Tag Archives: Extreme Weather

The Brick Wall Of Eternal Dissatisfaction

By Tom | Published: March 4, 2010
It occurred over the festive season, when I had the pleasure of hosting Fearghal and Simon in Yerevan for a very merry Christmas and New Year. Conversation had turned to bicycle travel, as it had an annoying habit of doing every few minutes. Fearghal and I were discussing motivations for future bike trips. “It just wasn’t [...]
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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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Company For Christmas In The Caucasus

By Tom | Published: December 15, 2009
It’s December and the mercury is dropping fast. This week I experienced my first morning run in the falling snow, crunching quietly in the pre-dawn blue around the faded grandeur of Victory Park and its empty dilapidated walkways, crumbling statues and rusty fairground rides. The onset of winter took me back a couple of years to [...]
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Join Me On Sunday – Wherever You Are

By Tom | Published: December 3, 2009
This Sunday I’ll be dashing around the streets of Yerevan on my bike, furiously trying to film a bicycle demonstration that I’ve been organising for the last few weeks, together with a group of local cyclists, as part of the Ride Planet Earth project. Kim Ngyuen’s been cycling from Australia and is poised to arrive in [...]
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What Happened When I Tried To Organise A Bike Ride In Yerevan

By Tom | Published: November 29, 2009
Hello dear readers. I’m in a particularly frustrated mood this evening. I’ve had a great day climbing one of Yerevan’s nearby mountains, trudging through snow all day and having a lovely  picnic on the summit. When I returned home, I read a particularly aggravating email, and so I wanted to share the situation with you, [...]
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