Sometimes life gives you lemons. Sometimes it lends you a luxury motorhome. It can either sit on the driveway whilst you're inside zesting lemons or you can take it for an Alliance Adventure around Wales and the South West. Guess what I chose 😉 The Brilliant and very Basic idea of the Alliance Adventure (AA) …
In a bid to extend the summer for as long as I possibly could after having cycled across Canada I recently borrowed an Alliance 59-2 motorhome from those lovely people over at Bailey of Bristol - support local 😉. In my three weeks of #vanlife I learnt a few little lessons that I thought may …
Jasper – Icefields Parkway (Jasper National Park) – Lake Louise – Banff And so to the most SPECTACULAR section of the ride so far... Icefields Parkway (Highway 93). From research I knew that this part of the trip was also going to be incredible and we should take our time making our way through, with …
Continue reading Trans-Canada: Jasper to Banff A.K.A Cycling the Icefields Parkway
Kamloops (British Columbia) – Barriere – Little Fort – Blue River – Valemount – Mount Robson – Jasper (Alberta) In short, BC (British Colombia) is an absolute stunner. From all the blogs that I'd read I'd decided to take my sweet time in this province - not just because of the Rockies/ALL the mountains, but …
Vancouver - Squamish - Whistler - Lillooet - Cache Creek - Kamloops First things first, Westjet were amazing - the crew were so friendly, helpful and funny! - but the baggage handlers somewhere along the way weren't 😥. My bike (now named 'Barb') arrived eventually at Vancouver however the box which had been meticulously packed …
I left you here with a (semi-) cliffhanger of a post - 'would she, wouldn't she?'. She did. Yep, I got back on my bike, and so it begins again... ☺️. This time the plan is CANADA. From Vancouver in the West to Halifax in the East - across 8 provinces in 95 days. If this …
Quito - Machachi - Cotopaxi- Latacunga - Baños - Riobamba - Alausí- Chunchi - El Tambo/Ingapirca - Cuenca - Quito We were in Quito for the Christmas and New Year period, looking after 2 lovely dogs in their luxury apartment thanks to TrustedHousesitters (get a 25% Discount here btw #yourewelcome) which was perfect for a bit of …
Continue reading And so it ends – Quito to Cuenca and back again.
Nueva Loja - Lumbaqui - El Reventadora - Santa Rosa - Baezes - Papallacta - Casa de Ciclistas - Quito We rolled on and into our 10th country, Ecuador, which like Colombia in only a couple of days cycling can offer a mix of Amazonian jungle, forested mountains, snowy volcanoes, mist and murk and dry, …
El Retiro - La Pintada - Filadelphia - Manizales - Chinchina - Santa Rosa thermals - Salento - Calarcá - Cajamarca - Rovira - San Luis - Saldania - La Victoria - Villavieja - Desierto Tatacoa - Nieva - Gigante - Santa Ana Leaving Medellin after a restful week of urban living with Bruce and …
Cartegena — Cruz de Vizo —Tolú — Cereté — Planeta Rica — Caucasia —Tarazá — Valdivia —Yarumal — Santa Rosa de Osos — Medellin — La Palmas Waking up on deck in Cartegena’s harbour after 5 days out on the water was something of a relief - the boat trip from Panama, though memorable, was …
