What do you do now you’ve cycled round the world!?

It’s one of the most frequently asked questions we get.

It’s been seven months since we rode with 32 of our friends and family to Buckingham Palace to complete our round the world journey by bicycle.

We’ve certainly been...

Scariest moment of my life last night…  Totally terrifying... thought I was going to get mauled to death... Sheep everywhere, pitch black, lots of shouting in Turkish...

It’s hard to imagine another country that could conceivably claim to have the most beautiful or best: wine, food, coastline, mountains, history, culture, architecture, artists, cities, countryside, fashion, language and climate of anywhere in the world. It’s no surpri...

It’s going to be weird not eating lunch in a different world heritage site every day.

That’s been the story of our lives the last two weeks. Swanning round Northern Italy from one beautiful city to another.

North Italy is full of UNESCO World Heritage Sites – Italy in fa...

It was like being at war.

Midnight thunder banged and crashed around the surrounding hills like bombs exploding, getting ever closer and louder.

Lightning flashed and cracked illuminating the dark interior of the tent, as the rain battered the roof - the sound magnified...

We’re on the home stretch now - Athens to London.

From one of Europe’s greatest cities to another seems a fitting last lap to finish our trip.

Athens is an open-air museum - everywhere you turn there’s an ancient monument, or temple.

We spent a day checking out the city b...

Exciting news for our readers... we're engaged!

No jokes this time - here is the proof:

This week we’ve locked up the bikes and ditched dodging angry dogs for some time with our families aboard a boat in the Greek islands.

18,000km safely cycled, various promotions, new j...

Turkey is famed among bike tourers for two things:

Having some of the warmest hospitality in the world – and having some of the most aggressive dogs.

This week we’ve experienced them both at their extremes.

We struggled to get going.

During a brilliant weekend in the UK in...

His surname means ‘man of steel’…

He had a cracking moustache...

He ordered the creation of a half man, half ape soldier...

Can you guess what it is yet?

Not Rolf Harris…

But Joseph Stalin.

Stalin played a key role in the Russian Revolution and then became leader of the Comm...

Imagine being stuck in Milton Keynes for a week with absolutely nothing to do.

That’s pretty much what’s happened to us, being marooned in Aktau, Kazakhstan.

This Aktau expats blog describes the main attraction as bowling:

“Bowling is a favorite past time in Aktau.  There...