World Alternative Games: Llanwrtyd Wells, Wales It’s our wedding anniversary. Before we even exchange cards we are arguing over whether I should go to fat class or not. My argument is that it’s probably more important to be thin this day than any other but Stuart argues, as usual, that fat class is a waste [...]
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Geocache City: Touring Krakow by Geocache
Geocache City – Touring Krakow by Geocache We are in front of a shrine to Mary, in the centre of the Poland’s second largest city, Krakow But we’re not here to pray. We are scrubbing around in the shrubbery, trying to look inconspicuous. Cameron pokes at some dead flowers, before squealing, “I think I’ve found [...]
Breakfast in the Bunker: Soviet Nuclear Bunker Tour
Breakfast in the Bunker The dining room was austere and breakfast was sparse; a slice of cucumber, a slice of tomato, a slice of cheese and salami. Some stale black rye bread. A juice in a little carton. We ate. A woman watched from the serving hatch of the old soviet building. She scared me. [...]
From Russia with love
Welcome to Jurmala There was a queue building up to get into the driveway of the huge wooden house with sprawling grounds and elaborate wrought iron fencing designed to keep out people like us. Two BMW’s and a Mercedes beeped their horns and shouted through their windows. We only wanted to get past the drive [...]
Yes Comrade Commander: at Karosta Prison
Yes Comrade Commander: At Karosta Prison We weren’t sure we could get our bikes through the gates. But the man in the uniform was certain we could. He apologised for not speaking perfect English and then spoke perfect English, standing upright in his army outfit and cap. He wasn’t impressed with the boys’ postures. I [...]
Some things are meant to be.. finding a bed in Latvia
Some things are meant to be… Erhans believed we were meant to meet. “When I stopped to take a picture of you, I knew you weren’t regular cyclists.” And it seemed we were meant to meet Erhans. We had cycled into Liepaja with high hopes. After several days camping, we were hot, dirty, tired and [...]
A miraculous contraption
From: StuartSubject: A miraculous contraptionDate: 4th April 2006Place: Gamblesby, Cumbria There’s nothing unusual looking about Gamblesby Village Hall, an old Victorian schoolhouse in the fell-foot village of Gamblesby, a few miles east of Penrith. From the outside it doesn’t look like much has changed here in the hundred and fifty years since the school was [...]
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