The bicycle is a great tool to discover new places, to get lost and then find oneself again. Whilst I haven’t tried much adventure cycling (both touring or bikepacking), this is something I would really like to try more often. Join me on my adventures below.
BMB22 Epilogue
It was Wednesday, the day afterwards. I was sitting in my car, driving across Berlin to pick up my bike from the New Order bike shop. It was strange to be back…
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BMB22 Day 6 – Greudnitz to Berlin
A stone’s throw to Wittenberg (checkpoint 8) The alarm rang, and this time I pushed the snooze button. I got up at 6am – what a luxury. After all, I only had…
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BMB22 Day 5 – Eibenstock to Greudnitz
Running on empty The alarm rings at 4.30. I’ve slept pretty well, although that’s not too surprising given the comfy bed. It’s certainly better than a bench in a shower room. The…
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BMB22 Day 4 – Regensburg to Eibenstock
The breakaway The alarm rang. Again. 4.30. This is getting tiring. The first challenge of the morning, get up off an inflatable mattress without being able to put my feet on the…
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BMB22 Day 3 – Regensburg return
Team time trial (checkpoint 4) The alarm rings at 3.40. I tried to count how many of my vertebrae have been displaced over the last few hours of sleep. Not too many…
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BMB22 Day 2 – Gera to Regensburg
The hunt for Thomas and coffee The alarm rings at 3.30. Christian and I get up, stumbling around the hotel room and putting together our kit. Is this your powerpack? Where is…
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BMB22 Day 1 – Berlin to Gera
The briefing Let’s wind it back a little. Wednesday 10 August (day -1) at the Amstel House Hostel in central Berlin. After a tour of the city on my bike that day,…
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BMB22 Preparation 2 – Planning and training
Two weeks to go. Since my last BMB post I’ve been busy. A quick summary of my training and preparation: Heat acclimatisation Knowing that BMB will be in mid-August, and that in…
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BMB22 Preparation 1 – First Steps
BMB, three little letters. For the last few months however, to me they have meant both promise and dread in equal measure. For those of you dear readers who have been following…
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The Road to Munich – so what happened?
The keen eyed readers among you may find something strange in my recent posts. It started so ambitiously with my first post talking about my registration for Berlin-Munich. My first audax! My…
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Passau – Vienna (the Dom2Dom challenge)
The Donauradweg (Danube bike path) is a well established bike path in Austria running along the Danube river. Like many cycling enthusiasts, I recently decided to ride this – my journey would…
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The road to Munich (2) – the route
So, my registration has been confirmed. I’ve never planned or even ridden such a long route before, but thankfully the kind organisers at Berlin-Munich-Berlin (BMB) Radmarathon have already planned the routing between…
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