The Lae Man

Scratching from the ride/race was not an easy decision. I had never 'quit' on a physical event before in my life. I had invested over 6...

It was a fitful nights sleep. Head hit the pillow at about 12.15 am and it took me a good hour to get to sleep. Primarily because I was...

''This event twill step back from pushing the limits of the sport, instead it will go in search of fun'' (El Piri website) Arrived in...

We arrived Harwich at 5 am England time but were not allowed to disembark until 6.30. Fine by us. We were revelling in the 'luxury' of...

(The map above was drawn from my navigational tool that I only remembered to turn on at 11km after our sumptuous breakfast) As the crow...

As mentioned earlier nothing but nothing opens before 9 am in either Belgium or The Netherlands so trying to find a coffee and some...

We enjoyed Antwerp. We enjoyed our accommodation too. Being a public holiday Monday it was also very quiet as headed north and made our...

Always pleasant to awake on any given morning of a long distance bike ride and know that you don't have to pack and put on cycling gear....

Leaving the hospitality of ''Leonard in Quartier'' wasn't difficult. Our host had informed us that he wouldn't be serving breakfast until...

Leaving Oostende was an immeasurably more pleasant cycling experience than leaving Dunkerque yesterday. It started with a decent...