Batalla del vino (Battle of wine 2013) – Haro Wine Festival
As you may have gathered by now, we started our journey in Spain to coincide with the Batalla del Vino, a festival held each year in the wine producing region […]
Category Archives: Guides & Tips
Packing and kakking
I woke up this morning at 4:30 and couldn’t get back to sleep, which is highly unusual behaviour for me given that I’m a total snooze hound and rarely see […]
‘Wanderlust porn’ review #3 – Crossing Europe on a Bike Called Reggie
This is without a doubt the best cycle-related travel book I’ve read so far! The author, Andrew Sykes, isn’t a professional cyclist, he is a seemingly laid-back high school French […]
‘Wanderlust porn’ review #2 – The Man Who Cycled the World
This twinned book and documentary probably had the highest budget of the different projects I’ve reviewed, and it showed. The book was extremely well written and the documentary expertly put together by […]
‘Wanderlust porn’ review #1 – Reveal the Path
Not long after we decided to go travelling, I started suddenly wanting to watch wanderlust movies and read about other people’s travel adventures, particularly those tales where bikes were involved. […]
CT phone home? A question of roaming SIM cards
Did you see what I did there? In the title? CT? ET? Well I thought it was pretty good anyway. My mum is a worrier, a champion worrier. If there […]
Keeping your tech charged on the road
One thing that’s been bugging me recently is how we’re going to stay fully charged whilst we’re on the road, often without access to a plug socket for days, perhaps […]
Tips for cheap bike parts on eBay
One of the main things that a Cycle Tramper must do is where possible, buy things secondhand or at a discounted rate. A great way to do this is using […]
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