toddler on tour

After cutting our previous day short after a suffocating climb in the raging heat, we had extra ground to cover if we were to reach MacKerricher State Park in Cleone, outside of Fort Bragg. We raced to get ready early in the morning in the hopes that we could escape the worst of the heat, [...]

Since the second leg of our adventure has got under way and the slow descent down south has begun, I’ll confess, the days have sort of blurred into one another. A combination of unpredictable weather and, at times, repetitive scenery, have combined with my physical exhaustion to create a haze from which I’m struggling to [...]

We woke in the early hours of day 27 to the sound of rain hammering with intent of the tent. I emitted a groan in my half-awake state as I recalled we’d neglected to cover the bikes: we’re usually vigilant, come rain or shine, but the beautiful clear blue skies combined with our state of [...]

Following our rather erm, ‘challenging’ ride the day previously, we decided a slightly less ambitious mileage should be the order of the day for our 3rd day on the road, and after consulting our route map, we decided a leisurely 15 miles to the Banff National Park and Banff town would be our target for [...]

Today marks the 31st Anniversary of Earth Day, an event celebrated in 192 countries worldwide. The Earth Day Network says that 1 billion people participate each year, and this year they hope that all of those people pledge an act of environmental service and advocacy prior to the global Earth Summit 2012 in Rio. With [...]

A couple of weeks ago I set off on a 40 mile loop to the welsh village of Llangollen and back, but ended up having to get Becki to rescue me from Llangollen as I was too tired and it had taken far longer than I expected. Fairly disastrous. I was too tired, and I [...]

I was looking for ways to charge my Android mobile phone and other devices whilst out on my bicycle, and began researching hub dynamos, bottle dynamos, and the selection of devices which could perform the relatively straightforward task of taking the AC current produced by dynamos and converting it to DC. You can purchase the [...]

The last weekend in Feb marks the start of our proper training. We aim to cover around 160-170 miles over 4 days, travelling from our home and through the Snowdonia national park and across to the Llyn Peninsula. The Llyn Peninsula is just a small arm of land reaching out from Wales into the Irish [...]