What To Pack For Bikepacking
Now that I’ve done a few bikepacking trips, I’ve really got the bug. Unfortunately, getting said bug is pretty bad timing seeing as I’m now a mother and can’t exactly just disappear all the time to camp out with my […]
The Best Overnight Bicycle Adventures in the UK
As you guys probably know, I’m sponsored by a pretty damn awesome nutrition company, TRIBE. These UK based purveyors of amazing snacks, bars, shakes and hydration are so rooted in nature and the great outdoors that for this month’s ‘TRIBE […]
Bikepacking on the Ridgeway Trail
One of my new year’s resolution back in January was to go camp out somewhere by bike. It wasn’t meant to be fancy, complicated or far away, it just had to involve bikes, a tent and beer. Despite my relatively […]
Cycling Touring In Japan – Women’s Cycling Magazine
Last year I wrote an article for Women’s Cycling magazine, and shortly after it appeared the publication folded. I very much hope it wasn’t so badly written that I helped propel it to its grave? But joking aside, it was a […]
My Top Rides Of 2014
I must be getting old. Just like that, 2014 is over. I remember when I was a kid, the summer holidays lasted forever and Christmas always seemed an eternity away. I always hoped that those who told me ‘school days […]
Video: Cycle Touring In Japan Is The Nuts!
Back in May of this year, myself and Dave Noakes touched down in Tokyo for a three week tour of Japan with our bicycles. He’d taken a little persuasion, for though he was keen on the idea of visiting Japan […]
Cyclist’s Games – The Lucky Cap
I’m the most indecisive person in the whole world and Dave Noakes ain’t much better. So Sunday mornings in our house are a bloody nightmare – at breakfast we discuss endless possibilities for the days adventure chucking more and more ideas into […]
Cycling Touring In Japan – Hints and Tips
When we where first looking at cycle touring in Japan, we spent a fair amount of time scrawling the internet for tips and hints, and whilst we found the odd gem, mostly we had to discover things for ourselves and […]
Japan Is ON! I Love Cycle Touring
I’ve always had the travel bug, probably inherited from my parents who have long loved exploring – from wandering through remote mountain passes and hiking along the Silk Route, to sunning themselves on the shores of the med or even […]