26 – 8th August 2018
ODO 3245km Location Beyond Havsa Weather 25-40 Hotter down in the lowlands The buzz wore off and I felt alone and tired and wanting a good nights sleep. I’ve been having nightmares of problems again. Running out of food. Being found my the Guardia in the night. The call to prayer woke me at 5am.…
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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…
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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…