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Episode 101: Helen Watson – Tea & Grit – A Bicycle Journey Along The Silk Road

In episode 101 of The Cycling Europe Podcast, Helen Watson discusses her 2009/10 journey along the Silk Road from Edinburgh to China in the company of her husband Ed that took the couple across Europe, through the Balkans, Turkey, Syria, Iran and the Stans in the years leading up to the Arab Spring.

Illustration celebrating 100 episodes of The Cycling Europe Podcast, featuring a cyclist on a scenic route and a microphone with headphones, surrounded by iconic landmarks like the Eiffel Tower and windmills, along with distance signs to Rome and London.

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