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Journeys
July 8, 2016
jour·ney (jûr′nē) n. pl. jour·neys The act of traveling from one place to another, especially when involving a considerable distance; a trip. A distance to be traveled or the time required for a trip: a 2,000-mile journey to the Pacific; the three-day journey home. A process or course likened to traveling, such as a series of trying experiences; a passage: the journey from addiction to recovery.
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How to self-promote
July 8, 2016
How to self-promote These days social media is massive and it can help if you are promote yourself. Collaborate with other similar kinds of people - repost their things Gn one large adventure at least once or twice a year. Go camping with your mates, outside of London 3 or 4 times a year Write long posts about your camping trips on the internet. People have to comment on your boring self-absorbed monologues and say how wonderful they are.
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Adventure Cycle Touring
July 8, 2016
Before cycle touring, I’d done a lot of mountain biking day trips but the first time I did a multi-day “adventure” trip was in Scotland in 2006. The trip turned out to be a big challenge, but it sowed the seeds of later ideas about “travelling by bike”. Bicycle touring - a definition A bicycle tour is when you decide you are going out on your bike but instead of looping back you stop somewhere and then the next day you cycle a bit more.
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A reflection on ‘The Bicycle Diaries’ by David Byrne
July 3, 2016
Originally posted on Slowquest in 2011. David Byrne’s primary mode of city transport during his career as a musician and artist is a bicycle. In a conversational style, Byrne talks about his observations whilst riding his bike. On a podcast of ‘the Bike Show’ on Resonance FM, there was a feature on how when you cycle, your brain is in an alpha-wave state. Your conscious and unconscious minds are slightly better linked and thoughts are more easily able to bubble over from one to the other.
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16 reasons you might enjoy reading about my Cycle Touring Adventure in Europe - Weave of the Ride
July 2, 2016
Weave of the Ride is a book I wrote about cycling from England to the Caucasus between 2007 and 2008. It is a tale of wanting to make a change and have an adventure. Do you want to read about beautiful but unusual places, unique experiences and freedom and how to discover these things yourself? If so read on about Weave of the Ride. It is the story of going from one lifestyle to another.