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The Joy of the New Jordan Bike Trail
People looked at me as if I’d lost the plot when I said I was travelling through Jordan on a bike. “That doesn’t sound like much fun,” was the stock standard response.

The Magic of Macedonia
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 Tuscany
“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.

Mountain Biking in the Alps
Never in 16 years operating here have I seen the snow so low down and so deep at this time of the year,” explained Alps guide Jamie Carr. We’ll have to adjust the route.”