Cycling, skiing, food & photography
Wednesday moring. I'd just finished my turbo session, cooled down, had some breakfast and showered. There wasn't a sudden creak, crack or snap. I just realised I could no longer move my neck freely or without pain. I took the day off work and - frankly - panicked. Visions of the dreaded Shermer's Neck before I'd … Continue reading Setbacks
That's me up there, pretty physically and mentally distraught at the end of Rapha's Hell of the North a year ago today. It wasn't an especially tough ride at a little over 100km and 1,000m of climbing albeit with quite a lot of bridleways and terrain not normally suited to road bikes. It was the punctures that … Continue reading Suffering
I love maps. They give me a sense of adventure and possibility. Poring over them trying to figure out where you want to go and what you want to see gives you a sense of the place long before you get there. One of the joys of the Transcontinental is looking at maps of places … Continue reading Contours
How did I get here? A decade or so ago I was a runner. I cycled to get around and that was pretty much it. I'd done a bit of cycling touring but that was mostly because it was the only way to tempt my friend Chris to go exploring in exotic locations. Today cycling … Continue reading Origins
