Google Maps
I went to great lengths on Google Maps earlier this evening to plot the route from town to town – about 15 of them – and then get Google to fill in the bits in the middle. It did that and told me that it is only 2,700 […]
Andrew
French Revolutions
Edging ever closer to the 700 day point, I have just started to re-read Tim Moore’s book called French Revolutions. A month before the Tour de France in 2000 he decided to spend 6 weeks cycling the route of the tour. That year it was 3,630 kilometres – […]
Italian Friends of the Bike
Another useful site – and an incentive to improve my Italian! – “La proposta della Federazione Italiana Amici della Bicicletta” (“The Website (?) of the Italian Federation of Friends of the Bike”). Look – my route is on the picture! It’s here: http://www.bicitalia.org
Useful info on long-distance cycling
Another Inspiration: Mark Beaumont
A few developments since I last wrote:1. I have been discovered – by the people I know who spend their summers in Puglia and whose idylic holiday destination / yoga retreat you can link to over there on the right under “The destination in Puglia”. Check out their […]
La nouvelle carte est arrivee!
It is a strange thing, but being on holiday for six weeks every summer means that you forget the passage of time and struggle to say what day it is. With my blog vote (still four votes), however, I can say that it is 714 days until I […]
The Post
Still waiting for my maps!
Back to work
I have another vote – and my plan is still “inspired” after (only) 4 votes!I couldn’t sleep last night so when I eventually did nod off it wasn’t until 10.30am that I woke. Expecting to feel very stiff after yesterday’s efforts, I was glad to discover that my […]
