2014-2016 Round the world by tandem
In total we pedalled 47,062km and visited 46 countries:
England, France, Belgium, Netherlands, Germany, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Ukraine, Slovakia, Hungary, Croatia, Serbia, Romania, Bulgaria, Kosovo, Albania, Macedonia, Greece, Turkey, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, India, Nepal, Bhutan, Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, China, North Korea,South Korea, Japan, Canada, USA, Portugal, Spain, France (for the 2nd time), England (for the 2nd time).
The start of the blog is here: Bristol to Lübeck; The First 2 Weeks
2018 Cuba
14 days. 1200km/740miles
This was loosely based on the TransCuba: La Ruta Mala on bikepacking.com, but occasionally la ruta got a bit too mala and we opted for the main roads.
Blog: Santiago de Cuba to Havana
2022 Land’s End to John O’Groats
30 days, 2250km/1400miles
During the planning for this trip, Marcus was going to be running the Cicerone End to End Trail and Kirsty was going to be the cycling support crew. In the end, we both ended up cycling because of Marcus’s injury, but we stuck pretty closely to the original plan, cycling the roads closest to the End to End Trail. There was a diversion to the west coast of Scotland because we had a bit of extra time.
Blog: BogLEJOG : Land’s End to John O’Groats by Bikes and Packrafts
2023 Uganda
32 days, 2000km/1215miles
This route was based on the TransUganda route on Bikepacking.com, along with bits from Red Dirt Uganda‘s Uganda Cycling Trail
Start of the blog: Uganda pt.1 Entebbe to Sipi
Day 11: I find it drier if I camp “on a beach, by a lake” rather than “by a beach, on a lake”!
Well we needed a wash by that point anyway
hi.welcome Azerbailan
Hey team tandem.
What day is Perth scheduled? Just want to pencil it in and get the barbecue ready.
Keep the dispatches coming.
Should be around day 712 I would think, so maybe don’t light the barbie just yet.
Hope life down under is treating you well.
Hey Marcus & Kirsty
I see you are well and truly on your way! Crunchy dinner in the sand dunes rings a bell 🙂 as do many of your other observations. I hope your bottoms are ‘settling in’ and that you have plenty of Sudocrem.
Lynne & Dave
xxx
Two bikers seen in Turku, Finland, today! Was nice to meet you both and looking forward to see your beautiful photos and interesting stories 😀
Afternoon.. The joys of being dyslexic! I’ve just been reading someone’s blog all about “she’s not texting me back”… I told the bloke to get a life and come and join you in the Balkans.. Let us know when you need the sleeping bags so I can clean the puppy poo off the hood…
Hi Just, no need for the sleeping bags yet. Camp fires are keeping us warm enough!
Slow down guys, at this rate you’ll be in Kiwi land in no time 🙂
You try getting Marcus to slow down! It’s not that easy. But we are planning on hanging out in Greece for a month or so in January while the weather is bad
Where are you going now you can’t go through Iran? Are you going to ride through Afghanistan?
Hi
At kathmandu airport waiting flights back to Dublin. Then bus to Bangor.
Keep the wheels turning and dont forget I want to buy the book.
Your photos are super. As i live near the Chain Reaction store, if you need bike parts email me. No Royal Mail…UPS or other delivery service.
Live your dream.
Thanks Robert, hope you make it home safely. If there’s a book you’ll be sure to get a signed copy!
i enjoyed talking with you. want you to have more talks staying together a
night.
Hi Bokul,
Thanks for getting in touch. Yes, we really enjoyed meeting you too. It was a shame we couldn’t stay longer.
Wow – you guys are certainly much faster travelling in tandem! (must be the scary downhills). I’m following you very slowly. Going Granny Pace.
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This is such a good idea – providing your not being chased by anyone 🙂
My parents (Mark and Tammie) really enjoyed meeting you in Dillon, MT this week! Wishing you safe travels as you continue on your adventure!
Hi Christina, Thanks for your message. We really enjoyed meeting them too! Such kind and generous people and an evening we’ll remember long after the end of our trip.
Kirsty