toddler on tour

So first, a cause for celebration. We have officially passed the 2000mile mark!!!!!!! I actually can’t believe it when I look at the number. In fact, after today’s mileage, we are at the grand total of 2048 miles- so, in 3 months (well… 2, given that we had almost a full month off!) we have [...]

The final leg of our journey didn’t perhaps get off to the best start. For starters, in spite of our loooong stretch of time of, we’d been notoriously disorganized- and the day before we were due to set off, we were still notably minus our adventure cycling map (an essential, I think you’ll agree…) and [...]

“Matt,” I observed one morning as we prepared to set off, “My front wheel is getting closer to me.” M: “What??” B: “I’m serious. My front wheel it’s moving towards me. As in, it’s further back than it used to be. I’m sure of it.” M: “That’s ridiculous. Wheels don’t just ‘move’ backwards. You’re imagining [...]

With the arrival of my parents from the UK came an unexpected but most welcome invitation to extend our escape still further- by leaving Wrentham behind us and heading to one of the most popular East getaway destinations of choice: Cape Cod. Securing a last-minute rental of a holiday home in Onset, at the very [...]

As we stepped out of Boston airport, it was to be greeted by old family friends of mine- John and Mandy, who I had grown up just around the corner from, playing with their 3 boys during my junior school years. I can’t even remember the last time I saw them all- we’re talking years, [...]

So, after exceeding our expectations in terms of the mileage we were able to cover- by reaching San Francisco ahead of schedule (and without the help of Amtrak, which we had anticipated needing) we suddenly realized that actually, we have a lot more time on our hands than we had originally planned for. We had [...]

One of the aspects of our ‘break’ we had been most longing for after so many weeks of hard riding was simply doing nothing. Being completely and utterly lazy; sitting still for more than 2 minutes, locking away the bikes and forgetting about them entirely. With Matt’s brother and sister-in-law just a Bart ride away [...]

Our 4th July didn’t exactly get off to the best start. Although actually, we probably have ourselves to blame for that. We stumbled in at about 4am from our night out, slightly worse for wear, and collapsed into our beds for the night, kindly offered by friends of Jamie in Incline Village. However, we’d been [...]

The 4th July celebrations are recognized as being perhaps one of the biggest holidays and causes to party in the USA- and it was with much anticipation and excitement that we awaited the chance to join in the frivolity at perhaps one of the most beautiful and exclusive locations I’ve come across: Lake Tahoe. With [...]

  After so many weeks on the road, the opportunity to step off the saddle and remain ‘stationary’ –of sorts!- was exhilarating, liberating…and admittedly, a tad bizarre. We were extremely privileged (and spoilt!) to have to opportunity to stay with friends of my family in a beautiful apartment right in the hub of the Haight-Ashbury [...]