Europe

Bosnia was wild. It was first wild camp since the Slovakian mosquito/bivy failure, and it was the most remote, spidery, beautiful, broken, and ridiculous part of the trip so far. I entered the north east of Bosnia, coming from Novi Sad, Serbia. The first stop was Bijeljina for a

Since the madness in Slovakia I've gone a bit quiet on the place-based blogging. I've moaned about how bad the Garmin Vector 3 pedals are, rewritten my Touring Tubeless article, and talked a lot about reforestation. Let's talk about Austria, Slovenia, and Hungary. Austria

I've not felt this at home in any country. Czech Republic, to me, feels just like being in the west country (South West, UK). Hello is "ahoy", cider is "cider" (and it's popular), and there are tractors everywhere, parked in peoples driveways

Two months ago I set off from Spain heading north, with no real goals other than "hit as many countries as you can and do a good job at your day job", with my shit kit, before my bike fell apart. Since then I've changed my

I have a reputation for haphazard bike work, and getting into stupid situations. I crash, I forget to torque my bars up so a crash mid cross race leaves me riding sideways for the rest of it, and at this point my touring bike is 50% zip tie. @philsturgeon they’

After my brief stop in Milan, I had fresh bearings, fresh legs, and some beefy new tubeless tyres, all in perfect timing for a venture into the Swiss Alps. The Alps lived up to the challenge I was hoping for, with one crash, a hitchhike, and a whole lot of