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Fatbiking to Munros

Munro: a Scottish hill over 3000ft (915m). We’d been climbing them off and on for the past decade and, having acquired a habit of cycling to peaks in the Andes, thought we’d give it a whirl in Scotland on newly…

By Harriet and Neil | May 2, 2016 | Biking | 2 Comments |
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Welsh Black Top and a Skinny Ride

It’s strange to go from a life where every hour is recorded with a photo of some mountain scene, meeting different people everyday and sleeping at a different coordinate every night to a lifestyle where you sleep in the same place, spend all…

By Harriet and Neil | October 10, 2015 | Uncategorized | 2 Comments |
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Dear Decaying Argentina

Derelict buildings. Grand designs: overambitious and never completed. Old bangers, 50 years old but still lovingly kept in roadworthy condition. Disused railway lines. Crumbling tarmac. Disintegrating pavements. Abandoned industry. Closed internet cafes (replaced by free WiFi; which doesn’t work). Flimsy…

By Harriet and Neil | March 12, 2014 | Andes 2013-14, Argentina, Biking, Chile | 2 Comments |
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¿Ella tambien?

In everyday Andean cycling life, when buying groceries or checking into a guest house, say, we have the same conversations over and over again. Where are you from? Where have you come from? How are your tyres? (This comes up…

By Harriet and Neil | March 11, 2014 | Andes 2013-14, Argentina, Biking, Bolivia, Chile, Peru | 2 Comments |
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Homes away from home

On our travels it’s been rare to come across somewhere that feels like home. In Asia we’ve visited many wonderful places, like Karimabad, or Leh or Munsyari, say. But we’d not want to live there – we’d always be outsiders.…

By Harriet and Neil | March 8, 2014 | Andes 2013-14, Argentina | 4 Comments |
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Adventure Cycle-Touring Handbook

We've updated Stephen Lord's Adventure Cycle-Touring Handbook for Trailblazer guides. This touring bible is the book that greatly helped us when planning our first biking adventure Available to buy now!

Peru's Cordillera Blanca & Huayhuash - The Hiking and Biking Guide

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