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Rain, Train and Pain — Yerevan to Sochi

By Tom | Published: May 18, 2010
Her famil­iar, tear­ful, smil­ing face was framed by the tin­ted win­dow, then a sil­hou­ette, reced­ing; finally she joined the flecked shapes sway­ing within the depart­ing bus as it began its 24-hour jour­ney to Tehran. I put my hands in my pock­ets and trudged towards the sub­way. For the next few days I would put loneli­ness [...]
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The Adventure Cycle-Touring Handbook

By Tom | Published: May 6, 2010
One of the most valu­able resources I had when pre­par­ing to make the leap and begin cycle tour­ing was the Adven­ture Cycle-Touring Handbook. In fact, I’d say that it’s respons­ible for my ideas becom­ing any­thing more than just ideas.
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Guest Blog: Raised From The Alive

By Tom | Published: December 27, 2009
For this, the first in an occa­sional series of guest blogs (they’re all the rage these days), I’d like to re-introduce an old friend, a man with whom I braved the hor­rors of West­ern and Cent­ral Europe for 10 weeks of this bicycle jour­ney… ladies and gen­tle­men, Mr. Mark Maultby! Take it away… Hello there. This [...]
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Now And Next For A Long-Term Bicycle Adventurer

By Tom | Published: November 6, 2009
Recently I’ve been shar­ing what I’ve learnt over the last couple of years of adven­tur­ing. As a res­ult, the blog’s read­er­ship has never been higher, and it’s great to know that people are find­ing it use­ful and enter­tain­ing — it motiv­ates me to keep writing. But if you’ve been a reader for a while, you [...]
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How To Finance Long-Term Travelling

By Tom | Published: October 22, 2009
When I left home in 2007, it was simple. I had 700 Euros stashed in my lug­gage, a cur­rent account con­tain­ing £3700 GBP with a Visa Debit card to get at it, and a couple of emer­gency credit cards. I’d be as stingy as pos­sible, because it wasn’t much! But it was all I had, [...]
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