I get so envious when I read about people who are planning really big trips like this. Puts my own efforts to shame. Perhaps one day… In his own words: “My name is Chris Gruar, and in April 2012 I will begin my charity cycling trip from England […]
Dear Mr Sykes – Iโm too full of respect to refer to you as Andrew – Iโve just completed reading your โGood Vibrations: Crossing Europe on a Bike Called Reggieโ and thoroughly enjoyed it, well done, not just for completing the journey, but also the book. You are […]
Great video. Makes me feel very jealous as I sit here in dreary Reading in the south of England. What an adventure! Here’s their website. It’s a good work out for your French (and Spanish). Might show the kids at school next week… Interestingly, their route does what […]
A few days I posted a video about the wisdom of the Dutch in planning & building their cycle network. Now it’s the turn of my fellow Yorkshire folk to bask in the glory I am about to heap upon them. As I type I am sitting on […]
I may have ten very positive reviews on Amazon.co.uk, but my Amazon.com readers have so far been silent. Until now. My first .com review has come courtesy of Yvette Lian who lives in Brisbane, Australia. She’s given the book a 4* rating and starts off as follows; Last […]
Not my description, but my friend Basil’s description of his new website. Basil isย the friend I stayed with in August 2010 at the end of my Eurovelo 5 cycle. He has just started his own WordPress blog and you can visit it by clicking here. His description […]
The University of Readingย have given up on adult education. Not that they think the adults of Reading are so full of knowledge that they don’t need educating any more (if only that were the case), but it doesn’t make them any money so they shut down all their […]
Here’s a man with a film waiting to be made about him; John Adrian Short. He has just posted a comment on The Bookย section of the site about his cycling journeys (presumably prompted by the discussionย between my cousin Richard ‘Bill Bryson’ Birkby & me about Portugal). John […]
