Intro Sunday started like always - I came in to Lola just after the doors opened, ordered a cup of coffee and waited for the rest of the group to come in for the usual weekend ride. I was excited, but also a bit worried. For a moment, I really wanted to abandon my plans … Continue reading Time leaves us polished stones: notes from the trip to Paris and back →

By Joe Bradshaw Foreword A sense of belonging - a community - bonds.  Words easily spoken and feelings often taken for granted.  For sure I feel these back home with friends and family.  Moving away from familiar surroundings gave these words new meaning for me as I searched for somewhere to belong in a strange … Continue reading Athens to Sparta (The Narwhal 300) →

Tour de Lebanon It is often said that who we are as individuals is largely determined by the things we have experienced. But what if what we have experienced in life has also been experienced by millions of other people?  Who are we then really? Taking for granted the lower rungs of Maslow’s pyramid, for … Continue reading Hummus, Hezbollah and the Pursuit of Happiness →

“Cycling is brutal, it always wants a little more than you can give. The joy and fulfilment it gives are only on loan. It asks for them back when you need those things the most.” -Lachlan Morton A large, unlit firework appeared with “don’t hold when lit” written clearly along the left hand side of … Continue reading Albania: Adventure in Europe’s Backyard →

Introduction As Cyclists, we use a range of superlatives to try and capture our experiences: “Epic”; “ Stunning”; “ Gnarly”; “Hardcore” etc., but 50 km into our 1000 km cycling trip around the island of Corsica and I was already stretching my limited vocabulary for more imaginative and expansive descriptors. Try as I might, I … Continue reading Tour de Corse →