"My eyes flicker open wearingly at the sound of a soft tapping on the canvas walls of my little green tent. It is dim inside, meaning it is either still nighttime or that my first day of riding on the South Island will be beneath rainclouds and on shiny wet roads. It appears to be the latter."
Read More"Though I wish I could say I grew up on the Moors, I didn’t. The truth is that I grew up with my feet in the sand on a beach in Dubai, or playing beneath the lemon tree in our garden in the suburbs of Melbourne. I’ve never found it easy to identify any one place as home; but if anything could be, it is seeing the Moors appear in the distance as I’m coming back to Yorkshire.
Read MoreContinuing my bike-tour of New Zealand on the South Island, including sunny Nelson, the rugged West Coast and over Arthur's Pass through a wild wind and rainstorm. Cycling into unforgettable Mount Cook National Park and spending Christmas around Wanaka and Queenstown.
Read MoreA journey by bicycle from St. George, Utah into Bryce Canyon National Park then heading south, when bad news from home meant the journey had to end early. Ending in Zion National Park before heading back to Las Vegas.
Read MoreA journey by bicycle from Auckland, heading north into Northland, around the Coromandel Peninsula before making my way southbound. Cycling through iconic Rotorua, beautiful Lake Taupo, hiking the Tongariro Alpine Crossing before heading to coastal Napier then down to Wellington.
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