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One world of cycle touring • Një botë e udhëtimeve me biçikletë • አንድ የሳይክል ጉብኝት ዓለም • عالم واحد من جولات الدراجات الهوائية • Հեծանվային շրջագայությունների մեկ աշխարհ • Velosiped turunun bir dünyası • সাইকেল ভ্রমণের এক জগত • Ziklo-ibilaldien mundu bat • Jedan svijet biciklističkih putovanja • Един свят на велосипедни обиколки • စက်ဘီး ကမ္ဘာလှည့်ခရီးတစ်ခု • Un món de cicloturisme • Usa ka kalibutan sa cycle touring • 一個自行車旅行的世界 • Jedan svijet biciklističkih putovanja • Jeden svět cykloturistiky • Én verden af ​​cykelture • Een wereld van fietstochten • Üks jalgrattamatkade maailm • Isang mundo ng cycle touring • Yksi pyöräilyn maailma • Un monde de cyclotourisme • ველოსიპედის ტურების ერთი სამყარო • Eine Welt der Radtouren • Ένας κόσμος ποδηλατικής περιήγησης • સાયકલ પ્રવાસની એક દુનિયા • Duniya ɗaya na yawon shakatawa • Hoʻokahi honua o ka huakaʻi kaʻapuni • עולם אחד של טיולי אופניי • साइकिल यात्रा की एक दुनिया • Ib lub ntiaj teb ntawm kev ncig mus ncig • A kerékpártúrák világa • Einn heimur hjólaferða • Otu ụwa nke njem okirikiri • Satu dunia tur sepeda • Domhan amháin de chamchuairt rothaíochta • Un mondo di cicloturismo • サイクルツーリングの1つの世界 • Siji jagad wisata siklus • ಸೈಕಲ್ ಪ್ರವಾಸದ ಒಂದು ಪ್ರಪಂಚ • Велотурдың бір әлемі • ពិភពលោកមួយនៃដំណើរទេសចរណ៍កង់ • 사이클 투어의 하나의 세계 • Yek cîhanek gera duçerxê • Велосипед саякаттарынын бир дүйнөсү • ໂລກຫນຶ່ງຂອງການທ່ອງທ່ຽວຮອບວຽນ • Viena velotūrisma pasaule • Vienas dviračių kelionių pasaulis • Еден свет на велосипедски турнеи • Tontolo iray amin’ny fitetezam-paritra • Satu dunia jelajah berbasikal • സൈക്കിൾ യാത്രയുടെ ഒരു ലോകം • Kotahi te ao o te haereere pahikara • सायकल टूरिंगचे एक विश्व • साइकल भ्रमणको एक संसार • En verden av sykkelturer • Dziko limodzi loyendera maulendo apaulendo • ଚକ୍ର ଭ୍ରମଣର ଗୋଟିଏ ଜଗତ • د سایکل سفر یوه نړۍ • یک دنیا گشت و گذار با دوچرخه • Jeden świat wycieczek rowerowych • Um mundo de passeios de bicicleta • ਸਾਈਕਲ ਟੂਰਿੰਗ ਦੀ ਇੱਕ ਦੁਨੀਆ • O lume a cicloturismului • Единый мир велотуров • Tasi le lalolagi o taamilosaga taamilosaga • Aon saoghal de chuairtean rothaireachd • Један свет бициклистичких путовања • Imwe nyika yekutenderera kutenderera • පාපැදි සංචාරයේ එක් ලෝකයක් • Jeden svet cykloturistiky • En svet kolesarskih tur • Hal adduun oo wareeg ah oo wareeg ah • Lefatše le leng la ho hahlaula ka libaesekele • Un mundo de cicloturismo • Ulimwengu mmoja wa utalii wa mzunguko • En värld av cykelturer • Як ҷаҳони сайёҳии велосипедронӣ • சைக்கிள் சுற்றுப்பயணத்தின் ஒரு உலகம் • సైకిల్ టూరింగ్ యొక్క ఒక ప్రపంచం • โลกแห่งการปั่นจักรยานท่องเที่ยว • Bir dünya bisiklet turu • Tigir gezelençleriniň bir dünýäsi • Один світ велосипедних турів • سائیکل ٹورنگ کی ایک دنیا • Velosiped sayohatlarining bir dunyosi • Un byd o deithio ar feic • Ihlabathi elinye lokhenketho lomjikelo • איין וועלט פון ציקל טורינג • Ọkan aye ti irin kiri yipo • Umhlaba owodwa wokuvakasha komjikelezo

Germany 16: Büsum to Husum

  • 21 September 2025

A short day on this autumnal equinox, with small achievement of both distance and itinerary: I changed barely more than one letter as I dawdled up the coast from Büsum to Husum. The brevity of the ride was partly determined by accommodation: Husum has a super little hostel, cosy and reasonably-priced, which I wanted to...

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Germany 15: Krautsand to Büsum

  • 20 September 2025

A few miles out from the campsite, I had to cross the Elbe today on the ferry across to Glückstadt. I could see it, right there, just the other side of the waterworks bridge that was clearly marked on my map. And the bridge was indeed there. It was just vertical instead of horizontal. Not...

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Germany 14: Bremen to Krautsand

  • 19 September 2025

Bread, cycle paths, kebabs, beer, campsites… and free ATMs: Germany provides well for cycle tourists. The toll-free cashpoints are welcome, because while you can make much of your way by card, cash is still very useful here. And indeed the only way you can pay in many places to eat and put your tent. Heading...

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Germany 13: Eitzendorf to Bremen

  • 18 September 2025

A short, drizzly day of flat lanes across farmland and alongside invisible rivers. I left my campsite somewhere around eight, reducing its active population from 1 to 0. Breakfast was at Verden Aller, in the six-euro shape of a pain au choc and coffee in a Bäckerei, provided by a friendly and impeccably-dressed middle-aged woman....

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Germany 12: Minden to Eitzendorf

  • 17 September 2025

Miesbach, 1999*. Crask Inn, 2013**. Minden, 2025. Once every dozen years, it seems, I have a Lost Property Disaster while cycle touring. But disasters which all get miraculously resolved. The morning was all going so well. Nice self-made breakfast in my excellent Airbnb apartment. Early start from a waking Minden. Fast, wind-assisted progress along the...

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Germany 11: Hamelin to Minden

  • 16 September 2025

Hamelin council’s record on pest control is notorious. In 1284, the story goes, they commissioned a flashily-dressed ratcatcher to remove the town’s plague of said vermin. He did so, with his charmed pipe, but there was a payment dispute. In revenge, the piper similarly bewitched all the town’s children and led them away, never to...

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Germany 10: Beverungen to Hamelin

  • 15 September 2025

Cyclists talking about their breakfast is something of a trope. It’s a boring, predictable start to a travel piece, and typical in the work of inexperienced writers. It was a rainy morning and after a hearty breakfast we set off, that sort of thing. However, Germany is a land of breakfast. So I’m going to...

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Germany 9: Kassel to Beverungen

  • 14 September 2025

Somewhere today, around Hann. Munden, I passed the halfway point of my German End to End. I’m enjoying it so much I’ll come back to do a Side to Side, which will therefore intersect this route somewhere around Hann. Munden. By then I might have learned what the Hann. stands for. It was a bright...

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Germany 8: Bad Hersfeld to Kassel

  • 13 September 2025

I slept deeply. For about half an hour. And was then woken by the roar of the motorway right next to the campsite. Hmm. I hadn’t quite expected a canoe club to be so well-connected to the transport system. But I was warm, once my compact half-season sleeping bag was assisted by hat, T-shirt, fleece...

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Germany 7: Kothen to Bad Hersfeld

  • 12 September 2025

My tent may weigh less than a can of beer, but it coped very well with the overnight deluge. I was dry and snug when I woke at four, and somehow managed to pack up all my bags – apart from the tent itself – from within the tiny confines of my OEX Bobcat Ultralite....

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My talk at York Cycle Rally 2025. Full house. Perhaps because it was raining outside.

Aug 2025 • New guitar piece posted up: Camel Trail
Jun 2025 • I gave a talk on 1970s touring at the super York Cycle Rally 2025
Feb 2025 • Cycling UK magazine put online my article for them on Touring 1970s-style…
Feb 2025 • …and another piece for them A Week’s Tour for Under £100
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International End to Ends

Rides right across Britain, Ireland, England, Scotland, Wales, N Ireland, Isle of Man, Faroes, France, Belgium, Netherlands, Denmark, Luxembourg, Spain, Portugal, Austria, Liechtenstein, Switzerland, Poland, Czechia, Slovakia, Latvia, Sri Lanka, Cuba, Taiwan…

Sri Lanka: No, that’s not me


Coast to Coasts

Britain side to side: C2C, Way of the Roses, Hadrian’s Wall, W2W, Trans Pennine Trail, Reivers… Plus rhyming rides: Barmouth to Yarmouth, Poole to Goole, Barrow to Jarrow, Mull to Hull…

Crosby Beach: Another Place, another ride


Yorkshire Ridings

Exploring Britain’s greatest county end to end, top to bottom, and side to side: from grand rivers, moors and dales to quirky curiosities in villages and towns, plus York route guides…

Filey Brigg: Check your brakes


Other Rides

Route research all round Britain, plus the King Alfred way; Spain’s Camino de Santiago; South America; every place called Bath in the world; riding the Monopoly board; Quirky London, and more…

Ipanema Beach, Rio: Cue for a thong


Writings

Some of my published pieces (books, columns, talks, podcasts, fun stuff mostly about everyday cycling and cycle-touring) and recent works for classical guitar…

Dumfries & Galloway: Name of the place, not the cyclists

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Czechia End to End
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