Raindrops on trailers and toddlers in mittens It’s a long time since I pulled a toddler in a trailer up a hill, but the sensation hasn’t changed. It’s just as painful a business as ever, both mentally and physically. The only difference is it’s not my kid in the trailer today; it’s my 3 year [...]
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Gear Guide: Choosing bikes for cycling with kids
Gear Guide: Choosing bikes for cycling with kids We’ve been cycling with kids since they could first hold their heads up and pretty much been through every possible configuration of trailer, bike seat, tag along, balance bike, solo bike and tandem you can imagine as we’ve figured out how to bike with one, two and [...]
Bike, bus, boot or banger: 4 great ways to see Berlin
Bike, bus, boot or banger: 4 great ways to see Berlin For me, one of the joys of a city break is ditching the car. And in Europe, where parking charges can be astronomical, and traffic terrifying, I wouldn’t dream of taking my own vehicle. While doing without a car can feel like you’ve lost an arm [...]
Adventure Ideas: 10 Testing Charity Bike Rides
Are you feeling unmotivated and unchallenged? Did the New Year’s fitness craze and diet only last until January 2nd? Then you need a project. But what? OK, you could redecorate the house. You could learn to speak Mandarin and play the violin. But isn’t that all a bit…indoors? How about casting your energies into the [...]
An accidental adventure: Boris Bike London Nightride
An accidental adventure The Boris Bike London Rush Hour Nightride There’s nothing like hop-on, hop-off tours of a city for stress free sightseeing. But have you thought about hopping onto a bike? Many European cities offer a network of cheap bicycles that locals and tourists can use and they can be a great way to [...]
The Invisible Danger of a Sedentary Lifestyle
The Invisible Danger of Doing Nothing So the first hard frosts arrived here this week and so did the snow on the high Lake District fells. For many the onset of such winter conditions means curtailing their outdoor activities. In fact I can almost hear the rust beginning to crystallise in our bike shed. But [...]
Why not pop in somewhere different?
It’s so easy to go to the same old places, do you know what I mean? When desperate for a coffee I’ll usually reach for a Starbucks or Costa. I’m a creature of habit and that’s not a great recipe for adventure. So I try to force myself off the high street, but not usually [...]
The adventure that is getting around the Faroe Islands
The adventure that is getting around the Faroe Islands Getting around the Faroe Islands is all part of the fun of visiting. From subsidised helicopters to speed boats, ferries and free buses around the capital, public transport is cheap and varied. Connecting up communities is seen as important here and the way they’ve been connected [...]
Riding the ‘Dream Road’ – Iceland’s Western Fjords
One person’s dream can be another’s nightmare. We first heard of the Icelandic ‘Dream Road’ from Dick Phillips, the Cumbrian Icelandic expert and each imagined our own versions of perfection. We assumed it would be overrun by cyclists, but found we had it to ourselves. And as we bumped over stones, forded rivers, crossed beaches [...]
Looking for the Lagarfljot worm
To kick off our month of adventures in Iceland we set off on a biking expedition in search of a mythical worm. Having only just landed in Iceland, after seven days of ‘packaged’ fun in Europe, we’re not quite sure what to expect from the biking, the long days, the camping or the deep waters of the murky [...]
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