Despite a rocky/sandy start the roads of Azerbaijan soon turned into beautiful tree lined ups and downs. Now all we need to do is avoid the traffic.

Two days into riding Azerbaijan I became so dehydrated that I couldn’t ride so we decided to take an unscheduled day off and head to a place we read about in the lonely planet called Lahic. Here is how we spent our day off.

Hey everyone, The journey (for me) is almost over me. I’m currently killing time on the ferry to Dover and will be on English soil in about 20 minutes. The end, the real end is Belfast, and that’s not so far away. In response to (semi)popular demand, here’s a tenative itinerary for the week: Mon: [...]

20 days ago Katie and I said goodbye to our beloved team mate Tom and a day later left Istanbul on our own path through Europe. It came as a fantastic surprise that not more than 2 days later after getting off to a bad start and narrowly avoiding being washed away, Zee German (Thorsten) [...]

For those of you who don’t already know our friend Stacy featured the BB team in a write up for her very trendy online magazine Discounderworld. You can read it on her site in issue #11 or download the pdf version here Thank you Stacy. We appreciate your support and promotion of our favorite charity [...]

I keep forgetting to put these online. TBSeFM contacted way back in Urumqi, China and most recently when we were waiting for the the ferry in Aktau, Kazakhstan. Listen to the Urumqi interview : Urumqi Listen to the Aktau interview : Aktau

After almost 5 months and nearly 11,000km we’ve finally arrived in Istanbul, the crossroads between Europe and Asia. As you might imagine, we’re rather chuffed at the thought knocking off an entire continent, though perhaps equally thankful that the next one is just that little bit smaller. This point in our journey will see us [...]

My mum was kind enough to contact the local paper. They caught up with me while we were having a break in Tiblisi, Georgia and have since published an article about the trip. I have uploaded the article as a downloadable PDF file for anyone who would like to read it. Download the Star Article [...]

To pass the time along the Black Sea of Turkey I asked this question to myself and the team. You know you have been cycling too long when……. Waiting to take a dump in the woods seems like a better idea than using a public or paid toilet in a city. You start to wonder [...]