Coming to a halt. Lipcani, Moldova I met Joke and Björn resting in the shade of some large umbrellas as I pulled into the forecourt of the petrol station in Sighetu Martei, Romania. For the fourth day in a row since starting from Chișinău, Moldova, I had clocked over 90 miles since my usual early start, and was nearly a full day ahead of my planned schedule, having decided to make the most of passing my intended rest day location – Yasinya, Ukraine – and letting gravity carry

Why hello! I am typing to you from Warner, Oklahoma, with just over 1250 miles on the clock and fast approaching my halfway point. I am becoming, I must admit, a little saddle-sore, but otherwise am in pretty good health and spirits. Sadly, however, one of my micro SD cards is playing up, and I am currently unable to access any of my photos from both North Carolina and Tennessee, which is more than a little frustrating, but I shall endeavour to recover them as best I can whe

Greetings from Nashville! I'm sorry it's been a while since I've uploaded, but I've not got particularly regular access to the internet and so I'll only be updating rather infrequently, but at least I'll have a lot of material to cover in each post (I hope). Right: formalities and apologies aside - *draws in breath and begins in a pirate accent* - listen and I will tell you a tale. Monday 11th August - London to Wilmington NC After a morning of frantic paranoia and worry that

Right. Time to get back in the saddle. I'm finally home in not-so-sunny Saffron Walden, and have been trying to rack up the miles in training before I fly out to the USA in just under a month. Although I considered the Dawes Galaxy AL for my trip, after having considered the amount of touring I hope to be doing on this bike, I opted instead for the steel-framed (and sadly mor expensive) standard Dawes Galaxy. Getting used to a new bike in such a short space of time has been r