People looked at me as if I’d lost the plot when I said I was travelling through Jordan on a bike. “It doesn’t sound like much fun,” was the popular response. I guess it doesn’t if you’ve seen Lawrence of Arabia. Jordan was one of the locations where the movie epic was filmed – legendary […]
The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia is topping the pols as Europe’s rising star in adventure travel. On a mountain biking and foodie trip there, I discovered its special kind of magic. Mountain Biking Macedonia More info about Mountain Biking Macedonia Trails in Ohrid, Galicica National Park and Pelister National Park: Contact Jovan Jovanoski – Email jovanohmk@hotmail.com Trails […]
“There are only two directions in Tuscany – up and down,” laughs local mountain bike guide Bruno Baldini. Bruno is giving me the heads up on Italy’s longest signposted cycling trail, The Via Francigena – a common Italian name of the ancient pilgrim route, which starts in Canterbury and (like all roads) leads to Rome. […]
Here’s a little known fact about the Alps: If you can hike it you can bike it. Pick a trail – any trail – plonk your knobblies on it and ride off into the snow-covered cols – in my case. Hikers, quite rightly, have right of way, but most I passed on the Tour Du […]
