Tag Archives: Rants

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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Why Backpacking Is Great (And Other Myths)

By Tom | Published: April 14, 2010
I wrote this hor­ribly opin­ion­ated, elit­ist, pro­voca­tional polemic last year, and have been won­der­ing what to do with it ever since. There may be nug­gets of truth in there some­where, but please don’t take it too seriously!
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Why I Can’t Live In Armenia (I’m Too British)

By Tom | Published: January 23, 2010
My life is bor­ing. My daily routine con­sists of get­ting up an hour before sun­rise, going for a run, jump­ing into (and rap­idly out of) a cold shower, hav­ing break­fast and then sit­ting down for an 8-to-12-hour stint in front of my com­puter screen. I am mak­ing web­sites for a liv­ing these days. It puts [...]
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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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Getting Married And Quitting Facebook

By Tom | Published: October 9, 2009
On Sat­urday the 19th of Septem­ber Tenny and I were mar­ried in a small wed­ding cere­mony in Yerevan. We had made a sur­prise arrival at the church on Armenia’s one and only cycle rick­shaw with an entour­age of bicycle act­iv­ists lead­ing and fol­low­ing us through the main streets of the city. After the cere­mony we [...]
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