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All posts tagged “Cycle Tour”
How to clean pots with no water
Tips and Advice for Cycle Touring. Check out my updated page on cycle touring advice. Lots of tips, including… and… Bike stands!
Foraging along the way
The beauty of the bike is that there is no barrier between you and your surroundings. The slow pace of travel, panoramic views, and lack of metal and glass encasing you in an air-conditioned bubble allows you the opportunity to spot things you otherwise would… Read More
The Cycle Home
On our way home to Ireland we cycled through 12 countries. This is a selection of some of the best moments from the journey west. Filmed on a Canon 70D using a gorilla pod. Music: “White Bones” by Waylon Thornton and the Heavy Hands (theheavyhands.bandcamp.com)
Cycling across Outer Mongolia
In Summer 2015, Ciarán and I spent 40 days cycling across Mongolia. Along the way we encountered lunar landscapes, lazy camels, curious locals, sandy tracks, rolling hills, incredible hosts, idyllic campsites and stunning skies! *Warning: there is one graphic scene of a goat being turned… Read More
Germany
A moment of calm before we hit the road again.
Czech Republic
Refuelling with coffee, keeping an eye on our bikes through the autumn harvest window display. Pumpkins queuing up for the dreaded halloween hollowing…
Mongolia-Tosontsengel to Ulgii
An inviting gate on the way into Tosontsengel. A quadrent of hanging horse sculls. Idillic campsite, we thought we were in the middle of nowhere in this wooded hillside until an old man came rolling silently on his motorbike and offered us blueberries… Read More
Mongolia-Tsetserleg to Tosontsengel
Tsetserleg! A Buddhist monastery in Tsetserleg that over looked the town.
Mongolia
Ulaanbaatar to Tsetserleg We were kindly hosted by EK and his family in UB who helped us hit the ground running. EK chauffeured us around to pick up supplies and extend our visas. We had our first taste of marmot and fermented mare’s milk. Thanks… Read More
