JamieMay 151 minFeathertopAustralia's "alpine peak". An overnight hike in June 2019. Click for a full screen experience!
JamieMay 141 minThat was Cuba: Part 2No, not Australia, Cuba. Another taxi ride. A break with my parents, and some time on the beach. Back to Havana, and then back on the bik...
JamieFeb 4, 20198 minThis is Cuba: Part 1I’ve got a suitcase pressing into the back of my head, a brake lever digging into my shoulder, and my arm wrapped around one of our bike w...
JamieJan 6, 20192 minBikepacking our own way: by bike or with bikeI often find myself comparing ourselves to others. Comparing our journeys with theirs. Our tolerance of hardship, our fitness, our setups...
GabiJan 6, 20192 minFive Weeks in MexicoWe needed a holiday (from our holiday), so booked flights to La Paz, Mexico with the plan to rent an apartment in La Ventana, a tiny fish...
GabiDec 15, 20189 minCalifornia Dreaming: Cycling from Las Vegas to San DiegoLas Vegas. What a place. After returning our van we spent three days exploring the city, which was difficult if not impossible to do on a...
JamieDec 1, 20185 minFurther in to the red: Utah continuedA couple of days off the bikes were in order after our adventures on the Kokopelli trail. We took this opportunity to go for a day hike i...
JamieNov 19, 20188 minSwapping snow for sand: Montana to Utah“You don’t have to practice being miserable”. These were the wise words of Conrad, our AirBnb host in Helena, Montana. We had started the...
GabiOct 9, 201811 minLost air, a bear and a hunter scare: Eureka - Helena (Montana)After a delicious lunch in Eureka paid for by a very generous lady, it was time to head to our campsite for the night. Looking on Jamie’s...
JamieOct 4, 20186 minThe Great (snowy) Divide Mountain Bike Route: Banff to EurekaFIFTEEN CENTIMETRES of snow for Banff itself on Thursday - this was what a bus driver had told Gabi. Checking the forecast on the interne...
GabiSep 24, 20189 minCycling the Icefields Parkway: Jasper to BanffAfter spending a whole day baking chocolate chip cookies and savoury muffins (we still have a terrible fear of being hungry!), we were re...
JamieAug 23, 201813 minGoodbye Alaska, Hello Canada. Goodbye Canada, Hello Alaska.It seems we spend about eighty percent of each day thinking about food, talking about food, or actually eating food. We had read about th...
GabiAug 1, 20186 minThis is bear country: Cycling the Denali HighwayAfter camping for a few days in the Denali National Park, we stayed in a tiny log cabin in the middle of a very rocky RV campground. (We ...
JamieJul 30, 20186 minThe lessons we have learnt: Anchorage to Denali and in to the ParkWe've all made mistakes. We've certainly made a few these last few days. But hey, where's the adventure if you don't camp in a berry patc...
Jamie and GabiJul 29, 20186 minAn idea conceived, an adventure beginsJamie In 2016, our friends Tim and Hetty cycled from India to England. Their stories ignited in us a burning desire for an adventure of o...
JamieJun 25, 20185 minIt never rains in Scotland - Part 1 (The Cairngorms)In a full four weeks in Scotland, I never once wore my raincoat in anger. If I had have stuck to the minimalist bikepacking ethos of "If ...
JamieApr 15, 20181 minThe pack list | ScotlandSo I found myself with a few free days, some work that I had organised having fallen through. I was on the phone to my dear mum, who said...
JamieFeb 15, 20185 minOver the High CountryNewly self-unemployed, this is what I had been waiting for. The freedom to take time out, to explore new places, to get muddy, dirty, swe...
JamieSep 22, 20171 minThe beginningThe first day of our adventure. 6am. I am awake at dawn, unable to sleep longer, excited about what I feel to be the first day of our adv...
