Episode 182: Slauka Macurak
Slauka Macurak cycled 1500kms through Arctic Norway as a complete beginner on a route from Å to the North Cape.
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A Month Spent Cycling Around Ireland: Brian Sampson
We are going to hear what it’s like to spend a month cycling in Ireland thanks to the latest update from Brian Sampson who just completed a 1500km loop around Dublin and Belfast that proved tougher, more beautiful, and far more rewarding than expected. After cycling through England and Wales, Brian discovered Ireland’s slower pace, where
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Episode 181: Katy and Alan
Katy and Alan spent five years dreaming about a year off work to cycle around the world, then actually did it, covering 20,000 kilometres through Europe, Central Asia, Southeast Asia, South Korea, Australia, New Zealand and Patagonia.
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Cycling from London to Croatia with Milica Kovačević
When we last heard from Milica, she was in Northern France and just a few days into her ride from London to Croatia. In this update, she reflects on what the bike adventure has actually looked and felt like across the weeks in between. Milica shares about:What her worst day on the road looked likeWhy
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Episode 180: Ellie Mitchell-Heggs
Ellie Mitchell-Heggs spent 9 months solo cycling 10,000kms from Kigali to Cape Town. Along the way she visited over 100 NGOs, social enterprises and community organisations on a ride she called Project Cycle Africa.
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Cycling Turkey, Kurdistan & Kuwait in 47°C Heat: Daragh Cronin
Daragh Cronin is back with a wild update from his Cork to Everest Base Camp ride. This time he shares with us the extraordinary hospitality of Turkey and Iraqi Kurdistan. Then every bike travellers nightmare, a flat refusal at the Federal Iraq border crossing derailing his plans for his route. This led Daragh to have to
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Touring on a Brompton: Cycling Senegal with Two Strangers
James Baile, along with two complete strangers (one of which hadn’t ridden a bike since he was 13!) packed their Bromptons into IKEA bags and flew to Dakar. What followed was two weeks riding through Senegal and The Gambia: navigating Dakar rush hour, camping on school playgrounds by invitation of village chiefs, pushing loaded folding
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Episode 179: Bike Adventure Live Show Melbourne
Fergal Guihen, Em Hulbert and David McCourt joined me live at the Antique Bar in Melbourne to share what long distance bicycle travel actually teaches you about the world.
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Episode 178: Róisín Gallagher
Episode 178: Róisín Gallagher From Baja Divide to Istanbul on a 17000km Adventure Roisin Gallagher started this adventure with her partner. They loaded up their bikes in Mexico to ride the Baja Divide, one of the most demanding off-road routes on the continent, and had a plan to cycle around the world. After Baja they
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Cycle Touring China and the UK with Brian Sampson
Brian Sampson is cycle touring the world to tick off every destination from the book ‘The Thousand Places to See Before You Die’ This month’s update covers the end of his time in China and his first stretch riding through England and Wales.Brian shares his experiences of:Sleeping in temples and stealth camping in multiple continentsVisiting
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