Tag Archives: Health

Off The Map In Central Mongolia — A Photo Essay

By Tom | Published: June 6, 2010
Mon­go­lia is a far more access­ible place for a mountain-biking exped­i­tion than I’d ima­gined. Nav­ig­a­tion has been a mix­ture of old tech­niques and new tech­no­logy. Our GPS unit didn’t help us to choose a route through the maze of tangled tyre tracks, but it did provide a bear­ing and an approx­im­ate dis­tance to the next [...]
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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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10 Strange Things Bicycle Travel Has Done To Me

By Tom | Published: April 19, 2010
It’s dif­fi­cult to notice the subtle changes that come over you dur­ing a jour­ney of dur­a­tion and dif­fi­culty, but cer­tain situ­ations have aler­ted me to them very strongly. I’ve only been trav­el­ling for a couple of years, but this must be where the curve is at its steep­est. Here are a few, both good and [...]
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Don’t Make New Year’s Resolutions

By Tom | Published: December 21, 2009
I think New Year’s Res­ol­u­tions are a really crap way to make pos­it­ive changes to the way you live. Why? Well, I reckon it’s much more effect­ive to start doing some­thing than to stop doing something. Most New Year’s Res­ol­u­tions seem to revolve around giv­ing some­thing up. So, on the first of Janu­ary this year, I’d [...]
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Why Cycle-Touring Is Good For Your Legs

By Tom | Published: September 8, 2009
Since I got back from a spon­tan­eous hitch­ing trip from Armenia to Eng­land and back, my mind has been on the prob­lem of keep­ing fit. Like an awful lot of us, I’m destined to spend my time (for the next few months, at least) in a city. More than half of the world’s human pop­u­la­tion [...]
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